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Amid crowding concerns, officials reject idea of return to full lockdown
PoliticsGreek Politicsof transparency over the use of funds for public health campaigns in the emergency pandemic package... pundits accusing the government of using emergency powers as a cover to direct funding towards friendly... emergency. The response to the allegations, however, reveals the lurking danger of complacency
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Newsletter 253 -12/06/2020
a teleconference with those leading the public health and civil emergency response to discuss the next... campaign from the start, with opposition and media pundits accusing the government of using emergency... that it would extend the Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme (PEPP) to June next year and increase its
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Moria fire propels migration issue back to top of political agenda
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat Lesvos was already under emergency measures due to Covid-19 transmission in the community. As of Wednesday, a state of emergency has been declared. Clearly, one of the immediate challenges authorities... to the Moria camp. An emergency government meeting was called on Wednesday morning and a team of ministers
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Newsletter 272 -06/11/2020
New national lockdown on the way PM turns to emergency measures as Covid-19 spirals, fuelling... of economic support measures, including an increase in emergency income support for workers on suspended... wasted.” SYRIZA is calling for an ambitious emergency hiring programme and a boost to spending on health
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Criticism of authorities' response intensifies as wildfires continue to rage
PoliticsGreek Politicspreviously spent. The minister also pledged a timely emergency support package for the communities... affected would do not receive a bill for property tax this September. Meanwhile, emergency payments have been disbursed to local authorities which have been declared in a state of emergency. On Thursday
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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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