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Govt holds firm on no lockdown as health system teeters
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor a certain amount of surgeries to put off so doctors can deal with Covid patients. According to Economou, no essential surgeries have been put off in Athens. The government official added... than any shortages. He went on to suggest that patients are only placed in ICU when their situation
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Newsletter 332 - 18/03/2022
SYRIZA accused Mitsotakis of being too concerned with managing public perceptions rather than... administration. Now that Covid numbers are on the rise again the opposition senses an opportunity to put... that since the start of the pandemic in Greece more than 16,500 people have died after contracting
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Fire on outskirts of Athens puts PM's crisis strategy under scrutiny
PoliticsGreek Politicsthan preventing them, run so deep that the appointment of one person, however capable, is not enough... likened to “coming into a minefield.” The Pendeli blaze will put Stylianides under greater scrutiny... to evacuate their homes, have presented the kind of death toll seen during the Mati fire, when more than
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Newsletter 373 - 10/03/2023
New Democracy party have put the government under intense pressure and created doubts not only.... Adopting a notably more contrite tone than that with which the government had greeted the grim news... up inflicting more damage on the government than previous disasters or scandals. ND has decided
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Newsletter 392 - 08/09/2023
arrived while the wildfire in Evros, which had been burning for more than two weeks, was still... to put in place adequate prevention and protection against extreme events. Androulakis said... the government put together last year. The OECD said this week that with an energy support package of close
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Second round of local elections deliver worrying results for PM, glimmer of hope for opposition
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe results of the second round of local elections, held on Sunday, put a substantially different.... However, he was soundly beaten by Dimitris Kouretas, a candidate put forward by centre-left PASOK...-off ballot, which was held because no candidate gained more than 43 pct in the first round
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New Democracy leadership headed for showdown with right wing over migrant labour bill
PoliticsGreek Politicsbe issued with work visas under a scheme put forward by the ministries of labour and migration to ease... Democracy. Sensing an opportunity to expose rifts within the government, the main opposition put forward... the amendment was introduced rather than its content. The direction of travel suggests that rather than
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PM set to avoid kneejerk reaction to poor EP poll result as centre left mulls next move
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the general elections a year ago, was largely due to ND voters staying at home rather than opting... as left wing, taking 33.9 pct of this constituency, which was more than 10 points ahead of the Communist... support had fallen so much since last summer, arguing that SYRIZA’s opposition and the pressure it put
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Newsletter 429 - 28/06/2024
the party’s constitution, to develop a programme for governing the country, to put together a shadow cabinet, to create a new register of members and to engage in more “activism”, or as he put... in the following year. This year’s estimate by the BoG is slightly more modest than the 2.5 pct
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PASOK edges into second place as leadership contest takes shape
PoliticsGreek Politicselections, PASOK still seems to be seen as a more convincing alternative than SYRIZA, which is mired.... The other three candidates garner less than 8 pct combined. The voting process means that the two leading... that the stance of those in his party who questioned his leadership rather than focus their efforts on holding
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