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Under scrutiny, government defends vaccine strategy
PoliticsGreek Politicspupils and teachers will only have to conduct one self-test per week before going to school, rather than... that just over 1% of the population is being vaccinated each day. Over the last couple of weeks, more than... to the discussion. Gerapetritis argued that Greece is vaccinating at a faster rate than any other G20
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PM warns Covid threat remains as 'wall of immunity' still being built
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat more than 50% of residents have been vaccinated so far. Similarly, the vaccination rate on many... a potentially more aggressive variant of Covid, such as the Indian mutation, rather than the 75% that would... vaccinating more than 100,000 people a day. He warned that the government would clamp down if it feels
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Employment balance positive by 33,210 in April; catering starts hiring ahead of reopening
EconomyMacroeconomyThe employment balance was positive with 33,210 more hirings than people leaving their jobs... there were 59 more departures than hirings. The highest positive balance was seen in those aged 15-24, where there were 11,062 more people hired than departed. Broken down by employment activity in each
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Newsletter 297 - 21/05/2021
the “wall of immunity” it would like even though it is now vaccinating more than 100,000 people a day. He... which they were temporarily absent, as still employed if the duration of their absence was less than... billion euros which was 181 million euros higher than its monthly target. Apartment prices increase 3.2
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Eurobank posts Q1 net profit of 70 mln
EconomyBanking, Eurobank said that fewer of its loans turned sour than it expected in the first quarter, as pandemic... is coming from low new NPE formation, significantly better than expected.” Asset quality The stock of non... million euros, which the bank said was less than expected, while provisions over NPEs were 61.9
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Newsletter 300 - 11/06/2021
orderbook of any syndicated transaction of Greece. More than 300 investor accounts participated... in May, more than the decrease of 1.6 percent in April. The goods’ index increased by 1.3 percent..., higher than the figure for the same period last year by 5.2 percent. New unpaid obligations from tax
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Q1 unemployment at 17.1 pct amid drop in employed, rise in inactives
EconomyMacroeconomy, those who are furloughed are still considered to be employed if the suspension period is less than three months or if they receive more than 50 percent of their remuneration. A total of 745,400 people... for more than four years. Most of the employed are working as employees (67.1 percent), while
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Newsletter 305 - 16/07/2021
than a third, according to some polls) is sceptical or completely opposed to the vaccines..., and others putting the estimate at more than 5,000. The protesters, many carrying Greek flags, while... is smaller than those seen habitually in Greece, including at the recent anti-labour law rallies
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Govt prepares ground for unvaccinated to face penalties
PoliticsGreek Politicsahead. However, given that the number of new Covid cases shot up to more than 3,500 on Tuesday... said that more than 500,000 people in this age group have booked vaccine appointments so far. Tsipras... of vaccines by seeking to punish the unvaccinated rather than convince them to get the jab.
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PM cautious about extending compulsory vaccinations
PoliticsGreek Politicsmore than 46 pct of the general population, while more than 10 million jabs had been administered... is much lower than among doctors and nurses – out of roughly 155,000 educators, 46,500 have reportedly
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