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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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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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Overseas ballots in spotlight as govt accelerates voter enrolment campaign
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe subject of the overseas vote has emerged once again as a hot topic in Greece, after recent... 150,000. An electronic registration platform for applicants has already been launched... crisis. This group, which includes a high proportion of highly-educated Greeks, has been in Mitsotakis’s
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PM tightens lockdown, braces for economic and political impact
PoliticsGreek Politics, but given that the last lockdown began in November and has never been fully lifted, the validity... with a large group of people. Along with the constant chopping and changing of restrictions, this has... mutations, Greece has to be on alert to prevent another major outbreak. He cited Portugal as a recent
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Initials signs for Greek-Turkish exploratory talks seem unpromising
PoliticsForeign PolicyThe new round of exploratory talks between Greece and Turkey hang in the balance as Ankara has... with political equality.” Turkey’s president has linked the exploratory talks between Greece... Emirates. Ankara said that this has been an attempt of Athens to forge an alliance against Turkey while
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