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Health service in spotlight as govt scrabbles for more measures to contain Covid
PoliticsGreek Politicscases – the highest daily total so far this year. The number of intubated patients has shot up... of deaths rose by 23 to 6,557. As has been the case for the last few weeks, around half of the daily...-compliant public, New Democracy has also left itself open to repeated criticism, including its mixed
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Pandemic raises economic pressure as govt hopes for imminent relief
PoliticsGreek Politicsimmense pressure as the number of intubated patients has risen to 449 – up 18 on the previous day... invited to attend the military parade. Nevertheless, New Democracy has in the meantime been suggesting...%. The survey suggests that the public has largely welcomed the government’s stance on the stand-off
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Athens poised for new round of talks with Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policy, Ankara has decided to rename the “exploratory” talks as “political consultations”. The exploratory... against Greece like violations of airspace.” Athens has also noted that US President Joe Biden has not yet... has “no intentions” of negotiating with Turkey over the issue. They also said that “the Egyptian side
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Govt prepares to tweak Covid strategy and labour laws
PoliticsGreek Politicsreached 645 – the highest it has been this year – and there were another 45 deaths, taking the total... hair and beauty salons to open from Monday, by appointment only. In the meantime, SYRIZA has gone... so it has extra capacity to deal with the increase in Covid-19 patients. In a TV interview
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Govt under fire for testing and requisitioning plans as further lockdown easing postponed
PoliticsGreek Politicson the health system has forced the government to postpone the reopening of retail which had been slated... the established procedure. Political backlash The announcement of the rapid test scheme has also brought... of free PCR tests. In response, the prime minister’s chief of staff Akis Skertsos, who has fronted
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UK and EU travel restrictions raise concerns for tourism season
PoliticsGreek Politicspound fine for unnecessary foreign travel until July has caused consternation in Athens, where... euros in revenue. Greece has set a target of attracting 50 percent of 2019 tourism revenues in 2021... of the EU’s Digital Green Certificate, has added urgency to the government’s quest to attract
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PM trails national recovery plan ahead, talks up growth prospects
PoliticsGreek Politics”. The government has drawn encouragement from the positive feedback it has received from Brussels... has been published so far amounts to a summary of the much longer proposal. Centre-left KINAL... unemployed by the end of the year. While the strategy document has already been put to public consultation
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PM unveils 'Greece 2.0' plan to use EU recovery funds, transform economy
Economy, which the government has called “Greece 2.0”, includes around 170 investment projects and reforms... alone, which subsidises energy efficiency upgrades for households, has been earmarked to receive... been earmarked for this pillar – though the government has stated that many of the digital objectives
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Mitsotakis defends pandemic handling, denies snap election plans
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAs opposition criticism mounts on all fronts, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has offered... he has offered to date. However, Mitsotakis was perhaps less convincing in addressing criticisms... healthcare crisis has clearly tarnished the government narrative of unqualified success emerging from
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Ex-PMs engage in public spat, highlighting contrasting approaches to Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policyelectoral defeat in 2009, Karamanlis has rarely intervened in any political issue or major crisis. Even... in Madrid in June 1997 as the government recognised that Turkey has legal, vital interests... of “vital interests and concerns in the Aegean Sea” is one point that has always provoked conflicts between
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