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Newsletter 315 - 05/11/2021
pct. The number of people dying from the virus has hovered around 50 a day this week. Reacting... vaccinated Greeks with as much freedom of movement as possible, while holding those who have not been... to be seen to be taking back freedoms from the vaccinated. The official government line has been to put
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Higher education in Greece needs radical overhaul to create labour-relevant workforce, study says
SocietyThe Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research (IOBE) has released a study examining how the crisis has impacted Greece’s education and labour market. The study, titled “Education and the labour.... The employment rate for Greeks with a higher level of education is 66 percent compared to an EU average of 78
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Covid dominates start of 2022 but PM looks ahead to growth
PoliticsGreek Politicsissue that the government has to address over the coming weeks. Coming on the back of growing criticism about New Democracy’s handling of the pandemic, the arrival of the Omicron variant in Greece has... infections. Health Minister Thanos Plevris has indicated that the government will also adapt its vaccine
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Tsipras looking to build momentum for elections after vote on name deal
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras is due to start 2019 with the hope that he has the votes he needs... would like elections to be held on October. He added that he has not yet decided if the vote... government and make it clear to voters that the four-year cooperation with nationalist ANEL has come
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Govt looks for positives as it steps up vaccine rollout
PoliticsGreek Politics. As of Monday, Greeks aged 60 to 64 will be able to receive the AstraZeneca jab, which Greece has only... that this week will mark the start of a marked increase in the vaccination rate, allowing the lockdown measures... inoculated with other vaccines. By Friday, February 13, 371,462 people had received at least one jab
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Newsletter 71 - 22/04/2016
an agreement has not been reached so far. On income tax reform, the The fiscal outcome for 2015... to higher cut to 8,182 euros, while the European Commission has proposed the tax-free threshold... to the initial government proposal published in early January, while the national pension has been agreed at 384
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Newsletter 235 -17/01/2020
has chosen a figure that is not from “New Democracy’s political family,” as he told TV viewers... in the upcoming parliamentary vote. This means that she will receive The Prime Minister has managed to set... government has already overseen the appointments of new heads at the Supreme Court and Court of Audit
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Current account deficit widens to 404 mln in March
EconomyMacroeconomymillion. The rate of change in exports turned positive (+3.1 percent) in March, while imports dropped... to 5.01 billion, while imports fell at a similar rate by 7.7 percent to 9.19 billion. Lower oil prices... a sharp drop in the primary income surplus (by 859 million) followed by a narrowing of the services
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Beyond conspiracy theories: How mismanagement shaped vaccination in Albania
Agora. But while vaccination has been open to anyone over 18 since August, Pfizer vaccines (and to a slightly... in the hope of snatching a Pfizer jab when the next batch arrives. Some are waiting on Pfizer because... are fully vaccinated, or roughly 28% of the country’s 2.8 million people. Vaccination uptake has slowed down
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PM relies on patchwork of measures to keep Covid at bay as jab uptake flags
PoliticsGreek Politicsin Greece has also been critical of the legislation, claiming that no attempt had been made to persuade... The government, meanwhile, has been attempting to persuade the public and workers in other key sectors..., Tourism Minister Haris Theocharis has been making the case for vaccination to employers and workers
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