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Newsletter 312 - 15/10/2021
of natural disasters over which it has no control. In fact, government spokesman Yiannis Economou... that there has been insufficient time since August for this initiative to start paying off... of media independence and alleged government interference has been high on SYRIZA’s agenda, particularly
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Leaders joust over Covid policy as death toll rises but public interest wanes
PoliticsGreek Politicsleader argued that as a result of the government’s mishandling of the pandemic, Greece now has... population has been fully vaccinated. As of Friday, 58.8 pct of all Greeks had received both Covid jabs... the weekend indicated that the public continues to be sceptical about the way the government has
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Govt plays down Omicron threat despite wariness and high Covid death rate
PoliticsGreek Politicson Sunday. There were also 647 patients with the coronavirus in ICUs. Greece currently has one... of November. Based on a 7-day rolling average, Greece has 8.9 deaths per million every day, versus and EU... strategy in dealing with the pandemic has been a total a success. “The pandemic could have literally
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PM opts for risky move with vaccination penalty as Covid threat grows
PoliticsGreek Politicsat a moment when Greek hospitals are inundated with Covid patients and Greece has one of the highest death... which the financial penalty kicks in. It should also be noted that the government has consistently... of the adult population has received at least their first jab. During his address on Tuesday
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Opposition renews attack on government over hospital capacity
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s announcement of fines for unvaccinated over-60s has further... the age of 60 who has not booked a vaccination appointment by mid-January. The prime minister argued... vaccination compulsory. Opposition SYRIZA has not been able to come back with a convincing response
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Androulakis receives strong mandate for renewal at KINAL
PoliticsGreek PoliticsIn a development that could cause reverberations across Greek politics, MEP Nikos Androulakis has... in the first ballot and around 156,000 in the second. The 42-year-old politician from Crete has... dignity.” In truth, Androulakis has revealed little about his political beliefs during the campaign
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Athens homing in on non-permanent seat at UNSC
PoliticsForeign Policyparticipated, Greece has decided to present its candidacy as a non-permanent member of the UNSC... crises occur. Athens has already begun its diplomatic campaign, even though it is also busy watching... officially at the organisation. Ankara has been sending official letters to the UN regarding the issue
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Mitsotakis tries to dig way out of snowstorm fallout
PoliticsGreek Politicsparties and parts of the media has focussed on how car and rail passengers were trapped in and around... power for more than 24 hours in some cases. However, this has also raised questions about the state... in the narrative put together by Mitsotakis and his team – namely that New Democracy has not been able
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Mitsotakis unveils property tax reduction, searches for pre-election narrative
PoliticsGreek Politics. The Finance Ministry has been working on the details of the revised ENFIA over the past few months... review. Finance Minister Christos Staikouras has been stressing the need to keep public finances under... suggest that although ND retains a big lead over SYRIZA, its popularity has been waning and it has been
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Traditional sectors carry burden of job creation as unemployment levels fall
EconomyMacroeconomyon the recovery path it has been following since July 2013, when monthly unemployment rate peaked at 28 pct... covering the two-year period. Although it has some methodological differences due to not being seasonally... then, and up to Q3 2021, employment has increased to 4.12 million, a rise of 638,400 more jobs. Busy
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