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Outsider Kasselakis on track to lead SYRIZA after securing key backers
PoliticsGreek Politics. Libya debacle The government, meanwhile, is facing criticism over its handling of the deaths of five members of a Greek humanitarian rescue mission in Libya under unclear circumstances. The victims were members of the Greek armed forces who were part of an official mission to Libya to help
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Mitsotakis shrugs off scandals to hit back at foreign policy critics
PoliticsGreek Politicswith Libya, Mitsotakis reiterated his government’s position that the Turkey-Libya maritime agreement... the rival factions in Libya, allowing Libya to press territorial claims with backing from Ankara
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Greece working on plan for multilateral talks in East Med
PoliticsForeign Policyin the proposal are Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, Egypt and Libya. The conference does not include Israel... to be Ankara’s refusal to participate in any forum that excludes Turkish Cypriots, while Libya... from Libya to represent both factions. Whether conditions on the ground make this feasible remains
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elections. EC sees growth of 2.2 pct in 2019 Spring forecast expects growth but warns over public... showed that it is now expecting the country to grow by 2.2 percent this year compared to an estimation... growth is anticipated to reach 2.2 percent this year and in 2020, a negative effect could manifest
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and local votes. GDP revision shows slight improvement Second estimate strikes positive note as govt submits draft budget Greece’s Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) issued its second estimate of the national... regulation of the European System of National and Regional Accounts ESA 2010. The first estimate for 2017
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Athens blocks EU statement on China amid growing economic ties
PoliticsForeign Policycriticise China’s human rights record. The European Union tables such a statement at the United Nations... for the latest version of the text to be submitted to the Human Rights Council in Geneva. Amnesty... that this statement could have undermined the imminent bilateral Council of Human Rights between the EU
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Budget passed as govt pins hopes on vaccine rollout to get economy on track
PoliticsGreek Politicsto Greeks. Greece is due to receive 5 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine and 3.5 million of the jab... indicating that they will either not get the jab or will wait a few months before deciding. Along
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Attention turns to economic activity, support measures as Covid-19 vaccine rollout begins
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece launched its Covid-19 vaccination programme on Sunday, when Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was among the first to receive the jab, but doubts remain about the next steps in the government... will see medical personnel and care home residents receive the jab, before other vulnerable groups
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PM mulling reshuffle to get political project back on track in 2021
PoliticsGreek Politicsofficials are jumping the queue to get the jab ahead of frontline staff. Left-leaning Efimerida ton... that vaccinations for doctors and nurses were postponed so that political personnel could get the jab
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Govt concerned by virus mutations, encouraged by increase in vaccination rate
PoliticsGreek Politicsover the past few days. As of Saturday, more than 230,000 Greeks had received at least the first jab... vaccination rate, as measured per 100 people who have received the jab, stands just below the EU average
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