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Ex-PMs engage in public spat, highlighting contrasting approaches to Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policyin the build-up and after the agreement Greece and Turkey reached in 1999 to ameliorate their relations... of Pontius Pilate, would follow up Turkey’s claim lodged with the International Court of Justice of ‘outstanding border differences and other related issues’ even up until 2004, and not just about
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Political wrangling instead of vaccines
Agoraclinics are at maximum capacity. Cemetery workers complain that they are unable to keep up with the work.... Citizenship is not required, nor is a scheduled appointment. Just show up and bare your shoulder. In just.... The Sarajevo Canton authorities explained this as a way to force citizens to pick up their electronic
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At the bottom of the Balkans: Kosovo's bumpy road in securing vaccines
Agorafrom 345 cases up to 800 a day, and the number of deaths from 9 to 17 a day, in average. Thus, a new... and Fighting the pandemic COVID-19 up until August 2020. Moreover, Kosovo stagnated in receiving... and security forces involved in the management of the COVID-19 pandemic, which make up 306,000 or 17 percent
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Govt in tight spot as opposition questions lockdown easing priorities
PoliticsGreek Politicsflared up around earlier religious holidays appears to have been better managed, with discussions... hospital system. At the same time, it has become mandatory for officials to acknowledge the build-up... sector and the opposition parties, is that opening up outdoor seating at restaurants and cafés could
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Piraeus Bank raises 1.38 bln in share capital increase
EconomyBanking”. The capital increase is a central plank of Piraeus Bank’s balance sheet clean-up plan, which includes a raft... of demand coming from hedge funds. Those funds ended up getting 25 percent of the book, with the rest... that the capital increase will enable the bank to pursue “a definitive balance sheet clean-up
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Vaccines provide govt with hope of pandemic exit as labour reform battle gathers pace
PoliticsGreek Politicsalone might be out of reach. But after administering about 1.6 million jabs up to the end of March... of June. One blight on the Greek vaccination programme so far is the low take-up among older... that the other opposition parties have also lined up against the bill, which could lead to the first
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Govt hopes opening of cafes and bars marks next step in return to normality
PoliticsGreek Politicsdue to the Easter celebrations. The authorities are hoping that from May 5, the scheme will step up... to around 1,000 at the moment. This will allow up to 2.5 million jabs to be administered in May, compared to around 1.5 million in April, and up to 4 million in June. The scheme was boosted over the past few
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PM riles SYRIZA with remarks on EU anniversary
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDemocracy has held up this moment as proof of its pro-European, modernising credentials even if the party has at times failed to live up to these ideals. It was no surprise, therefore, that Mitsotakis... up this period again, Mitsotakis feels he can undermine SYRIZA’s effort, albeit a stop-start one
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Amid promising signs for tourism, govt hedges its bets with targeted support
PoliticsGreek Politicsclaim 5 pct of turnover, and other tourism businesses 2.5 pct, up to a ceiling of 400,000 euros each... welcomed the announcement, while hinting that more may be required if business does not pick up as hoped... as key for enabling travel within the bloc and opening up some of Greece’s biggest tourist markets
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Labour compensation and productivity in the EU-27 and Greece
Agorathat the measure of productivity spiked up (the opposite effect from what has been observed in the EU-27... sector needs to speed up, and labor allocation needs to switch from predominantly to the public... catch up in productivity with the EU-27 and start narrowing the difference that has been growing
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