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OECD sees heavy hit from pandemic, gradual recovery in 2021 picking up pace in 2022
EconomyThe OECD has released its latest economic outlook showing that Greece is unlikely to escape a significant economic downturn due to the second wave of the virus. In line with the Ministry of FInance’s.... A recovery will solidify in 2022 as the vaccination programme against the virus gains momentum
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Newsletter 277 -11/12/2020
to the resurgence of the virus, Mitsotakis repeated the government’s long-standing position... backfired. The juxtaposition of attributing the surge in the virus to lax public behaviour while
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Govt faces fresh pressure over Covid-19 decisions amid slow start to vaccination scheme
PoliticsGreek Politics(this includes allowing holy communion to continue when the virus first appeared in Greece and ministers... a stark increase in the prevalence of the virus in the capital’s wastewater. EODY reported 928 new
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Lockdown set to be extended as political friction continues
PoliticsGreek Politicsto collect products they ordered online could be held back as experts monitor how the virus is evolving... and troubled” by the data. Samples of wastewater have indicated a much higher prevalence of the virus over
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Greece prepares to relax lockdown amid concerns about toll on economy
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government was preparing on Friday for a relaxation of Covid-19 restrictions as the virus numbers continue to improve and businesses grow warier of the impact from a prolonged lockdown. Speaking... of the virus in Greece. Mitsotakis argued that the authorities are now in a position, should
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Unease over political pressure on experts accompanies rumours of stricter lockdown
PoliticsGreek Politicsare currently hospitalised with the virus across Greece, of which 246 are intubated in ICUs. ICUs in Athens... be key to controlling the virus. The committee also questioned the head of the National Public
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Health service in spotlight as govt scrabbles for more measures to contain Covid
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government is set to admit defeat in its strategy for containing Covid-19 as health data continues to cause concern and new measures are set to be announced to rein in the virus. Although... officials found to have jumped the vaccination queue. Furthermore, the inability to get the virus
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Govt prepares new round of economic relief as Covid remains a threat
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government is trying to send reassuring messages about its ability to provide sufficient economic support to make up for the longer than expected impact of Covid-19, even though the virus’s... a full reopening a week later. The difficulty in getting the virus under control has upset the government
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It will happen when it happens - The vaccination entanglement in North Macedonia
Agorafor prevention of the spread of the virus compared to North Macedonia. The number of new cases... of the vaccination should not raise a false optimism that the virus will disappear immediately after
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Bulgaria's Covid-19 vaccination fiasco: excessive risks, mediocre results
Agoraand vaccines based on an inactivated virus. The mRNA vaccines are developed and produced by Pfizer... traditional vaccine method is the inactivated virus used in China’s state-owned Sinopharm, China’s Sinovac
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