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Newsletter 292 - 09/04/2021
administration’s handling of the pandemic and the array of problems it has created. This significant erosion of faith in ND’s abilities has also stoked speculation about whether Mitsotakis will abandon... insisted that he has no plans to go to the polls early. He stated his confidence that, despite the wear
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Newsletter 293 - 16/04/2021
. Although it will take some time for the scheme’s impact to be known, the government has already.... According to the poll, 63% of respondents have negative views of how the government has handled...%, emphasising the magnitude of the decline since last year. Nevertheless, this has led to no change
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A brief lexicon of the Cyprus issue negotiations
Agoraof Cyprus has been characterised as a ‘functional federation’. The reason behind this characterisation... of the Republic in 1963-64 and Turkey’s military intervention in 1974, it has been agreed that a reunified... settlement plan. Bi-zonality: While bi-communality has been accepted and recognised as an inherent
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Professional liars in pandemic times
Agorais that they can refer to something that has the potential to be true, but does not have... to various conspiracy theories to find out what lies in the background. The coronavirus pandemic has also... will not get vaccinated because he has previously recovered from corona. He also implied
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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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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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Ousting of govt MP brings to fore leadership unease, angst over far right
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKyriakos Mitsotakis has ousted the deputy from New Democracy’s parliamentary group, reducing...,” concluded Dendias, who has in the past earned plaudits for confronting Golden Dawn MPs head... parliamentarian in the past. This has also fuelled speculation that the PM felt he had to take
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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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