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Govt lays out path to lockdown easing despite growing pressure on hospitals
PoliticsGreek Politicspressure on the health system from Covid-19 cases. While most reports are pointing to a further week... announced that two private clinics in Athens would be temporarily absorbed into the national health system... capacity. The government appears hopeful that despite increasing pressure on the health system the end
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Newsletter 290 - 26/03/2021
on the health system is likely to continue for the next two weeks as there has been no let-up in hospital... pressure on the health system has forced the government to postpone the reopening of retail which... than people leaving their jobs in February, data from the Labour Ministry’s Ergani information system
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Greece falls behind on gender equality due to drop in political empowerment
Societyin breaking down these barriers. There are, however, ways in which the political system can speed up..., “but it could go further - for example, introducing a quota system for the parliament like in France”. Economy... resisted EU legislation which would raise the target gender quota to 40 pct. While the quota system still
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PM opts for compulsory vaccinations in healthcare as Covid-19 cases continue to surge
PoliticsGreek Politicslead to renewed stress on the healthcare system, peaking in autumn. On Monday, PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis... are healthcare workers in the national health system who will need to get vaccinated by September 1... of the healthcare system and the availability of stronger treatments for Covid-19. The SYRIZA leader called
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Growing Covid threat foils government's attempt to look ahead
PoliticsGreek Politicspension system. The local media expects the relevant bill to be tabled in Parliament by Wednesday... all new entrants in the jobs market will join the capitalised system and from 2023 those under 35 will have the option to shift to the same system. Reports over the weekend also suggested
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Surge linked to Delta variant causes jitters about tourism, return to school
PoliticsGreek Politicssystem, where hospitalisations have been creeping up over recent days and now steadily surpass..., which were determined for the first time by a new system introduced earlier this year. According... for the students of the pandemic generation”. Filis said the new system was unfair and shut the door
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Schools bill vote brings differences on education to fore
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government has succeeded in passing another raft of reforms to the education system despite... that far for freeing up schools the new system will be highly centralised and bureaucratic, while.... The prime minister acknowledged that the new entry system will result in fewer students, but argued
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Govt announces stricter measures for unvaccinated to curb autumn pandemic wave
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGrowing pressure on the health system and the threat of a new wave of Covid-19 infections... and to benefit from a public healthcare system unencumbered by the pandemic. The tenor of Tuesday’s... on “a small but not negligible minority of citizens who have decided to blow up the country’s health system
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Minister stresses limits on hospital resources as Covid rates continue to rise
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the healthcare system to handle a further escalation in Covid-19 cases. With a national lockdown..., Alternate Health Minister Mina Gaga conceded that the hospital system is already under pressure, warning... that the health system can continue to provide essential care to non-Covid patients. “Can we as the state say
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Newsletter 314 - 29/10/2021
health system. Comparisons are now being drawn with the factors linked to the surge of November 2020... hospital have already been requisitioned to support the national health system, while several others... of the weekDeposits The banking system in Greece, which suffered much during the economic crisis
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