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Govt tries to fend off claims of disarray in Covid-19 reporting, coordination
PoliticsGreek Politicshas been providing incomplete data, and even that a dual system for recording Covid-19 cases has been used. The reports claim that this has led to friction between the head of EODY, Panagiotis... friend of Kikilias who was instrumental in his appointment, has come under scrutiny before
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Govt struggling to keep coronavirus threat at bay
PoliticsGreek Politicsare set to continue online lessons for the rest of December. The ruling New Democracy party has been... are not convinced by the government’s narrative. SYRIZA has also made an issue of photos and videos... “because he is a human being.” Although the government has consistently tried to deflect any
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PM identifies pending pensions as key problem, while row brews over media law
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has identified clearing the pensions backlog as one... retires. He admitted, though, in the remote meeting of ND’s parliamentary group that this has proved... credibility. Although the government has created a new electronic platform, Atlas, to help achieve
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Slight easing of Covid-19 data as focus turns to retail, budget
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat are not able to provide such a service. Naftemporiki reported that just 17 pct of the retail market has.... It was revealed on Sunday that the government has given permission to stores located in malls to also open to customers who have ordered online. The decision is a sign of the pressure the government has
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Lockdown set to be extended as political friction continues
PoliticsGreek Politicscame to 510. Although the latter figure suggests that Greece has yet to experience the full impact... by pointing to the online platform it has created allowing Greeks to volunteer for free tests at 386 points... no longer has a spotless record in the eyes of many voters, but SYRIZA has had no success in convincing
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ND holds on to large poll lead despite growing public dissatisfaction
PoliticsGreek Politics. Mitsotakis’s popularity has been reducing gradually since the Prorata poll in April, when it stood at 55 pct, however Tsipras has remained steady with 35 pct. The poll recorded a leap in the popularity of Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias, whose handling of relations with Turkey has brought him a 60 pct
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Greece prepares to relax lockdown amid concerns about toll on economy
PoliticsGreek Politics, noting that – along with Finland – it currently has the lowest positivity rate and that the number of intubated patients has fallen substantially since the peak of more than 600 in the autumn. On Thursday... of the economy, such as retail, to start getting back to normal activity. The government has come under
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University bill passes as parties' ideological dividing lines are laid bare
PoliticsGreek Politicsmore police officers. Both parties suggested that ND has a hidden agenda, which is to drive students away from public universities and to private colleges, which the government has already given... Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has appealed to and continues to covet. Right-wing developments
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Govt counts fiscal cost as Greece heads for lockdown extension
PoliticsGreek Politics’s hopes regarding a reopening of stores. It has also raised questions about why some government... next week. At no point over the last few days has the epidemiological data brought any encouragement... Adonis Georgiadis, who has been pushing for stores to be able to operate again. However, it also comes
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Labour market developments in Greece during Covid-19
Agoralabour productivity is expensive in Greece. Much has changed during and after the euro-crisis in Greece... of the increase has been moderate. Two factors chiefly account for this difference. The government... again provides the numbers as in Figure 2. What do we see? · Participation, on trend, has been
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