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Mood sours as Greece and Turkey head for new round of exploratory talks
PoliticsForeign Policystatement said. Turkey has also raised the issue of de-militarisation of Greece’s eastern Aegean islands... sources observe that following a calm summer Turkey has returned to provocation and tension.... In fact, SYRIZA has already raised two objections over the agreement. The first refers to the extent
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SYRIZA attempts to corner ND with media influence inquiry
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMain opposition party SYRIZA has called for a parliamentary inquiry into the New Democracy... announcement that ND and Mitsotakis repeatedly used taxpayer money to manipulate public opinion. While ND has... been reluctant in the past to join similar initiatives, that has led commentators to start talking
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Government and citizens in Montenegro: Turning a deaf ear to warnings, measures and responsibility
Agoramany days have passed since revaccination, that he/she has a negative PCR test not older than 72... Affairs, as confirmed by a source for ResPublica, has so far not received any reports regarding forged... research, having in mind the virus has been present for a year and a half. In return, we received orders
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Economic sentiment picks up again in Oct but consumer confidence drops for fifth month
EconomyMacroeconomy, recovering from 90.7 points in January. Since the start of the year, the ESI has increased by 20.6... of the year. Consumer confidence has been falling since the previous high in May, when it stood at -22.2... in the previous month. Since the start of the year, the EEI has risen by 10 points. Industry confidence
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Govt responds to report on deadly incident with tougher policing measures, as critics call for rethink
PoliticsGreek Politicsoccupant and injuring another following a high-speed chase, has prompted the government to announce... by the events which took place in the western suburbs of Athens last week, the announcement has been... The debate over the days following the incident has highlighted contrasting approaches to policing
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Govt targets unvaccinated with new Covid restrictions, drawing more claims of muddled approach
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government has decided to respond to the latest Covid wave by tightening restrictions... the vaccinated. The official government line has been to put moral pressure on the unvaccinated once it became... used by government officials with regard to Greeks who have yet to get the jab has started
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Govt hints at more relief, as economy and inflation jostle with pandemic as top public concerns
PoliticsGreek Politicsprice was around 100 euros per MWh”, he said. “It has now exceeded 200 euros”. Greek consumers currently... million euros for electricity bills this year has already been expanded to a total of 470 million... as unlikely to have an impact. In terms of voting preferences, there has been some movement among
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PM makes new bid to address Covid wave, speculation about restrictions
PoliticsGreek Politicsas the public administration, to revert to teleworking wherever possible. The government has been..., pushing the percentage of the general population that has had at least one jab up to 63.9 pct, while.... There has also been speculation that an ulterior motive for Mitsotakis’s speech is to quell
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Newsletter 320 - 10/12/2021
they hope will be fresh policies and relevance. The high level of engagement in the leadership race has been... party from PASOK in the last two major electoral contests. Publicly at least, New Democracy has... on the results, Minister of State Akis Skertsos argued that SYRIZA has stagnated and turned backwards
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Govt baulks at more holiday restrictions to stem spread of Omicron variant
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe unvaccinated. Mitsotakis said that since the start of the pandemic the government has provided 80... that there has been little uptake since free voluntary self-testing was first rolled out this month... to a surge in infections as it has done elsewhere, the policy reflexes have been restrained
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