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Covid-19 inflicts minimal wear and tear for ND as opposition struggles to profit
PoliticsGreek Politicsreported 436 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday, keeping up pace with the daily rates over the last few weeks... is the number one concern for 34 pct of respondents, up 3 points since last month. Those who are not satisfied with the government’s approach to dealing with Covid-19 has gone up to 40 pct, from just
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Many obstacles to clear in Greece's digital leap
EconomyFeaturesare the political expectations that are being built up around a technological leap? How well-placed...”, there is a more intractable bottleneck to address. Skills While the Greek workforce is gradually catching up... simple, as the business landscape is made up overwhelmingly of SMEs with low technology usage
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Slight easing of Covid-19 data as focus turns to retail, budget
PoliticsGreek Politicseased a little ahead of the start of efforts to re-open parts of the retail sector in the run-up... picked up by customers. He said this helped relieve the pressure on courier firms, which appear to have... to the wide array of support measures it has adopted this year, while also flagging up the reduction
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EU enlargement - a moving target that is moving further away
Agora. German presidency did not live up to expectations The German presidency of the European Union, despite... process is difficult and requires our countries to change, to improve, to give up their problematic... up such a great supremacy that the Balkan rulers have in their hands. Any successful reform
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Montenegro's vaccination adventure: Lord, bless us with good health
Agorathe whole process, a website was set-up where citizens can express their interest in immunization... of the Montenegrin population. However, judging by some worrying tendencies that have come up... outbreak would mean in the midst of a coronavirus pandemic is clear to anyone who can add and subtract up
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Greece hopes beaches won't be empty again this summer, but vaccination numbers say otherwise
Agora, with the Moderna vaccine, Greece could have reserved up to 3.8 million doses based on its population..., which foresees a substantial step up in deliveries in the third quarter, leading to a potential glut..., the capacity will be in place to deliver up to 2 million doses a month once the programme is in full
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Govt ponders Covid measures for Easter as pandemic handling comes in for more scrutiny
PoliticsGreek Politicsborders to visitors from May 14 for the official start to the tourism season. As it seeks to step up..., should not be repeated this year. She suggested that Covid-19 flared up in northern Greece after... to have been set up just days before the tender was launched and by owners who had no experience
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Amid patent waiver row, govt hoping to push ahead with reopening
PoliticsGreek Politicsstrategy to provide a fatigued population with greater freedom but also to fire up the economy again... also remained high at 83. This means that there has been no let-up for public hospitals, which remain... and restaurants are encouraging, although the impact will not show up in Covid-19 data for another week or two
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Govt on alert for possible fallout from tapering of pandemic relief measures
PoliticsGreek Politics. The Finance Ministry is due to wrap up the relief drive with 2.5 billion euros of targeted support in June... obligations. The repayment period will reportedly stretch up to 72 months. In total, more than 40 billion... billion euros. Similarly, unpaid taxes also piled up last year, with another 7.1 billion euros being
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Launch of new insolvency process may carry political significance
PoliticsGreek Politicswithin Greece in the long run. As of this Tuesday, debtors will be offered settlements of up to 20 years for the amounts owed to tax and social insurance funds and up to 35 years for banks... of their debts within 36 months. Any debtor who chooses not to take up either of these two options
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