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Vaccination politics intensify as Greece races to plug immunity gap
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSynod of the Church of Greece has issued a circular addressing concerns around vaccination, which is to be read in churches over the coming days. However, the Synod’s spokesman has stressed... Stelios Petsas, who has been charged with coordinating local and regional vaccination efforts, hinted
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Govt ploughs on with reform bills as politicians' wealth declarations draw attention
PoliticsGreek PoliticsParliament has been voting on some of the government’s reform bills but the political and media attention has mostly been focussed on MPs’ annual derivation of wealth declarations. The relevant... of its services. The parlous state of the country’s cadastre has been a constant source of friction
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Economic sentiment rises to 113 points in August, but consumer and retail confidence slide
EconomyMacroeconomyto last year, the EEI has risen by 5.4 points. Meanwhile, compared to August 2020, the ESI has increased... of the pandemic when it dropped to 87.6, but it has been improving since. The EU average ESI stood... in August. Compared to the same month last year, consumer confidence has dropped by 0.1 points
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Newsletter 307 - 10/09/2021
generally has a good reputation in Greece from his time as EU Commissioner for Human Aid and Crisis... the past few days, New Democracy has been trying to pin the blame for the Apostolakis fiasco.... The former armed forces chief had served briefly as defence minister in a SYRIZA administration. ND has
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Stalled vaccination campaign emerges as biggest headache amid fourth wave warnings
PoliticsGreek Politicsroll-out, to discuss potential strategies to boost uptake. The government has indicated..., as it starts to authorise vaccination by private doctors. The union of hospital doctors EINAP has... vaccination rate has emerged as the toughest challenge for authorities at this stage of the pandemic
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Why is it taking so long for the pandemic to end in North Macedonia?
Agoraever. Weaknesses in health system The pandemic has exposed the weaknesses in the Macedonian healthcare system, which has been short of staff, equipment and infrastructure for years. We have good staff... in terms of pricing and way of treatment has remained unregulated for the most part. They have existed
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Newsletter 312 - 15/10/2021
of natural disasters over which it has no control. In fact, government spokesman Yiannis Economou... that there has been insufficient time since August for this initiative to start paying off... of media independence and alleged government interference has been high on SYRIZA’s agenda, particularly
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Govt plays down Omicron threat despite wariness and high Covid death rate
PoliticsGreek Politicson Sunday. There were also 647 patients with the coronavirus in ICUs. Greece currently has one... of November. Based on a 7-day rolling average, Greece has 8.9 deaths per million every day, versus and EU... strategy in dealing with the pandemic has been a total a success. “The pandemic could have literally
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PM opts for risky move with vaccination penalty as Covid threat grows
PoliticsGreek Politicsat a moment when Greek hospitals are inundated with Covid patients and Greece has one of the highest death... which the financial penalty kicks in. It should also be noted that the government has consistently... of the adult population has received at least their first jab. During his address on Tuesday
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Opposition renews attack on government over hospital capacity
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s announcement of fines for unvaccinated over-60s has further... the age of 60 who has not booked a vaccination appointment by mid-January. The prime minister argued... vaccination compulsory. Opposition SYRIZA has not been able to come back with a convincing response
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