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ND anxious about impact Afghanistan tumble will have on migration
PoliticsGreek Politicswould ask for an emergency meeting of EU ministers to address the upcoming challenges. It is worth... migration crisis politically and financially. Speaking at an emergency meeting of EU foreign ministers... urged the government to call for an emergency European Council to discuss developments in Afghanistan
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Newsletter 347 - 22/07/2022
lives in the months ahead. The energy regulator’s emergency response plan published this week... facilities, meaning that it cannot accommodate the 15 pct mandatory reserves required under EU emergency plans on its own soil (the overall EU requirement is 80 pct). The national emergency plan seeks
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Mitsotakis faces down critics over handling of forest fires
PoliticsGreek Politics” with the climate crisis, but that the emergency services and volunteers had worked against the odds to save lives... that the government had increased aerial firefighting equipment by 50 percent, while the “112” emergency alert... of human casualties and praise the efforts of the emergency services. This suggests
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Government acts to prevent energy price shock in move critics say comes too late
PoliticsGreek PoliticsFollowing days of speculation, the government is bringing back an emergency levy on electricity... doctors from the private sector to cover emergency rotas in public hospitals. The measure has been mooted... for assistance rather than forcing the ministry to resort to emergency measures. The debate over
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Mitsotakis defends his record against backdrop of tough migration package
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPM Kyriakos Mitsotakis used the announcement of emergency measures to tackle a surge in migrant... to frontline politics. On Wednesday, Mitsotakis addressed Parliament to outline a raft of emergency... president and constitutional expert Evangelos Venizelos questioned the government’s use of emergency
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New Democracy seeks to counter with marine parks and migration policy, rhetoric
PoliticsGreek Politicsto take this emergency action after a massive increase in arrivals from Libya on Crete and nearby... the menu options at reception centres. PASOK decided to abstain from the vote on this emergency..., but also that the emergency migration legislation passed by the government, which apparently has
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PM gives ESY clean bill of health, prompting opposition backlash
PoliticsGreek Politicsand 75 percent expressing overall satisfaction. Emergency-room waits, he adds, did not exceed four... unfilled, straining both emergency and routine services. Chronic understaffing in both urban hospitals... or into overcrowded hospital emergency rooms. At the same time, infrastructure gaps are starkest in Greece
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Greek economic sentiment and consumer confidence up again in November
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s economic sentiment rose for the second consecutive month in November, increasing to 102.7 from 102.2 in October, according to the European Commission (EC). The November ESI figure is the fifth reading above the 100-point mark in 2014 and the third highest for the year. The peak this year
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Greek economic sentiment down in January but consumer confidence rises
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s economic sentiment (ESI) continued retreating for the second straight month in January, when it fell by 3.8 points to 95.3 from 99.1 in December, according to the European Commission (EC). January’s figure is the lowest reading since February 2014 and indicates a cumulative drop of 7.5
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Sharp rise for Greek consumer confidence in Feb, economic sentiment also up
EconomyMacroeconomyAfter falling in the preceding two months, Greece’s economic sentiment (ESI) rebounded by 2.9 points to 98.2 in February from 95.3 in January, according to the European Commission (EC). However, February’s figure is the second lowest reading since May 2014 and stands 6 point below the high of 104.2
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