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Vital economic legislation lined up as ND seeks compromise over diaspora vote
PoliticsGreek Politicswere able to reach an agreement, including over a fiscal gap that the lenders estimated to be more than 1 billion euros a few weeks ago, partly as a result of market developments, which saw Greece... it will be clearer if the total amount will be more or less than expected. In his meetings
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PM presents roadmap for relaxing lockdown, highlights political messages from handling of Covid-19
PoliticsGreek Politics, which saw Greece being held back by incompetent leadership and populist policies rather than any... of the civil protection authority and public health system as signs of hard work, rather than luck..., is nothing more than our collective self-understanding,” he said. Mitsotakis returned
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Greece to enter second lockdown as govt faces criticism over 'total failure'
PoliticsGreek Politicsin a televised address on Thursday. Mitsotakis said he “would rather take these measures sooner than later.... Wednesday saw Greece hit new daily highs in the spread of the virus, with 2,646 new infections, 18... on pandemic measures in less than a week. On Saturday, a simplified two-tier system of regional
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Health system feeling strain of Covid-19 second wave
PoliticsGreek Politicshigher Covid numbers than Athens over recent days, just 25 pct of ICU beds for coronavirus sufferers... for more than the three weeks announced by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. He is under pressure..., the last day before the lockdown – Friday – saw intense activity at retail stores in Athens
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Newsletter 274 -20/11/2020
of the coronavirus. The opposition parties saw the move as excessive and an affront to democratic sensibilities... to contain and turn back protestors, detaining more than 100 in the process, was used as proof... of Public Revenues (IAPR) has shown. New tax debt totalled 3.90 billion, lower than the figure
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Labour market developments in Greece during Covid-19
Agoraare gainfully active in the labour market. · At the onset of the euro-crisis in 2009, we even saw a temporary... 700,000 persons less than before the euro crisis. It will take a while before the full damage... progress is more durable than spectacular success stories. While the latter is politically more
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Excess of vaccines in Serbia will go to waste
Agorathat the corona virus is "much weaker than the seasonal flu" and that Serbia can develop the vaccine... that the practice was stopped on the same day when they saw dozens of buses arriving with employees of public... alone will not help, because there are a thousand times more fake news than videos with smiling
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PM cautious about extending compulsory vaccinations
PoliticsGreek Politicsmore than 46 pct of the general population, while more than 10 million jabs had been administered... is much lower than among doctors and nurses – out of roughly 155,000 educators, 46,500 have reportedly... Democracy saw this summer as the perfect opportunity to advance with its reform programme amid weak
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Govt seeks ways to keep classrooms open in face of Delta variant
PoliticsGreek Politicsvaccination appointments. The coverage is lower among junior high school students, with fewer than one... that more than half a class would have to test positive for Covid-19 for lessons to be suspended, while.... The SYRIZA leader stated, among other things, that he saw a clear window for early elections in the spring
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Stalled vaccination campaign emerges as biggest headache amid fourth wave warnings
PoliticsGreek Politicsby the end of summer. Wednesday saw 2,919 new cases, with a positivity rate of 1.32 pct. Although... three weeks of September daily vaccination appointments averaged around 30,000 – less than a third... 80 pct of those aged 60-80, well below the European average. Meanwhile, fewer than one in 10
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