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PM sees 'new Greece' rising from Hellinikon rubble, pledges more aid for struggling firms
PoliticsGreek Politicsare due to be brought down in the coming months before Lamda starts constructing new ones. The Greek-led... on the site. However, New Democracy has also encountered obstacles in getting the project off... is another 3.5 billion euros in interventions aimed at assisting the Greek economy to recover from
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Flooding, Covid-19 threat in Athens dominate ND's agenda
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKyriakos Mitsotakis’s premiership continues to be knocked off course by unpredictable events... Karditsa on Monday. This tit-for-tat behaviour is standard practice in Greek politics, with SYRIZA having... for such situations, where Greek governments aim to be quick in announcing handouts and compensation
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Concern over ICU capacity, support for business generate pressure for ND
PoliticsGreek Politicsof elective surgery at public hospitals to be put off. Health Minister Vassilis Kikilias indicated... reaching, if not exceeding, 10 pct. Greek banks are also revising their forecasts. National Bank... in December for the heating subsidy. Nevertheless, Greek business owners do not seem
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Minister's clash with catering sector highlights pitfalls ahead as pandemic squeezes economy
PoliticsGreek Politicsas the coronavirus has knocked the 2021 budget off track after just the first month of the year... sector. Georgiadis Apart from being one of the Greek economy’s key employers, the catering sector has... forward perhaps the biggest political threat to the government is the possibility of many, small Greek
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Newsletter 288 - 12/03/2021
some protestors pulling a policeman off his motorcycle and beating him. The police suggested... euros last year from a 2016 high of about 14 billion euros. Unlike previous bouts of Greek bank... the European Central Bank’s TLTRO program, with an interest rate of -100 bps. Greek deposits increased
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Under scrutiny, government defends vaccine strategy
PoliticsGreek Politicsdictated by their delivery. The Greek official pointed instead to the current daily rate, arguing... that the Greek government had “overpromised and underdelivered”, in terms of vaccinating islanders... the opening of the tourism sector when other European countries, such as France are holding off from
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Newsletter 296 - 14/05/2021
, this was not the news the Greek authorities wanted to accompany the official start to this year’s summer season... a repeat of last year's criticism that tourists brought the virus into Greece. holding off from welcoming... improved from the previous forecasts in February. The Commission sees the Greek economy growing
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PM looking to build on RRF approval to augment profile as moderniser
PoliticsGreek Politicsas not being interested in the fate of the average Greek, but solely focussed on the well-off. The opposition... that this amount could add a cumulative 7 percentage points to Greek GDP by 2026. The European
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Pandemic surge creates fresh political and economic doubts
PoliticsGreek Politicsbe allowed to take off their mask for a while if they are not in crowded areas. Economic impact... that the Greek tourism sector now expects this year’s takings to reach 30 to 35 pct of 2019, which... forecasts for the Greek economy. The think-tank raised its projection from 3.5-4 to 5-5.5, but its
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Opposition to vaccines hardens, revealing deep rift in public attitudes
PoliticsGreek PoliticsLow vaccination rates are emerging as an intractable issue for the Greek health authorities... in Athens, Thessaloniki and other Greek cities on Sunday. Hospital staff must show proof of immunisation... “hands off our children” and “no to division”. Speakers at the events included a prominent
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