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Govt pins hopes on lifting Covid restrictions in March as experts tread more cautious path
PoliticsGreek Politicsin favour of an imminent easing of national restrictions across the bloc. The decision for Athens has..., while their proposal to subsidise energy costs for industry has been denied by Brussels... time in several days that the daily figure has fallen below 100. The Covid death rate in Greece has
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Economic sentiment stable in Feb, consumer confidence improves
EconomyMacroeconomyat 90.7 points in January 2021 and has since recovered all the deterioration suffered during... period, the ESI has increased by 17.2 points compared to March 2021. The indicator hit its most... points in February, from 115.2 points in January. The EEI has risen by 5.4 points in the rolling
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Leaders explain differing views on how to approach Ukraine war
PoliticsGreek Politicshas traditionally enjoyed closer ties with Moscow than other European capitals and imports around 40... speech that he feels Greece has no choice in the matter because it, like Ukraine, has a larger... the last few months. It has even been suggested that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could provide
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The Parable of the Populists and the Contemplatives
Agoracountry has a balance sheet that shows that when the country sells the oil, it is selling the country’s... factory has a family with kids. He (or she) has bought a big house with an equally big mortgage... and residues from the disposals and garbage that has not been properly treated, and for which no-one has ever
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Newsletter 330 - 04/03/2022
Kiev because, like Ukraine, ut has a larger and more powerful neighbour, Turkey, that poses... that will be caused by the conflict in Ukraine. The Energy and Environment Ministry has already announced... has now shifted to chemicals, metals and machinery. The trade balance with Russia is naturally
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Mitsotakis prepares to meet Erdogan as Greek ties with Russia collapse
PoliticsForeign Policy, and Brussels - but usually on the sidelines of NATO or UN Summit. This time, Erdogan has personally... on Tuesday by the Greek government spokesman. “Kyriakos Mitsotakis has always been open to a meeting... in his recent interview with Alpha TV. Speaking before the latest plenary session in Parliament, he has
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Fallout from Ukraine war being fed into calculations about next general elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsnoted that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has repeatedly said that he wants to remain in office... with difficulty should want to punish the government regardless of whether it has performed exceptionally...). This is a scenario that has been circulating for several weeks in political and media circles in Athens
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KINAL leader gains confidence as ND ratings wane
PoliticsGreek Politics, the Cretan MEP has frequently drawn a link with the past glories of the party and its founder... that he was becoming unpopular. Androulakis has been prodded both by New Democracy and SYRIZA... partner in a coalition. Achaia has particular significance as the heartland of the Papandreou
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Authorities ready energy "plan B" for potential supply disruptions as cost of living prompts strike
PoliticsGreek Politicsmetres by the end of the year. In addition, DESFA has entered negotiation with its Italian... with the energy minister and the head of PPC which owns the units. So far, the disruption has only been... in March, to hit 334 euros/MWh. There has been no public discussion of potential energy rationing
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Covid restrictions to be relaxed but public fixated on cost-of-living crisis
PoliticsGreek Politicssuggests the pandemic has slipped down the list of voters’ priorities and that, ahead of elections... point. However, the pandemic has been downgraded in the public consciousness even though close to 350... on Wednesday, taking the total since the pandemic began to 28,344. Instead, voters’ attention has
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