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PM tightens lockdown, braces for economic and political impact
PoliticsGreek Politics, but given that the last lockdown began in November and has never been fully lifted, the validity... with a large group of people. Along with the constant chopping and changing of restrictions, this has... mutations, Greece has to be on alert to prevent another major outbreak. He cited Portugal as a recent
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Newsletter 296 - 14/05/2021
show that Greece has administered at least one dose 25% of the population, which is almost five points..., the data shows that the vaccination rate in Greece has picked up over the last few weeks... that the rate at which doses are being administered has picked up since the authorities brought forward
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Govt targets unvaccinated with new Covid restrictions, drawing more claims of muddled approach
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government has decided to respond to the latest Covid wave by tightening restrictions... the vaccinated. The official government line has been to put moral pressure on the unvaccinated once it became... used by government officials with regard to Greeks who have yet to get the jab has started
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Mitsotakis hints at post-election policy tweaks to address economic concerns
PoliticsGreek Politicsweek’s EP elections, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has started to sketch out several specific interventions that the government is mulling for after the polls. Mitsotakis has set the goal... interviews focus on employment and housing. On the employment front, the government has stated
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More debt talks lined up but chances of IMF departure growing
EconomyProgrammeafter the last Eurogroup in Brussels and stressed the need for Athens to abide by the measured it has... to the June 21 Eurogroup as the date by which this matter has to be settled. Scholz said he is waiting... decision” would emerge. The Greek government has already started playing down the importance
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Tsipras picks holes in ND approach, unveils own spending proposals
PoliticsGreek Politicsare on the rise, the opposition has also been under pressure to present concrete alternatives... of international institutions. “Even (ECB President) Lagarde has urged governments to spend,” he argued... that the country has latterly been afforded on the fiscal front, as well as the cash reserves
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Starkly different solutions presented as govt nears lockdown decision point
PoliticsGreek Politicsat the lockdown, but said that despite the pressure on ICUs in the capital the country has been handling... of new cases is in sight. The Health Ministry has been making efforts to increase the number of beds... the scandal involving former national theatre director Dimitris Lignadis, has generated mostly negative
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Building activity nosedived for the fourth straight year, down 27.6 pct in 2013
EconomyMacroeconomysince the peak in August 2010. The rate of contraction in housing loans has been between 3.1 - 3.7..., the housing non-performing loans ratio has jumped to 25.8 percent at the end of September 2013 more than 3.5... recommencing soon. The work on these motorways with a combined value of 7.6 billion euros has been
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November sees highest MoM drop in employment as headline figure remains at 25.8 pct
Economythe past five years, the number of employed has nosedived by 991,000 corresponding to a drop of 21.9... number. Since September, the number of registered jobless has advanced by almost 96,000. However... the 15-64 age groups, it is also the only one that has not shown any sign of de-escalation so far
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Newsletter 33 - 03/07/2015
would have to remain closed. This would wreak further damage on the economy, which has already... lenders, though, agree to such an arrangement given that the trust with Greece has been obliterated... away if he is prepared to sign a deal and has the Greek people’s packing to do so. Such a move could
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