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Health service weakness highlighted as Covid deaths hit record high and research points to ICU disparity
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat was put in charge of coordinating Greece’s response to Covid when the virus first emerged last... paper is that there is a strong link between the number of intubated patients and the chances of them dying. According to the research, if there are more than 400 intubated patients, the chances
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Handling of energy crisis under fire as gas interruption tests supply security
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe government was slow to address, preferring to rely on handouts rather than confronting vested interests... proposals put forward by the opposition, including those for a windfall tax and price interventions... noted that the electricity system is better placed than last summer to cope with high demand, thanks
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Newsletter 346 - 15/07/2022
of the year, as well as increasing pensions in 2023, by up to 5 pct, for the first time in more than... considered. The government is also hoping that a strong tourism season this summer will create additional fiscal space that the Finance Ministry can put towards more cost-of-living relief measures
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Flashpoints fuel contest for centrist voters
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMinister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has a strong appeal among centrists, and that PASOK-KINAL leader Nikos... party took umbrage with the PM’s comments, which it sees as an attempt to put moderate voters off... voters, especially centrists, that despite what the PM may claim, ND is much further to the right than
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Fires continue to test capabilities and spark political confrontation
PoliticsGreek Politicsbeen even more impressive given that strong winds were blowing, the terrain was difficult... not normally experience such natural disasters. SYRIZA is particularly put out by this approach because when... and 12.3 pct for PASOK-KINAL. No other party garners more than 6 pct of the voters’ backing. However, 10
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Government seizes crisis moment to boost investment in energy infrastructure
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe surveillance of PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis. On related issues, more than half (56 pct... presented with a dilemma between security and freedom, more than two thirds prioritise freedom... elections (52 percent versus 45 percent). Fewer than a third of Greeks polled for the survey feel
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Migration back on main political agenda
PoliticsGreek Politicson the European Union to act, came less than 24 hours after he also tweeted a video of what he claimed showed... to show that they are tougher on the issue of irregular migration and asylum seeking than... that Mitsotakis has strong support in the way he is dealing with Turkey and the migration issue
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Newsletter 360 - 25/11/2022
preference because of the revelations, while only 12.7 said they would vote for someone other than... about migration. Fewer than half said they were concerned about the surveillance affair. Now... for the economy after the strong rebound in the year following the pandemic and solid growth close to 6 pct
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Newsletter 377 - 07/04/2023
Parliament would put a majority effectively out of its reach, even if elections were re-run under the bonus... train crash at the end of February, and to drive the party to a strong showing in the first poll, from... in the first ballot and more than 36 pct in the second). Although New Democracy’s support dipped last
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PM takes central role as fires continue to rage
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is trying to put himself front and centre in the government’s... that preparation for the fire season began earlier than ever this year, in January. It also argues... a sensitive one, especially given that Greece is experiencing a heatwave and strong winds, which
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