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Govt prepares ground for unvaccinated to face penalties
PoliticsGreek Politics, with a strong possibility of the measure being extended to others in the weeks ahead, prompted... ahead. However, given that the number of new Covid cases shot up to more than 3,500 on Tuesday... said that more than 500,000 people in this age group have booked vaccine appointments so far. Tsipras
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ND anxious about impact Afghanistan tumble will have on migration
PoliticsGreek Politicsto move on as many people as it can. The conservatives feel that this line, which is tougher than... the civil war in Syria, when more than 1 million asylum seekers reached the Greek islands... a much more liberal position on the migration issue than New Democracy, even though opinion polls
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Govt seeks ways to keep classrooms open in face of Delta variant
PoliticsGreek Politicsvaccination appointments. The coverage is lower among junior high school students, with fewer than one... that more than half a class would have to test positive for Covid-19 for lessons to be suspended, while... to an outbreak in their class. The strong stance is being seen as a high-risk gambit for Kerameus, who many
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SYRIZA hope Tsipras re-election ballot will bear fruit as poll figures remain stagnant
PoliticsGreek Politicsmembership than PASOK despite garnering more support in polls and elections than the socialists over recent... then. He avoided, though, putting an exact figure on what would constitute a strong turnout..., support for centre-left PASOK-KINAL is more than double where it was in September 2021 (7 pct
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Internal ballot boost SYRIZA membership numbers, bolsters Tsipras
PoliticsGreek Politicsobjectives was to increase the number of members to more than 100,000. This was met with scepticism by some... membership now stands at more than 170,000 and Tsipras was quick to underline that he had been vindicated... (173,000) and more than voted for PASOK’s Nikos Androulakis (139,000) in the run-off vote to elect
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Newsletter 341 - 10/06/2022
close to pre-Covid levels, marking a strong season for the vital tourism sector. There is a feeling... than before, rising by 9.6 pct. Government spending was also up by 1.8 pct, while imports also jumped... and investment spending increasing by more than 17 pct, partly due to RRF resources which are meant
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Newsletter 354 - 07/10/2022
-right parties are polling between 7 and 10 pct of the total vote and if more than one... on Monday, has a lower than expected primary surplus of 0.7 pct of GDP. This is expected to help... handling of Greek-Turkish relations than they would in Alexis Tsipras, but he is also aware
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Newsletter 356 - 21/10/2022
tactic of providing households with subsidies rather than tackling the cost of energy by lowering VAT... to citizens rather than bringing the cost down via other interventions is a tactic that is more likely... pct. When it comes to specific measures to tackle high energy prices, more than half of respondents
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BoG sees 2.2 pct growth in 2023 but warns new govt must stick to reforms
Economy. The BoG sees the economy growing faster than it was previously thought, up to 2.2 pct, from 1.5 pct previously, though significantly slower than the nearly 6 pct seen in 2022. Consumption and investment will make significant contributions to growth, while the outlook for tourism remains strong
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Mitsotakis not taking majority for granted despite encouraging poll numbers
PoliticsGreek Politicspolls continue to suggest that there is little danger of New Democracy not gaining more than 150 seats... a government with a strong majority. The message was just as much directed at centrist voters who... for Mitsotakis to be in danger of not having more than 150 MPs. In their bid to drive up flagging support
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