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Govt baulks at more holiday restrictions to stem spread of Omicron variant
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe unvaccinated. Mitsotakis said that since the start of the pandemic the government has provided 80... that there has been little uptake since free voluntary self-testing was first rolled out this month... to a surge in infections as it has done elsewhere, the policy reflexes have been restrained
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Govt readies targeted support for energy bills in bid to contain cost of living crisis
PoliticsGreek Politicspandemic support. Despite a recent dip, Greece has registered the highest prices for wholesale... and 76 in Germany. The government has been taking some political credit for an agreement between... in a few weeks”, adding that “what we can do is support households”. Opposition SYRIZA has also been
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Govt pins hopes on lifting Covid restrictions in March as experts tread more cautious path
PoliticsGreek Politicsin favour of an imminent easing of national restrictions across the bloc. The decision for Athens has..., while their proposal to subsidise energy costs for industry has been denied by Brussels... time in several days that the daily figure has fallen below 100. The Covid death rate in Greece has
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Newsletter 339 - 27/05/2022
of 0.5 points taking it to 20.3 pct. In third place, PASOK-KINAL has dropped 2.6 points since April... of the support it has lost over the last few months as the cost-of-living crisis has gripped Greek households... over day-to-day issues such as energy costs rather than foreign policy. ND has a distinct advantage
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Government faces backlash over emergency energy package
PoliticsGreek Politics” for being unable to afford even a short holiday. While the rising cost of living has been named as the top concern for Greek voters for some time, this has not posed a serious challenge to New Democracy’s dominance for as long as the opposition has remained divided and mired in introspection. While
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PM hopes to reset narrative with positive announcements
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPM Kyriakos Mitsotakis has launched into a good news offensive at the start of the political season... on the economy, Mitsotakis has been marking each day with an announcement. On Monday, he hailed the arrival.... There will be no generous spending plans announced at this year’s TIF as the government has already
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Poll confirms ND dominance as PASOK hopefuls eye challenger role
PoliticsGreek Politicspercent. Among the smaller parties, hard right Voice of Logic (Foni Logikis) has taken the lead with 4.1... for late November, while Tsipras has maintained his distance from the wrangling of recent weeks... EP elections. The GPO poll finds that Androulakis has the support of just over a third of the party
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ND courts voters with hardline migration bill as pressure grows over farming subsidy scandal
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDemocracy, has been expected to introduce tougher migration policies since being appointed to the post in March. New Democracy has also been pressured by parties to its right to take stronger measures... applications have been rejected. The minister has previously stated that he believes up to 97 percent
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ND doubles down on stricter migration policy, riling opponents
PoliticsGreek Politicshas to be considered within the current context of Greek politics as well as the heightened flow... the opposition parties, with some MPs questioning their constitutionality. There has also been... Parliament. It appears that the damage caused by the OPEKEPE scandal has convinced Mitsotakis that he
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Mitsotakis targets reforms, but day-to-day challenges set to dominate agenda in 2024
PoliticsGreek Politicsreformist credentials, which are an important part of the image that Mitsotakis has cultivated. However... that SYRIZA leader Stefanos Kasselakis has suggested that his party could even win the June ballot even though... party due to disagreements with the newcomer has so far failed to capture the Greek public’s
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