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Govt examines stricter measures to rein in coronavirus as options dwindle
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis chaired an emergency meeting on Tuesday evening to discuss the soaring number of Covid-19 cases in Greece and what more authorities can do to prevent the virus spreading in the community at such a pace. The meeting was called after a new record for coronavirus
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Newsletter 270 -23/10/2020
of the public puzzled. Within hours of the judge passing the sentences, Prime Minister Kyriakos
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SYRIZA ups stakes over bankruptcy code as govt faces embarrassment over missing GD bigwig
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThere was little time to digest the latest measures to contain Covid-19 on Thursday as SYRIZA launched an attack on the government over the new bankruptcy code that was due to be voted through Parliament this week. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced on Thursday evening that face masks
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New bid to curb Covid-19 raises demand for more economic support
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was due to deliver another televised address on Friday to announce the government’s latest interventions aimed at limiting the spread of Covid-19. His speech was postponed after a large earthquake struck on Friday lunchtime. The measures, advertised as a one-month
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Poor prospects for new version of Greek-Turkish 'earthquake diplomacy'
PoliticsForeign Policydifferences, these are times when our people need to stand together” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis
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Govt scurries for effective Covid-19 response as opposition finds more holes to pick
PoliticsGreek Politicsless than 48 hours after Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis informed Greeks that a month-long set
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Concern over ICU capacity, support for business generate pressure for ND
PoliticsGreek Politics” December. Despite the prime minister’s efforts to calm nerves in his party, SYRIZA is piling
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EC forecasts 9 pct dip followed by 5 pct recovery but new lockdown not factored in
EconomyMacroeconomyThe European Commission published on Thursday the economic forecasts for Europe within the context of the 2020 autumn forecasts. In the case of Greece, the release came just as the Prime Minister announced a new national lockdown. Naturally, the estimates for 2020, and potentially the carry-over
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Newsletter 272 -06/11/2020
of the 2020 autumn forecasts. In the case of Greece, the release came just as the Prime Minister announced
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Political friction surfaces in first days of second national lockdown
PoliticsGreek Politicsin northern Greece, and accusing Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis of failing to prepare the health
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