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Fresh tension weakens prospects for next round of Greek-Turkish talks
PoliticsForeign Policywith the European Union and the United States. Athens has so far avoided responding to similar statements... Mediterranean. The Greek foreign minister also noted that Greece has already suggested to the Turkish side some dates for the 62nd round of the exploratory talks as it will be the host country but has
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Newsletter 288 - 12/03/2021
. The government’s critics argue that at no stage has the prime minister expressed concern about what... to monitor police violence, headed by constitutional expert Nikos Alivizatos, has wound-up its activities.... As such, it seems unlikely that the current tension will disappear anytime soon. The government has also accused
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EU digital certificate seen as boost for tourism against backdrop of worsening pandemic
PoliticsGreek Politics” for travel has been welcomed by PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis as a potential boost for Greek tourism. Αside... of the health status certificate which promises to ease travel among EU countries, has been hailed... announcement has been taken to signal that, following modifications to the original proposal, the concept
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Newsletter 289 - 19/03/2021
interpreted as a sign that some Greeks are growing restless because of a lockdown that has been in place... and deaths. On Thursday, the number of intubated patients reached 645 – the highest it has been this year... and opposition in Parliament on Friday has seen new battle lines drawn around the “law and order” agenda
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Banks tout ambitious NPE plans to return to European mainstream
EconomyBankingHercules Asset Protection Scheme has run it course this year, the ratio of bad loans will be reduced... their NPE ratios down to single-digits by the end of 2022. On the whole, the banks’ performance has been... has risen 19.4 percent in that period. Piraeus is the exception, with its share price halving since
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Greece falls behind on gender equality due to drop in political empowerment
SocietyGreece has been singled out for its poor performance in the global rankings of the World Economic... report uses data from the prior year). While the country has closed its gender gap by 3.5 percentage points since 2006, it has backtracked by 1.2 percentage points in the past year. Greece is the only
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Home testing starts as govt aims to break free from pandemic's grip
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government has started the week by focussing on what it hopes will be an imminent de-escalation... impact to be known, the government has already indicated that self-testing will be extended... of the vaccine programme has picked up in comparison to last month. As of Friday, around 500,000 jabs
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Govt ponders Covid measures for Easter as pandemic handling comes in for more scrutiny
PoliticsGreek PoliticsCovid-19 policy, amid growing attacks from the opposition regarding the way New Democracy has conducted... on Monday that the government’s confused approach to the Covid-19 measures has put the tourism sector....” Self-tests Although the self-test scheme has led to dozens of Covid-19 cases, many of them
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Stability Programme reflects subdued expectations for 2021, high hopes for 2022 onwards
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece has submitted to the European Council and Commission its Stability Programme for the period... as the pandemic still has a hold on the Greek economy and the expected flow of RRF funds has been scaled back... running into May. The headline budget figure for 2021 has been revised down by 6 percentage points
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ND unveils labour bill as parties line up for head-on clash over reforms
PoliticsGreek Politicsof adapting the labour market to the modern world by empowering employees. The government has... more power to shape their working schedules. Although this kind of flexibility has been evident... not reflect well on the party’s trustworthiness. The ruling centre-right party has found itself
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