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PM tightens lockdown, braces for economic and political impact
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat, despite recent criticism, his government’s record in dealing with Covid-19 has been better than..., to combat overcrowding on public transport and its decision to hire more policemen rather than spend... of the year, making it clear that the government had already dug deeper than it expected. The latest
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Unemployment drops to 15.8 pct in December, lowest since February
EconomyMacroeconomyemployed if the duration of their contract suspension is less than three months or if they receive more than 50 percent of their salary. The data showed that there were 24,332 fewer unemployed people... with 2,338 more hirings than people leaving their jobs. Compared to the same month last year
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Newsletter 293 - 16/04/2021
and Resilience Plan. He argued that SYRIZA’s plan would cost less than 6 billion euros and would help get... three months, lower than the target by 733 million euros, or 5.5 percent. The full revenue breakdown... euros, lower than the target by 1.55 billion euros, or 8.3 percent, mainly due to expenditure
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ND courts youth vote with targeted pandemic relief, recovery schemes
PoliticsGreek Politicsthan older age groups with the direction that the country is heading in. Such findings, along... are not traditionally viewed as a significant force in elections, and generally show lower turnout than ND’s traditional constituency of older voters. They could, however, have a bigger-than-usual impact
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Newsletter 295 - 07/05/2021
. For instance, the alcoholic beverage industry in Greece employs more than 30,000 people and, under normal circumstances, contributes more than 1.5 billion euros to the national economy. Most of its sales... stands at little more than 60% - towards the lower end of the EU scale. It is also just 47% for those
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Vaccination scheme gaps identified as Greece prepares to discard masks
PoliticsGreek Politics, Stella Kyriakides, Mitsotakis noted that Greece has now administered more than 7.5 million jabs... and age. For instance, while more than 60 pct of the residents of some islands have received the jab, less than 30 pct of people living in various parts of northern Greece have done so. Perhaps
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Professional liars in pandemic times
Agorainfluence on decision-making than facts and evidence. Post-truth is an era in which the main socio... they are speaking to more than their own eyes. The concept of post-truth can be linked to what the famous American comedian and television presenter Stephen Colbert called the concept of "truthiness" more than
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Govt intent on making some relief measures permanent
PoliticsGreek Politicsless well among Greeks in their 20s and 30s than those over 50, but young voters have also grown far more disgruntled with the government’s handling of the pandemic than their elders. This could... the apparent reluctance of some older Greeks to take up the Covid jab. More than 30 pct of over-80s
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Quo vadis Germany? Sunday's elections leave many questions in need of answers
Agora, a decline of more than two percent compared to 2017. Despite the Covid-19 pandemic the AfD could..., having won 25.7 percent, a gain of more than five percent against 2017. Scholz’ electoral campaign.... They lost more than 8 percent compared to the elections in 2017. In issues traditionally associated
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Tear gas instead of vaccines
Agorathan health protection measures and its authoritarian rule, has continuously lost both credibility... with the citizens, incessant corruption scandals, constant repression, introduction of political rather than... and candidates for vaccination. According to public opinion polls, currently less than 20% of Slovenians
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