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Covid rears its head again as ND reaches halfway point in tenure
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the country which has been vaccinated.” This comment drew some criticism, with political rivals... responsibly. However, during his interview, the premier also admitted that his party has had challenges... the smoking ban soon after coming to power, which many argued would never work but which has been adopted
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Newsletter 305 - 16/07/2021
. Nevertheless, the decision to clamp down on unvaccinated staff has caused a stir and puts New.... The government’s decision to toughen its stance vis a vis healthcare workers has been contrasted with its ongoing mollycoddling of the Church of Greece. New Democracy has shied away from either criticising
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Fighting fake news is a "to be or not to be" battle
Agora". At the same time, it was announced that a "Covid-19 Response" website has been created at the end of March 2020. WHO also has launched the Mythbuster website called "Tips for the public about... of international "fact-checkers" that has a cooperation agreement with Facebook (since last August
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Turkey's Varosha move adds new complexity to Greek-Turkish relations
PoliticsForeign Policymeans that the framework of the Cyprus talks has changed completely. The city has been a Turkish military zone since the 1974 invasion and has been widely viewed as a leverage for Ankara in any future... of the UN Security Council. Both the US and the EU seem extremely annoyed that Ankara has gone back
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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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Wildfires rekindle longstanding political battle as heatwave forces agenda change
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe New Democracy administration has been in power, it has used the limited death toll in its... there is a large blaze to protect against casualties. Even the coast guard has been called in when necessary. In all its communication around the fires, the government has stressed above all
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Govt sets out fire compensation scheme in first step to overcome destruction
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government has set out a three-step process for helping the fire-stricken areas of Greece... of criticism that has threatened to engulf Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s administration.... It has also been pointed out the New Democracy has reinstated and elevated key figures from
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Govt announces stricter measures for unvaccinated to curb autumn pandemic wave
PoliticsGreek Politicsto continue indoors and in crowded public settings. The government has taken the position that the situation... them at greater risk of infection. So far, there has been a reluctance to extend compulsory... that it was not a matter of punishment but of risk management. Vaccine politics The government has been hardening
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Crunch time nears for health system as Covid surge meets staff suspensions
PoliticsGreek Politicsintubated in ICUs has doubled since the end of July, reaching 332. The surge in hospitalisations has... under 23 pct). Concerned that the system is approaching a crunch point, the Health Ministry has... of the Supreme Court. This has not deterred unionists, who have scheduled a strike and a protest
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Opposition to vaccines hardens, revealing deep rift in public attitudes
PoliticsGreek Politicspharmacologist and professor at the University of Thessaloniki, Dimitris Kouvelas, who has emerged... show that 57 pct of the general population has received at least one dose of vaccine, and 54.5..., according to the head of the vaccination programme, however daily progress has been slow, with an average
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