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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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PBO outlines positives from 2021, warns about uncertainty in 2022
Economythat Greece’s public debt still has a comfortable maturity profile and the terms are broadly... the highly uncertain external environment that has recently deteriorated, firstly due to the strong pressure from inflation, which has pushed up HICP to 4 pct. Aside from the immediate impact in terms
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Govt readies targeted support for energy bills in bid to contain cost of living crisis
PoliticsGreek Politicspandemic support. Despite a recent dip, Greece has registered the highest prices for wholesale... and 76 in Germany. The government has been taking some political credit for an agreement between... in a few weeks”, adding that “what we can do is support households”. Opposition SYRIZA has also been
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Economic sentiment drops by 3.1 pts in Dec, little change in consumer confidence over year
EconomyMacroeconomystood at 91.8 points in December 2020 and has significantly recovered most of the deterioration during the pandemic. Since the start of the year, the ESI has increased by 18.5 points. The indicator hit... in November. Since January, the EEI has risen by 14.1 points. Industry confidence dropped by 1.8
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Turkey looms large in 2022 foreign policy agenda, which includes Balkans, US and Russia
PoliticsForeign PolicyAs far as Greek foreign policy is concerned, the arrival of the new year has not brought the most encouraging signs as Ankara has launched a new round of aggressive rhetoric against Athens... advisor, Ibrahim Kalin, has already announced new diplomatic initiatives that will include the regions
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Covid measures extended despite govt optimism, as inflation causes political tension
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPersistently high infection rates and a rapid increase in daily hospitalisations from Covid has led... the peak of 40,000 recorded a week earlier. While this apparent abatement has been greeted with relief.... The use of private sector resources has caused friction between the government and the opposition
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