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PM reins in rush to re-open economy as vaccines proceed slowly
PoliticsGreek Politicsto suggest that the government’s next goal is to re-open secondary schools rather than other sectors... administration’s focus is on getting teenagers back in school. His comments came as the local media speculated about the government’s next steps after the retail sector was allowed to re-open, under
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Vote on territorial waters puts PM's stance in spotlight
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe Greek Parliament approved on Wednesday the extension of the country’s territorial waters.... Mitsotakis went further when SYRIZA recalled ND’s vocal opposition to the Prespes agreement with North Macedonia, and the party’s support of angry rallies against the deal, by describing “elements
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PM hopes for return to normality by summer, but vaccine progress remains slow
PoliticsGreek Politics. Pressed to give his prediction on when life would return to normal during a panel session at this year’s... Council Charles Michel described the chances of achieving the European Commission’s unofficial target... contemplated by key tourism markets such as the UK make the prime minister’s statements seem increasingly
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Govt's campus police proposals face further pushback as protests against education bill go ahead
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe debate on the government’s controversial proposals for university campus policing continues... of students marched on parliament against ND’s education bill. The rally took place despite a last-minute... minister’s “shameful” reference to the junta era belies the ND government’s historical antecedents
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Greece - On the importance of productivity growth
Agoraincome. Instead, politicians care about the importance of the influence an economy’s size has... (Eurostat’s baseline projection). From a political point of view, the projected decline in the Greek... recover is anyone’s guess. Most countries show baseline scenarios for the longer run outlook
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Stricter Covid-19 restrictions mulled, but Greeks warming to vaccine
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDemocracy’s political opponents stoked the demonstration, disregarding the implications it would have..., with 42 percent of respondents not satisfied. SYRIZA’s approval ratings remain extremely low, at just 15 pct, with even 50 pct of the party’s supporters not satisfied with the opposition party’s
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Finance Ministry grapples with escalating cost of pandemic
Economyestimates are already looking dated. In Monday’s announcement, the current cost was put at 2.4 billion... on Wednesday cited Finance Ministry in estimating that Tuesday evening’s announcement that retail stores... yesterday’s lockdown announcement – Staikouras said that a complete lockdown would bring the overall
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Snow melts in Athens, political row over storm response heats up
PoliticsGreek Politicsleadership and failing to ensure that the state machinery was ready to deal with the storm’s impact. “The average citizen has started to experience the state’s weakness in protecting them from difficulties... open. Other opposition parties also criticised the government’s response but complaints also came from
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Government targeting resumption of economic activity from March
PoliticsGreek PoliticsTheatre’s artistic director, Dimitris Lignadis, who was taken into custody over the weekend. Much of the opposition’s attention has been focussed on Culture Minister Lina Mendoni, who appointed Lignadis... that the director and actor had abused minors. The government’s response is that it accepted Lignadis’s
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Eurobank posts loss of 1.21 bln euros in 2020 as it sheds off bad loans
EconomyBankingthat this figure included a loss of 1.33 billion euros from the bank’s restructuring and Cairo... of 14 percent at the end of 2020, down from 29.2 percent a year earlier and the lowest of Greece’s... to participate in the government’s Hercules II asset protection scheme. Mexico will consist of about 3.3
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