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Surge linked to Delta variant causes jitters about tourism, return to school
PoliticsGreek Politics, while also noting that the average age of new cases has dropped by almost decade in the last three... for teaching staff, as it will soon be for frontline healthcare workers. Athens University has... vaccination. University entries Controversy has greeted the release of university entry results
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Newsletter 306 - 23/07/2021
has dropped by almost decade in the last three weeks, from 32 to 24 years. The surge in infections... fuelled concern in the tourism sector that this summer will be another damp squib. This fear has also... sector feel that this dashes all their hopes for this season since Germany has now joined another key
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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... it would not produce more graduates. There are signs, however, that the government has been forced... Kerameus to extend compulsory Covid-19 vaccination to schoolteachers has been effectively put on ice
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PM sets criticism aside, highlights unprecedented conditions behind fires
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the Iris 2.0 programme is not flawless, Observatory officials revealed that it has rarely been used... and intense heatwave has created extraordinary conditions, leaving the authorities unable to act effectively... of the 112 early warning system, which has seen residents of areas close to wildfires being told via text
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Mitsotakis apology for wildfires gets sceptical reception
PoliticsGreek Politicscontinue to burn across parts of Greece has been greeted with extreme scepticism by the opposition... in the aerial response were quashed by the Defence Ministry. Response The PM’s latest address has come... on live TV and social media has been echoed by local government officials and governing party MPs
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Wildfires and pandemic set political agenda as parties prepare for return to business
PoliticsGreek Politicsplatform by August 18. In addition to financial compensation for damaged properties, the government has... in the aftermath of the fires. The Environment and Energy Ministry has been tasked with ensuring... Protection Nikos Hardalias, who has been the public face of the fire and pandemic response
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ND set to carry Covid, wildfires baggage into September
PoliticsGreek Politicsbeing is on fighting the existing fires. Although this has been the stock answer from government... to a question about whether Civil Protection Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis still has the PM’s full backing. In his televised address last week, Kyriakos Mitsotakis defended his minister, who has been
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Greece to sign augmented defence deal with US, buy more Rafale jets
PoliticsForeign PolicyVarna, Bulgaria has attracted American interest. The city could become an alternative route for NATO’s... to Washington in mid-October. Negotiations with the US also have a political dimension since Athens has... (TIF) on Saturday. “Excellent news. Greece has just announced its intention to buy six extra Rafales
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Tsipras looks for fresh start as Mitsotakis holds election cards
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSYRIZA has accused the conservatives of neglecting, despite the demands of the pandemic, Tsipras... that he has matured as a politician and is far from being the firebrand of his earlier days in Greek... that the leftist party has found difficult to live down and its leader’s speech at TIF this year
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Athens sees multiple defence, geopolitical benefits in pact with France
PoliticsForeign Policywill be compatible with the jets Greece is also purchasing from France. It has already ordered 24 Dassault... for a possible negotiation and eventual accord with Turkey. The accord, however, has limited weight if it does... and Washington over the submarine agreement with Australia has created further pressure on France
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