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Turkey: Multiple policy challenges from all directions
Agoraby the government due to the related economic cost. Apart from its detrimental impacts on the country’s healthcare system and people’s lives, the continued spread of the virus could hurt Turkey’s tourism sector which..., threatening to deal a devastating blow to the country’s lucrative tourism industry (normally worth around
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FM explains verbal clash in Ankara but broader strategy remains unclear
PoliticsForeign Policyreiterated on Thursday that Athens supported Turkey’s EU entry because it was in Greece’s interests... or eastern Mediterranean.” What prompted the Greek diplomat’s unexpected move was Cavusoglu... by widening the issues under discussion. Dendias’s statements clarified the Greek side’s “red lines
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At the bottom of the Balkans: Kosovo's bumpy road in securing vaccines
AgoraOn January 6, 2021 Kosovo’s former prime minister of Kosovo, Avdullah Hoti, and the minister... vaccines has been approved in the Parliament. Despite all these, Kosovo’s institutions have failed... ambassador, Kosovo’s Prime Minister showed gratitude to the COVAX mechanism, in this way showing
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Vaccines provide govt with hope of pandemic exit as labour reform battle gathers pace
PoliticsGreek Politicsin April, it had appeared that the government’s target of delivering 1.5 million vaccines this month..., around 19% of Greece’s population had received at least one Covid-19 jab, while almost 8% had... appointments to be vaccinated. The government seized on Tsipras’s remarks as an attempt to undermine
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Common ground absent after latest round of Cyprus discussions
PoliticsForeign Policyinsisted that if Tatar’s proposal is not accepted it will not participate in future talks. The Greek... to start.” In a sign that the 72-year-old veteran politician’s patience is not infinite, in his... meeting in Geneva caused disquiet in Athens because of Ankara’s support for Tatar’s ideas. The Greek
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Newsletter 295 - 07/05/2021
celebrated Orthodox Easter on Sunday, the country’s cafes, bars and restaurants reopened on Monday after... Easter address. He called on The country’s cafes, bars and restaurants reopened on Monday after... that followed last summer’s spike, which the opposition attributed to the government’s sloppy handling
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Under scrutiny, government defends vaccine strategy
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAs Greece prepares to officially launch this summer’s tourism season, the government’s vaccination... will no longer be required to justify people’s movements. Travel to some islands will require a vaccine... used and how accurate they are. However, it was another area of the government’s Covid policy that came
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Summer optimism undermined by uptick in Covid-19 indicators and subdued expectations for tourism
PoliticsGreek Politicsinfections remain stubbornly above the 2,000 mark this week, with Wednesday’s daily figure coming... of tests had been falling, the number stood at 4.31 pct on Wednesday, above the ECDC’s warning level... an online forum on Greece’s recovery plan organised by Hessischer Kreis and Boston Consulting group, PM
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SYRIZA hunts for youthful narrative as polls remain stubbornly negative
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAs anxiety over the outcome of the pandemic grows and dissatisfaction with some of New Democracy’s... of attack beginning to emerge out of leader Alexis Tsipras’s recent visits to the Greek regions... in the perception of ND’s record in government, voters clearly do not see the opposition party, or its
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Newsletter 302 - 18/06/2021
to keep up the pace of what he is describing as his government’s reform drive over the summer, when his... government’s recent successes to resume the reform agenda which was largely set aside to deal... from the relaxation of Covid measures and capitalise on his government’s recent successes to resume
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