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Athens wary as exploratory talks with Turkey approach
PoliticsForeign Policyof the demilitarisation of the Greek islands. Athens has publicly reiterated that the only difference between Greece... with concrete agreements. This has been the case for the last 60 rounds of talks in the past. Whether the re... of a two-state solution. The disentanglement of the Greek-Turkish dispute from the Cyprus problem has
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PDMA highlights improving debt profile, targets 8-12 bln in new issues for 2021
EconomyGreece’s Public Debt Management Agency (PDMA) has issued its debt strategy for 2021, in which... the reliance on short-term T-bills by 800 million. Cost of borrowing has reached historic lows, at 1.15 pct... market has increased by 219 pct, thanks to the actions of the ECB through PEPP. The investor base has
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PM mulling reshuffle to get political project back on track in 2021
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSpeculation about an imminent cabinet reshuffle has resurfaced in the Greek media, although Prime... on Tuesday that as Covid-19 cases are dropping and the vaccination programme has begun, this might... 608,000 pensioners. The PM has reportedly set four main priorities for his cabinet: The vaccination
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Govt faces fresh pressure over Covid-19 decisions amid slow start to vaccination scheme
PoliticsGreek Politicsscientists. Mitsotakis response has until now been the government’s line of defence in the face... committee on Covid-19 to be published – a request that has been repeatedly rejected by New Democracy...) and 405 patients receiving intensive treatment. Vaccination Greece has started to publish daily
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Epiphany crowds strengthen churchs's hand and intensify lockdown dilemma
PoliticsGreek Politicsbe sent to churches. There is no doubt, however that the government has painted itself into a corner..., centrist voters. The government’s ambiguous stance, meanwhile, has allowed politicians on the right... in and around churches has led many in the medical community to sound the alarm over the potential
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Economic sentiment edges up to 91.5 in Dec while services, retail and construction fall
EconomyMacroeconomy. Compared to last year, the EEI has fallen by 11.3 points. Meanwhile, compared to December 2019... last year, consumer confidence has dropped by 38.5 points. Industry confidence rose by 2.1 points month-on-month to stand at -10.3 points. Year-on-year, industry confidence has fallen by 12.3 points
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SYRIZA ponders election footing, slow vaccination rollout rate troubles govt
PoliticsGreek Politicsin 2019 has been held in suspended animation by the pandemic, which put on ice key internal processes... of popular discontent with the government, SYRIZA has yet to convert this into support for its own... to prominence of right-wing politicians in the cabinet has created fertile ground for alliances in the left
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Newsletter 281 -22/01/2021
programme has already been prolonged, while recently the authorities extended the unemployment... police force has given rise to strong opposition by parties on the left as well as by sections... for the creation of a transport police unit has also proved divisive. Following the highly
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Vaccination rate starts to rise as further lockdown relaxation examined
PoliticsGreek Politicsto the government, although it should be noted that just 0.02 pct of the population has received two shots of the vaccine so far and that Greece has a sizeable elderly population. The faster approval... to power, New Democracy has made it clear that it wants to be seen as decisive on this issue, often
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Uptick in Covid-19 cases prompts caution as govt prepares to tackle pension backlog
PoliticsGreek Politicsalso appears concerned about the increase, although it has underlined that there was also a rise..., not low-interest loans. It was revealed on Tuesday, that the fifth round of refunding tax advances has... with the inability of his predecessor, Yiannis Vroutsis, to get to grips with the problem. Hatzidakis has decided
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