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  1. Newsletter 271 -30/10/2020

    Newsletters

    of interventions aimed at limiting the spiralling Covid-19 cases in Greece and preventing a national lockdown... committee convened on Wednesday. The flurry of activity was prompted by a new surge in cases this week. Greece reported record high in daily infections and ICU usage on Wednesday, with 1,547 new cases

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  2. Greeks not self-inflicting HIV but new cases have been rising markedly

    Society

    cases,” it said. As has been widely reported, though, the damage may have already been done. Many... cases in Greece have been rising steadily since 2002 and at a greater rate during the economic crisis. In 2008, there were 5.8 HIV cases per 100,000 Greeks. By 2011, this had risen to 7.1 per 100,000

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  3. Greece grapples with second Covid-19 wave as cases soar
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    Society

    Greece marked a sombre new record on Sunday, August 23 with 283 new cases of coronavirus noted... followed. On May 25 when these measures were put in place, Greece had 2,882 cases and 172 deaths. Eighteen patients were in ICU, and the seven-day moving average showed 7 cases. Primary schools

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  4. EU elections in Greece: Applying a different scale of values
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    Agora

    coalition partner, Independent Greeks (ANEL), with which Greek Solution has some similarities. ANEL went... career (at least for now) of its leader Panos Kammenos. Many of the 155,000 votes ANEL lost ended up... the last four years. In September 2015, around 580,000 voters backed Golden Dawn and ANEL. On Sunday

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  5. SYRIZA states intention to continue as minority govt after ANEL leaves coalition
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Agreement, despite the expected departure of junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL) from... with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM). Defence Minister Panos Kammenos, who leads ANEL... in SYRIZA see the divorce from ANEL as a positive, considering that it was a political compromise

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  6. House of cards (The rise and fall of Akis Tsochatzopoulos)
    Photo by Can Esenbel [www.mundanepleasure.com]

    Agora

    It was the house that did for him. Former Defense Minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos succumbed to the base desire of enshrining his wealth and potency in real estate. Hubris, however, blinded him to the dangers of choosing a property within a marble fragment’s throw of the Parthenon. On some days

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  7. Rise in new Covid-19 cases raises alarm on eve of reopening to tourism
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    A fresh spate of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Greece has been causing jitters as the country... and businesses. Within the last four days, public health authorities in Greece reported 97 new Covid-19 cases. Of these, 30 concerned recent arrivals from abroad, while 29 cases were detected in the wider region

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  8. Rise in "imported" Covid-19 cases a source of jitters for tourism industry
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    becoming apparent as the number of coronavirus cases in the country rises. With expectations of arrivals... 24 hours, 33 new cases of Covid-19 were recorded in Greece, 21 of which were picked up by testing... performed on arrivals, of which 75 turned out positive. Two out of three new confirmed cases

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  9. High number of Covid-19 cases puts strain on government
    Athens Airport metro

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    The steady clip at which coronavirus cases are being recorded in Greece is posing not only a public health challenge for the government, but also a political one. On Sunday, a total of 284 cases were... almost 550 cases in total over the weekend, with the pattern of Athens and Thessaloniki dominating

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  10. Revenues at 4.77 bln in Oct, beating target for fourth straight month

    Economy

    to the targets being beaten over the last four months, even though there is a steady increase in unpaid...The final budget execution to October confirmed preliminary figures, released by the Ministry of Finance (MoF) on November 13, showing revenues beating monthly targets by 763 million euros

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