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Summer optimism undermined by uptick in Covid-19 indicators and subdued expectations for tourism
PoliticsGreek Politicsof 4 pct. Wednesday also saw a rise in the number of patients intubated in ICUs from 639 to 642... of 14 regional airports run by the Fraport group. The prime minister outlined the benefits of Fraport
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SYRIZA hunts for youthful narrative as polls remain stubbornly negative
PoliticsGreek Politicstrusted by most to be prime minister, with 41 pct of preferences, compared to Alexis Tsipras’s 23 pct... on the careful steering of their second term, which saw the country out of the MoU with a negotiated
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Mitsotakis and Erdogan break ice, look for calm summer
PoliticsForeign PolicyIf the much-anticipated meeting between Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis with Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was focussed on breaking the ice at a personal level and creating the necessary... on from the historic deal that saw then Macedonia change its name and Greece drop its veto on its
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Newsletter 305 - 16/07/2021
, the prime minister announced that vaccination would be made compulsory for care home workers by August... October are thought to have exacerbated the second Covid wave in Greece. Wednesday saw the first mass
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PM cautious about extending compulsory vaccinations
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe vaccine from mid-August onwards. However, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in Parliament... Democracy saw this summer as the perfect opportunity to advance with its reform programme amid weak
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About-turn over ministry post undermines impact of PM's reshuffle
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s attempt to send a message of renewal via Tuesday’s cabinet reshuffle stumbled at the first hurdle after the would-be head of the newly created Civil Protection.... The latest reshuffle saw five ND deputies join the government and three leave. This influx of lawmakers
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Govt grabs opportunity offered by escape clause to entice voters with support package
EconomyUnder pressure from developments since the beginning of August which tarnished its prized trait of competence, the government saw an opportunity to announce a sizeable support package... reshuffle has had an impact on overall sentiment and the public’s view of the Prime Minister. Despite
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Newsletter 311 - 08/10/2021
party saw its majority in Parliament shrink slightly this week. Although the dismissal of one conservative MP will not be a matter of great concern for Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis
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Parties gear up for battle over pandemic media funding amid more warnings about press freedom
PoliticsGreek Politicswhich is likely to feature prominently in the debate is the furore started by the prime minister’s... saw in it the harried response of a leader unaccustomed to facing scrutiny from a largely supine
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Parties at loggerheads over inquiry into media handouts
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSYRIZA’s bid to put New Democracy on the spot over the Covid awareness campaign that saw a variety of Greek media outlets receive more than 40 million euros in total has been partially blocked... prompted SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras to accuse Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis of being “afraid
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