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  1. Vaccination politics intensify as Greece races to plug immunity gap

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    to the streets. Wednesday saw the first mass anti-vax rallies in Greece, with police estimating that 4,000 marchers gathered in central Athens, and others putting the estimate at more than 5,000... city Thessaloniki. While the size of the crowds is smaller than those seen habitually in Greece

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  2. Retail index rises another 15 pct in May from 2020 lows

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    and supermarket sales were up by 3.3 percent. No retail category saw any decreases, while the main... also up by more than 19 percent. The annual volume increase was led by the same categories..., less than the equivalent turnover. The monthly seasonally adjusted retail sales index in May was up

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  3. Govt grabs opportunity offered by escape clause to entice voters with support package
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    Economy

    of competence, the government saw an opportunity to announce a sizeable support package... lead over SYRIZA. In the meantime, Greece is enjoying for the first time in more than a decade... down slightly in the budget as it seems that the recovery came sooner than expected. The impressive

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  4. After travels, domestic issues and party scepticism await Mitsotakis
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    interventions in the coming months. The claim that if GDP increases by even more than 5.9 pct..., which saw some more figures from outside of ND’s ranks brought into the cabinet (much... are in danger of driving away more people than you attract.” Samaras appears adamant that New Democracy’s

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  5. Newsletter 311 - 08/10/2021

    Newsletters

    of 186.5 billion euros will be higher than the level of 2019 that stood at 183.41 billion euros, fully...-emergenceFor the first time since New Democracy swept to power more than two years ago, the centre-right party saw its majority in Parliament shrink slightly this week. Although the dismissal of one

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  6. Greek fiscal deficits and debt since 2000
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    Agora

    deficits were accumulated during the period 2000-2010 of some €176 billion; the decade thereafter saw... than the sum of the deficits. How did this happen? The short answer is that the rest of the world... write-off in history to date. Further, Greece was allowed to pay less interest than it would have

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  7. Govt stands firm on 'no lockdown' message, pins hopes on vaccination surge
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    the current vaccination rates and the already congested state of the hospital system. Monday saw... that SYRIZA could be faced with a centre-left leader who is both younger than Alexis Tsipras and untainted by MoU-era government, and therefore more likely to attract wavering voters rather than push

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  8. Govt looks to tweak relief in anticipation of record Covid infections, new inflation high
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    the school population appears to be much lower than in the community, suggesting that there is a degree... the operation of schools. More than 6,500 teachers have either tested positive or are self-isolating... of living. While last week saw the introduction of a new scheme to subsidise energy costs, price

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  9. SYRIZA calls for vote of no confidence, as PM's apology over storm chaos fails to chime
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    not elaborate on where he saw specific failures, but referred to a “lack of coordination between... rather than try and address popular anger with half-apologies, while he also accused the government... individual motorists who ignored weather warnings than SYRIZA supporters (15 pct, 10 pct and 1 pct

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  10. Mitsotakis prepares to meet Erdogan as Greek ties with Russia collapse
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    rather than neutral territory. The two leaders have met already three times - in New York, London..., the two sides saw an opportunity for a possible meeting of the two leaders. The Greek premier... countries that rely much more than us — 70, 80, 90 percent — and I would like to hear their opinion

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