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First-wave champion Greece stumbles at vaccine roll-out
Agorathe death rate has exceeded the EU average, and stands 60% higher for the same period than... strict lockdown). More than two thirds of deaths occurred in the nine months after the vaccines became... leisure activities seems to have paid off better than the more limited attempt in 2020 – at least
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Gennimata's death casts shadow over politics, KINAL leadership race
PoliticsGreek Politicswith voters or unite the party. Adopting a less abrasive style than Venizelos, Gennimata sought to carve... than before, the KINAL leadership race is about who can push the party on from the strong platform... a separate and clearly defined identity for the party based on a social democratic agenda, rather than
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Newsletter 323 - 14/01/2022
is more of a political threat to New Democracy than Covid, as things stand. Last weekend’s newspapers... couple of weeks, with more than 5,000 patients currently being treated. Two thirds of beds in Covid... this year, but this was expected to come later than May. This week, SYRIZA had called for the second
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Mitsotakis tries to dig way out of snowstorm fallout
PoliticsGreek Politicspower for more than 24 hours in some cases. However, this has also raised questions about the state... several hours earlier than expected. Economou also blamed poor coordination for the problems... no more than a public relations exercise. Damage limitation In a damage limitation exercise, Mitsotakis
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Mitsotakis unveils property tax reduction, searches for pre-election narrative
PoliticsGreek Politicsthan last year. It should be noted that in this year’s budget projects revenues being 70 million euros lower than in 2021. This projection means a total reduction that is 280 million euros bigger than... believe could be held this year rather than at the end of the government’s four-year term in 2023
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Employment data for 2021 shows 88.3 pct of firms have up to 10 staff, 1 in 5 workers earns below 500 euros
Economyemploying up to 50 staff. The total of Greek firms employing less than 50 employees stands at more than... employees that are working for companies with more than 250 staff. The largest portion of companies... pct of workers being paid less than 500 euros gross, reduced from 2020 by roughly 3.7 pct, though
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SYRIZA reproaches PM and ministers over wealth declarations, loans
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNassos Iliopoulos. “Meanwhile, their party owes more than 350 million euros that will never be repaid... of income from properties (rather than just recording a number) and to table paperwork regarding... are nothing new but with elections less than 12 months away, possibly even this autumn, SYRIZA feels
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Newsletter 349 - 02/09/2022
over the economy, and the cost of living in particular, rather than the phone-tapping issue... the government has been attempting since July to contain the retail price to no more than 18 cents/KWh... became significantly more expensive than initially envisaged. The total subsidy for September will come
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Tsipras on alert for snap elections, but Mitsotakis looks set to stay course
PoliticsGreek Politicslikely that Tsipras wants to keep his party officials on their toes than he truly believe Mitsotakis..., is trying to play down any suggestion that Kaili was anything other than a PASOK official and that responsibility for actions lie with anyone else other than Androulakis. The centre-left leader
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Opposition clashes with govt over high energy prices, cost-of-living measures
PoliticsGreek Politicsprices than many European countries, noting that it paid on average 278 euros/MWh, compared to 288... ahead rather than the spot market. Responding to opposition calls for a freeze in VAT and other... of what it claims are targeted subsidies rather than indirect tax cuts. Staikouras argued
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