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Worrying Covid data forces ND to take tough policy decisions
PoliticsGreek Politicsto a year ago but the lower than expected uptake in vaccinations, the absence of other precautions...-time high for the daily number of infected people since the pandemic started. More than 400 patients are currently intubated. There were also more than 1,100 Covid-related deaths in October. This surge
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Tsipras makes pre-emptive peace offering to next KINAL leader ahead of final vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe government rather than the main opposition party. New Democracy, and many analysts, believe that a victory... for Tsipras and than Premier Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Androulakis appears less amenable than his older opponent to any kind of alliance with SYRIZA, while the fact that he is younger than Tsipras and has not had
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Newsletter 321 - 17/12/2021
, if there are more than 400 intubated patients, the chances of a patient dying increase by 25 pct each day. Mortality rises progressively as the patient load increases, the experts found. If there are more than... of Attica are 35 to 40 pct more likely to die than if they receive treatment in the capital
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Govt opts to reopen schools on time, drawing opposition criticism
PoliticsGreek Politicsdown if more than half the students contract the virus. If an infection is discovered, the child’s... environment rather than mixing socially if the Christmas holiday is extended. A member of the scientific... also stressed the importance of in-person, rather than remote, learning for children. SYRIZA, though
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KINAL edges towards more central role in political developments
PoliticsGreek Politicstheir opposition on issues such as the pandemic, which could be considered a matter of national, rather than... and suggested that support for SYRIZA is being underestimated. Even if backing for SYRIZA is stronger than... the parties involved to gain a greater share of the vote than New Democracy and the ultra-nationalist Greek
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Where is Odysseus? Part 2 - Uncertainty
Agorawere to accept more immigration than is assumed in the baseline calculation. Recently, Greece has had... carefully conclude that, for policy, fertility is even more important than immigration. Immigration is not a sure-fire solution to demographic transition. While the current baseline sits higher than the one
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Newsletter 340 - 03/06/2022
that there would be a quiet summer, but this pledge appears to have foundered less than three months later... the fact that this swap was announced by the German leader, rather than Mitsotakis, and that there had been... by Interview for the news website Politic.gr indicates that the cost-of-living, rather than “Turkish
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As restrictions drop away, Apr travel balance beats even pre-Covid levels
EconomyMacroeconomywas significantly higher than the 3.2 million euros registered in April 2021, it is also higher than the 4.9..., April’s balance is more than double the 211.1 million euros seen in April 2019. Receipts came to 647 million euros for the month, more than ten times higher year-on-year, from 58.8 million euros
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Tsipras hits back with own economic pledges, choice for voters to ponder
PoliticsGreek Politicsto continue its work rather than take the risk of allowing SYRIZA, or a SYRIZA-led coalition, back... in basic salaries is scheduled for next year, when it is expected to increase to more than 750 euros, effectively returning to where it was before Greece’s debt crisis began more than a decade ago. Tsipras
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Newsletter 355 - 14/10/2022
officials is that the north of the country will likely experience a harsher winter than the south... of the conservatives may prove a bigger threat at the ballot box than SYRIZA or PASOK because they could..., rather than the current five, the share of the vote needed for the winning party to gain a majority
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