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Greece to press for EU sanctions roadmap on Turkey as domestic pressure builds
PoliticsGreek Politicsapproach pursued by the EU has only encouraged further Turkish provocations, and that it is time... summit which starts on Thursday, which was due to focus on Brexit. The Greek side has limited..., but also turned the heat on the government to escalate pressure on Turkey by crossing what Ankara has
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Govt examines stricter measures to rein in coronavirus as options dwindle
PoliticsGreek Politicsby the existing ones,” said government spokesman Stelios Petsas on Tuesday. The north of the country has... of an “invisible enemy” and “uncharted waters,” has been dispatched to Kastoria and Thessaloniki to get... leader said that public health is now the number one priority. Since the summer, SYRIZA has argued
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Censure motion voted down, prompting government and opposition to claim victory
PoliticsGreek Politicsin Staikouras as a result of the insolvency bill, which the left-wing party has painted as a thinly... bill. Mitsotakis argued, for instance, that opinion polls suggest that the public has greater faith... it.” Since last year’s elections, one of Tsipras’s greatest challenges has been how to reposition himself
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Concern over ICU capacity, support for business generate pressure for ND
PoliticsGreek Politicsspaces for the appropriate treatment of patients. The government has already ordered 80 percent... believes there has been an increase in spread among pupils, as underlined by the decision to close down senior high schools in Thessaloniki. The left-wing party has criticised the government since
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Hoping to deflect criticism, ND bolsters stimulus package ahead of new lockdown
PoliticsGreek Politicsis conscious of the criticism from the opposition parties that it has not done enough to shield businesses... that Greece has a cash buffer of 37.5 billion euros at its disposal and that the government has taken steps... the Covid-19 response. It has asked for the minutes of the committee’s meetings to be made public
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High Covid-19 death rate leads to lockdown extension but fails to dampen vaccine scepticism
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe Greek government has extended the national lockdown until December 7 as the number of deaths... November, which has accounted for more than half of all deaths in Greece since the pandemic struck... of the country, has not led to a significant drop in the number of cases being reported
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Covid-19 data controversy rumbles on, as opposition probes on transparency
PoliticsGreek Politicsalso been suggestions that rivalries between key agencies involved in the pandemic response has... on Health Minister Kikilias. Kikilias, who had taken a back seat during the first wave, has come to the fore in recent weeks as the pressure on the healthcare system has intensified. Extension New
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Athens angling for tougher EU stance on Turkey ahead of summit
PoliticsForeign PolicyThe Greek government has launched another series of diplomatic contacts ahead of the European... Aksoy stressed that “Turkey has been in favour of dialogue with Greece without preconditions. In fact... on December 1. Government sources say that the two men assessed the current situation. Paris has recently
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PM on defensive over Covid-19 stance as debate rages over testing
PoliticsGreek Politics, political pressure on the government has intensified, with opposition parties issuing daily statements... profit”. KINAL leader Fofi Gennimata has also taken a strong stance, accusing the government... the criticism he has received for his personal behaviour, after photographs of him posing maskless during
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BoG insists on need for bad bank, sees EU funds boosting recovery from 2021
Economyand the second lockdown, which has been in place in Greece since the first week of November. Naturally, the macroeconomic outlook has deteriorated and BoG now sees in its baseline scenario the economy... and 5 pct, whereas the adverse scenario has more modest growth in 2021 of 3.2 pct and 4.5 pct in 2022
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