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More fiscal measures, restrictions on movement mulled by govt as it rides high in polls
PoliticsGreek Politicson national roads during Holy Week. Speaking on Skai TV, government spokesman Stelios Petsas... TV on Thursday night indicates that 54 pct of respondents have a strongly positive view of the way ND is handling the crisis overall, and 28 pct a fairly positive view, a total of 82 pct. A breakdown
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Covid-19 inflicts minimal wear and tear for ND as opposition struggles to profit
PoliticsGreek Politics. There were another seven deaths, taking the total to 469. The main concern authorities have... are growing more concerned about developments. An Alco poll for Open TV indicates that the pandemic... 15 pct in May. A survey by Marc for Alpha TV suggests that 35.6 pct of Greeks think
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High Covid-19 death rate leads to lockdown extension but fails to dampen vaccine scepticism
PoliticsGreek Politicsdeaths were reported, taking the total to more than 2,000 and adding to the terrible run in Greece over... that many Greeks are sceptical about the vaccine. A Pulse poll for Skai TV indicated that 64 pct... positively rises to 82 pct. A Metron Analysis poll for Mega TV indicated that 51 pct of Greeks want to get
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PM on defensive over Covid-19 stance as debate rages over testing
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the second wave of Covid-19, PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis gave a TV interview on Monday in an attempt... across the country, and a further 89 people died of the virus, bringing the total number since... critics, PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis gave an interview to Alpha TV on Monday night in which he attempted
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Greece prepares to relax lockdown amid concerns about toll on economy
PoliticsGreek Politicsan initial goal of 400,000 jobs. Following the fifth round, the total amount distributed will reach 7... considered to be from the party’s progressive wing. In a TV interview on Thursday, Gennimata... for Alpha TV put KINAL on 6.5 pct, with SYRIZA on 20 and New Democracy on 38.6 pct. In her interview
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Stricter Covid-19 restrictions mulled, but Greeks warming to vaccine
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor public health. An opinion poll by Pulse for Skai TV published on Thursday indicates that 55 pct... withing the first three months of it being available to them. This means that a total of 21 pct.... According to a Metron Analysis poll for Mega TV, also published on Thursday, 63 pct of Greeks say
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Health service in spotlight as govt scrabbles for more measures to contain Covid
PoliticsGreek Politicscases – the highest daily total so far this year. The number of intubated patients has shot up... Finance Minister Theodoros Skylakakis told Skai TV on Tuesday is costing 200 million euros per week... lead over the leftists – 15 percentage points according to this week’s survey by Pulse for Skai TV.
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Criticism of authorities' response intensifies as wildfires continue to rage
PoliticsGreek Politicsseason. So far this month 6,000 hectares have burned, while the total this year adds up to 12,400... of the largest wildfires, local members of the public have been complaining on TV that firefighting resources... Finance Minister Theodoros Skylakakis told ANT-1 TV that the government has spent 1 billion euros
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New Omicron measures met with exasperation by business and scepticism from opposition
PoliticsGreek Politicsinfections in the community, equating to a tenfold increase over a four-day period. Total daily... TV channel ERT, a member of the government’s advisory committee said that while daily cases were... the holiday season. Speaking on Skai TV on Tuesday morning, Economic Development Minister Adonis
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Newsletter 323 - 14/01/2022
with ANT-1 TV on Thursday, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said that data from other countries... his TV interview that the second increase to the minimum wage would come on May 1. The minimum wage... committed in the budget to rein in the primary deficit at 1.2 pct of GDP, with a total deficit of 4
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