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Newsletter 274 -20/11/2020
and Nov 17 anniversary The coronavirus situation in Greece has worsened considerably in Greece this week... for the authorities, the number of patients receiving intensive care has risen to 499, leaving few beds... the negative developments on the virus front, the government has mostly been focussing over
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Many obstacles to clear in Greece's digital leap
EconomyFeaturesgiant Pfizer has announced the creation of a digital research hub in Greece, while the government... statistics, around 8 in 10 Greek households has an internet connection, the World Internet Project... only has a website. Greece as a whole also ranks low on innovation benchmarks, investing only 1.27
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Dendias issues reminder for EU and Turkey ahead of December council meeting
PoliticsForeign PolicyCouncil.” It was the first time the Greek Foreign Minister has made such a statement during the period... the ongoing situation in the East Med. During the last few months, Ankara has not only been using the Oruc Reis as a tool to put pressure on Greece, but has also promised from time to time its
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EU Council boosts recovery fund hopes, falls short on Turkey
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the pressure ministers have been under this year to protect businesses and jobs. Greece has submitted its... on the details. These discussions are due to be completed in a couple of months. The Finance Ministry has... confidence in the government’s approach to the Covid-19 crisis continues to wane, although this has yet
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New Year reshuffle brings more MPs into cabinet, keeps key ministers in post
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe deputy agriculture minister. Interior Minister Takis Thedorikakos has also been left out of the new... Petsas has been appointed Alternate Interior Minister, to be replaced by Christos Tarantilis... which has given rise to the loudest criticism, with centre-left KINAL calling it a “turn
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Newsletter 279 -13/11/2020
Minister Makis Voridis, while government spokesman Stelios Petsas has been appointed Alternate... figures from the right wing of the party which has given rise to the loudest criticism, with centre... of such figures has fuelled speculation that Mitsotakis is considering snap elections later this year
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Political world unites behind victims of sex abuse, but remains divided over policing proposals
PoliticsGreek Politicssports official has brought unanimous support from the country’s political world and calls for sweeping reforms to the conservative world of competitive sport. In what has been widely described... Becatorou has encouraged other athletes, public figures and ordinary women to come forward with reports
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EU enlargement - a moving target that is moving further away
AgoraIn 2020, none of the six countries of the Western Balkans has made progress in the process... Macedonia's latest blockade due to a bilateral dispute with Bulgaria has injected a new dose... Methodology will help make the process more substantial and political and not just technocratic, as it has
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Retail sales drop by 8.6% in 2020 as e-shops prosper but many sectors suffer
EconomyMacroeconomyand their overperformance has helped mask the dour situation in the sector. During the last quarter of last year, when... quarter of last year, just as Greece began exiting from the first lockdown. The industry has been.... This situation has forced the authorities to earmark most of the total annual support budget of 7.5 billion
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Challenges piling up for govt as spokesperson departs
PoliticsGreek Politics300,000 of those having received both doses. This means 8.5% of the Greek population has been vaccinated, against an EU average of 7.3%. However, the vaccination process has brought some negative publicity... to both being suspended by ND. This is not the first time the ruling party has faced criticism
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