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Construction revels as economic sentiment, consumer confidence rise further in April
EconomyMacroeconomyyear, the EEI has increased by 3.5 points. Meanwhile, compared to April 2020, the ESI has dropped... confidence is now just 2 points lower compared to April last year. However, it has some distance to cover... confidence indicator has worsened substantially by 18.7 points. Retail trade also improved by 4.5
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Slide in press freedom rankings casts spotlight on govt relations with media
PoliticsGreek Politics, the distribution of public funds to the media during the pandemic has attracted criticism from other... allegations of bias and lack of transparency in its distribution - the government has allocated an additional... and that of another journalist, however the charges do not appear to relate to this allegation. The case has
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Under scrutiny, government defends vaccine strategy
PoliticsGreek Politicsrecord has come under scrutiny despite a recent increase in the rate at which jabs are being... under greater scrutiny. The government has been trying to defend its performance on vaccinations... that Greece has administered at least one dose 25% of the population, which is almost five points below
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Loosening of restrictions on expat vote fails to secure Parliament's approval
PoliticsGreek Politicscitizens voting remotely has failed to gather the 200 votes required in Parliament. The result has been... campaign targeting Greeks abroad in the early autumn. A pilot voter registration website has so far... 50,000-100,000 registrations. Polls A new poll has added to the pattern of recent findings, yielding mixed
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IMF raises outlook on Greek debt sustainability to merely 'uncertain'
Economy. Overall, the IMF’s view has not substantially changed on Greece after more than one year... has a long-standing estimate of the country’s long-term growth rate at under 1 pct on average..., though the IMF noted that progress has been made in securitisations through the Hercules Asset
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Reshuffle speculation resurfaces, swiftly dismissed by government
PoliticsGreek Politicsof snap elections later this year. While Mitsotakis has rebuffed such suggestions, the conjecture around this issue has not died down completely. In fact, the indication in last week’s Skai TV poll that there has been a slight rise in New Democracy’s support since last month rekindled the chatter
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Parties gear up for confrontation over labour bill
PoliticsGreek Politicsplace on Wednesday. Last week’s general strike has added to the tension over the bill and reports... for a “counter-offensive” against New Democracy. The local media has taken this as a sign that he plans... of most of its provisions. The government has flatly rejected the claims that the bill will lead
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Mitsotakis and Erdogan break ice, look for calm summer
PoliticsForeign Policydevelopments in Cyprus and the statements Erdogan has said he will make on July 20. The meeting between... applications have been rejected by the Greek authorities. The Greek request for the returns has been pending since last January, while the European Commission has also intervened, without result
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Vaccination scheme gaps identified as Greece prepares to discard masks
PoliticsGreek Politicsas part of the further loosening of Covid restrictions, while Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has..., Stella Kyriakides, Mitsotakis noted that Greece has now administered more than 7.5 million jabs... close to 43 pct have received at least one jab. The uptake so far has been patchy in terms of geography
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Delta variant shifts goalposts for tourism season and vaccinations
PoliticsGreek Politicson proof of vaccination with the Sputnik vaccine, which has not been approved by the European Medicines... applies to UK arrivals. Russia has been an increasingly significant source of visitors to Greece... as originally intended. The Greek PM has said that he does not see reason for further restrictions
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