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Protests and policing shake up political agenda as early election scenarios resurface
PoliticsGreek Politicsin Parliament on Friday has seen new battle lines drawn around the “law and order” agenda, which... the blame for instigating civil unrest on SYRIZA. SYRIZA, meanwhile, has sensed an opportunity... a confrontational approach to policing. The party has not overtly endorsed the call for neighbourhood
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Govt prepares to tweak Covid strategy and labour laws
PoliticsGreek Politicsreached 645 – the highest it has been this year – and there were another 45 deaths, taking the total... hair and beauty salons to open from Monday, by appointment only. In the meantime, SYRIZA has gone... so it has extra capacity to deal with the increase in Covid-19 patients. In a TV interview
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Govt under fire for testing and requisitioning plans as further lockdown easing postponed
PoliticsGreek Politicson the health system has forced the government to postpone the reopening of retail which had been slated... the established procedure. Political backlash The announcement of the rapid test scheme has also brought... of free PCR tests. In response, the prime minister’s chief of staff Akis Skertsos, who has fronted
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UK and EU travel restrictions raise concerns for tourism season
PoliticsGreek Politicspound fine for unnecessary foreign travel until July has caused consternation in Athens, where... euros in revenue. Greece has set a target of attracting 50 percent of 2019 tourism revenues in 2021... of the EU’s Digital Green Certificate, has added urgency to the government’s quest to attract
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PM trails national recovery plan ahead, talks up growth prospects
PoliticsGreek Politics”. The government has drawn encouragement from the positive feedback it has received from Brussels... has been published so far amounts to a summary of the much longer proposal. Centre-left KINAL... unemployed by the end of the year. While the strategy document has already been put to public consultation
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PM unveils 'Greece 2.0' plan to use EU recovery funds, transform economy
Economy, which the government has called “Greece 2.0”, includes around 170 investment projects and reforms... alone, which subsidises energy efficiency upgrades for households, has been earmarked to receive... been earmarked for this pillar – though the government has stated that many of the digital objectives
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Ex-PMs engage in public spat, highlighting contrasting approaches to Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policyelectoral defeat in 2009, Karamanlis has rarely intervened in any political issue or major crisis. Even... in Madrid in June 1997 as the government recognised that Turkey has legal, vital interests... of “vital interests and concerns in the Aegean Sea” is one point that has always provoked conflicts between
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Political wrangling instead of vaccines
Agoraoutcry caused by this statement settled down, Novalić publicly invited everyone who has an idea.... Criminal charges against officials Bakir Nakaš from Sarajevo, a retired doctor of medicine, has..., be they domestic or foreign nationals, Serbia has made a commendable move. Lacking vaccines even
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Govt forced to back down over Easter travel, turns focus to May re-opening
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government has abandoned tentative plans to allow Greeks to travel to their ancestral villages... that Greece has started to welcome visitors from some countries when Greeks are restricted to their regions... leading the decision-making process. The opposition party has doubled down on its persistent calls
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PM targets middle class voters as he eyes return to normality
PoliticsGreek Politicsadministration and its political opponents. SYRIZA has already made it clear that it sees the proposals... ahead of a nationwide protest on May 6, against what SYRIZA has labelled as changes to labour..., the figure has fallen to 51% from 53% last month. The government’s ratings are particularly low
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