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Economic sentiment up to 92.3 in October, consumer confidence drops for fourth consecutive month
EconomyMacroeconomyyear, the EEI has edged down by 0.4 points. Meanwhile, compared to October 2019, the ESI has..., consumer confidence has dropped by 37.1 points. Consumer confidence has declined for four consecutive... points. Year-on-year, industry confidence has fallen by 10.4 points. The services index improved
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Surge in Covid-19 deaths as work on adjusted 2021 budget nears completion
PoliticsGreek Politicsout, was roughly equal to half the deaths Greece has registered since the virus emerged. Between... to stymie the virus, the government has closed down primary schools. The move has drawn complaints from... keep schools open. This has been obscured to some extent by the political row that has broken out
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Govt tries to fend off claims of disarray in Covid-19 reporting, coordination
PoliticsGreek Politicshas been providing incomplete data, and even that a dual system for recording Covid-19 cases has been used. The reports claim that this has led to friction between the head of EODY, Panagiotis... friend of Kikilias who was instrumental in his appointment, has come under scrutiny before
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Govt struggling to keep coronavirus threat at bay
PoliticsGreek Politicsare set to continue online lessons for the rest of December. The ruling New Democracy party has been... are not convinced by the government’s narrative. SYRIZA has also made an issue of photos and videos... “because he is a human being.” Although the government has consistently tried to deflect any
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PM identifies pending pensions as key problem, while row brews over media law
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has identified clearing the pensions backlog as one... retires. He admitted, though, in the remote meeting of ND’s parliamentary group that this has proved... credibility. Although the government has created a new electronic platform, Atlas, to help achieve
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Slight easing of Covid-19 data as focus turns to retail, budget
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat are not able to provide such a service. Naftemporiki reported that just 17 pct of the retail market has.... It was revealed on Sunday that the government has given permission to stores located in malls to also open to customers who have ordered online. The decision is a sign of the pressure the government has
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ND holds on to large poll lead despite growing public dissatisfaction
PoliticsGreek Politics. Mitsotakis’s popularity has been reducing gradually since the Prorata poll in April, when it stood at 55 pct, however Tsipras has remained steady with 35 pct. The poll recorded a leap in the popularity of Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias, whose handling of relations with Turkey has brought him a 60 pct
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University bill passes as parties' ideological dividing lines are laid bare
PoliticsGreek Politicsmore police officers. Both parties suggested that ND has a hidden agenda, which is to drive students away from public universities and to private colleges, which the government has already given... Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has appealed to and continues to covet. Right-wing developments
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Bulgaria's Covid-19 vaccination fiasco: excessive risks, mediocre results
Agoravaccine rollout has been dubbed a fiasco. However, if one looks at EU’s poorest and most corrupt member Bulgaria, one will see a catastrophe. While EU’s vaccination response has been lukewarm, its...! The vaccines available in the EU The EU has secured 2.6 billion vaccine doses from 6 different producers
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ND wrong-foots SYRIZA with call to lift expat vote restrictions
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe expat vote has become the latest pretext for a flare-up between the New Democracy government.... The existing law, which has not yet been put to the test in elections, requires Greeks who live abroad... and leftists MeRA25) are happy to court the diaspora vote on their own terms. KKE has gone so far as to accuse
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