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Govt faces fallout from hospital vaccine mandate, as school opening poses fresh challenges
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe vaccination mandate for hospital staff came into effect on Wednesday, resulting in thousands of temporary suspension notices for unvaccinated workers. Greece’s highest administrative court, the Council of State, rejected a second attempt by hospital staff to put compulsory vaccination rules
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Minister discounts lockdowns, vaccine mandate extension amid Covid surge
PoliticsGreek PoliticsHealth Minister Thanos Plevris has once again denied that the government plans to impose horizontal restrictions or extend the vaccination mandate to combat the surge in cases of Covid-19. The denials come as case numbers and hospitalisations in northern Greece have started to resemble
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Govt hails success of vaccine mandate amid continuing surge in 'hard' indices of pandemic
PoliticsGreek PoliticsOn the day when fines kicked in for unvaccinated citizens over the age of 60, the government has been hailing the success of the mandate in increasing vaccination rates. Continuing high death rates and record hospitalisations from Covid-19, however, make it unlikely that restrictions will be lifted
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Corruption claims, foreign policy missteps impede government’s efforts to build momentum
PoliticsGreek Politicsserved at the Rural Development Ministry during the 2019-2024 period investigated by the European... OPEKEPE officials allegedly colluded with representatives of the Rural Development Ministry... relations with Libya and the submission of two note verbale by the Tripoli-based government
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FM rallies opposition to Turkey-Libya deal as Athens prepares for EastMed signing
PoliticsForeign Policyfrom Ankara’s side, especially following the signing of two memoranda with Libya. In this context... announcement said that talks centred on the situation in Libya and prospects of ending the civil
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Greece, Turkey launch new round of talks as Libya sea deal casts shadow
PoliticsForeign PolicyForeign Minister Nikos Dendias is due in Brussels on Monday to attend the General Affairs Council which will focus, among other things, on the ongoing developments in Libya. According to media... in Libya on November 29, 2019. The inclusion of the memorandum’s sea zone maps in the UN's database
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Government under fire for failing to block Turkey from EU arms programme
PoliticsGreek Politicsserved as heads of the Rural Development Ministry which oversaw OPEKEPE. Over the past few days, it has... affect payments to farmers, a constituency which New Democracy is keen to hang on to. Ministers have
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PM brushes aside political cost of self-employed tax bill as main opposition unravels
PoliticsGreek Politicsmandate, while feeling a pressing need to shore up the finances, he evidently feels that now..., with a substantially reduced representation in parliament from the 47 seats they managed to hang
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Greek-Turkish tensions flare over Turkey’s bid to join SAFE
PoliticsForeign Policya recommendation, the European Council must mandate technical negotiations. As a candidate EU member state, Turkey..., Mitsotakis last week proposed a new initiative involving Cyprus, Egypt, Turkey, and Libya during..., Libya, and Egypt, according to Kathimerini. Boulos, who met with Mitsotakis last September, is said
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Outcome of next vote on prior actions to set tone for political developments
PoliticsGreek Politics. There are concerns that this week’s vote may prove more testing because it affects farmers, and MPs from rural areas might be reluctant to approve the measures. Loss of mandate Should Tsipras fail to deliver.... Although none of the opposition parties are likely to challenge his mandate in Parliament, politically
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