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SYRIZA presses for answers on hospitals amid mounting Covid deaths
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMitsotakis has sought to dispel rumours that the rules are about to get stricter. Tuesday witnessed..., while the number of patients intubated in ICUs has continued to climb, hitting 547, with over 90 pct.... The government has been trying to counter staff shortages in the worst-hit areas by drafting private doctors
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Parties at odds over latest pandemic measures, way to tackle Covid wave
PoliticsGreek Politicstreat patients. So far, the government has only announced such a measure for the services of private... and has chosen to stick with a line of defence that puts the responsibility for the high number of infections and deaths on the part of the Greek population which has so far refused to get vaccinated
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Parties at loggerheads over inquiry into media handouts
PoliticsGreek Politicsof Greek media outlets receive more than 40 million euros in total has been partially blocked... spokesman) has begun its proceedings but the ND deputies, who form a majority on the panel, rejected... suggest to the public that ND has something to hide – an insinuation that the opposition parties
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Industrial production marks full year of recovery with 16.5 pct rise in Oct
EconomyMacroeconomyshowed on Friday. IPI has been on the mend since November last year, marking a full year of growth... to October, the IPI has increased by 10.2 percent YoY. The aggregate was driven by a 17.5 percent increase... industry confidence has increased by 19.6 points. In addition, Greece’s manufacturing PMI stayed
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New Omicron measures met with exasperation by business and scepticism from opposition
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlarming new data on the spread of the Omicron variant in Greece has led the government to announce... case load to generate the peak hospitalisations of the Delta wave. Although the government has... of the requirement for Covid passes which has been in force since November. In light of demands from
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Govt searches budget for space to adopt more Covid and energy relief
PoliticsGreek Politicson Thursday to make a case for reconsidering the measures. The minister, however, has already threatened... The pressure on the government to stick to its decarbonisation targets amid the energy crisis has hit.... PPC has denied that the phase-out is under threat by the exemption, which was granted by the Energy
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Athens ponders US scepticism about EastMed gas pipeline
PoliticsForeign Policyto its economic/commercial viability. It is a matter that has been under scrutiny from the moment... of this giant project has been the subject of some scepticism and was the reason put forward by Italy... reportedly underlined the special importance the EU has attached to the project. For Athens any
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KINAL leader intent on forging separate path for centre-left party
PoliticsGreek Politics-left grouping. Although the new party president has placed an emphasis on renewal, and has already..., and that this allowed SYRIZA to capitalise on the situation. Androulakis has identified the renewal
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Athens trying to step up Western Balkans engagement to counter Turkey's influence
PoliticsForeign Policyfrom the Western Balkans Dendias has been arguing against Turkey’s increased influence in the region... though Kosovo has recently stated that it needs to reconsider its participation in this US supported... in the last couple of months. This progress has been hailed by the EU and the US, and seems much
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Opposition cries foul on government's tax priorities
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKyriakos Mitsotakis’s announcement of a permanent cut to the controversial ENFIA property tax has... of snowstorm Elpida and the pandemic. While a shake-up of property tax and the zoning system has been... is due to kick in in April when ENFIA bills are issued in April, has been interpreted by some
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