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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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After impact of fires, PM tweaks team, with focus on communication
PoliticsGreek Politics. The main position will be taken by Deputy Agricultural Development Minister Yiannis Economou, who has...’s press team has been in a state of flux since the beginning of the year, when then government... then, Peloni has been the government’s spokesperson but the recent turbulence that ND ran into as a result
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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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It's time to say farewell to TINA politics in Germany
Agoracampaign of 2021 has offered stark policy differences, i.e. the option of alternatives between... are both over 60. Baerbock has never held a ministerial position, never led a municipality, nor... children has been a member of the Bundestag for eight years. Her chances of leading the environmental
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The final stretch: Can fearmongering swing the German electorate?
Agoraof German politics. A record number of voters has already cast their ballots. Given the Covid-19... opinion polls, the CDU has focused its last-minute campaign strategy on a combination of fear... and the CDU do not want a new ‘Grand Coalition’. That option has politically exhausted itself
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Mitsotakis, Erdogan keep distance at UN as summer moratorium draws to close
PoliticsForeign Policysince the former has already addressed the UN Assembly and will be leaving on Wednesday just a few... during the last talks held between the two men last June is coming to an end, if it has not ended... sense that Turkey has recently returned to its tactic of provoking the Greek side. Apart from
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