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Govt weighs up stricter measures to suppress Covid-19, talks up vaccine hopes
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreek authorities are said to have set a milestone this Friday to decide whether additional... infection clusters have been recorded. A number of areas have been put under emergency measures... close to the discussions quoted anonymously to Kathimerini newspaper said that the measures were put
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Greece grapples with second Covid-19 wave as cases soar
Societyfollowed. On May 25 when these measures were put in place, Greece had 2,882 cases and 172 deaths... to jump from 7,000 to 8,000 cumulative cases. Authorities acted to put new restrictions in place... the OECD’s predictions, the Greek economy was set to shrink by 8 percent under a single wave scenario
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Newsletter 266 -18/09/2020
to express concern about the pressure being put on the national health system. The prime minister’s... discussion about whether the authorities acted promptly, New Democracy unveiled a set of tax breaks... the issues which Athens had traditionally put on the negotiating table – maritime zones, continental shelf
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Greece and Turkey prepare for exploratory talks brokered by Germany
PoliticsForeign Policyof Kastellorizo. With the support of Washington, Berlin has put all its diplomatic efforts... and their aim were set out by Germany’s Ambassador to Greece Ernst Reichel when he appeared before.... Even though his visit is more related to bilateral relations and on ways to put forward
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Censure motion voted down, prompting government and opposition to claim victory
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe way of the protection of primary residences, initially put in place in 2010 in the form... to set out, and defend, its 15-month governing record and to rebuff claims from the opposition... that it came out on top because it put the government on the spot about the insolvency bill whereas ND wanted
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Newsletter 272 -06/11/2020
pct. The government will attempt to put the brakes on the recession by providing repeated liquidity... to create more hospital beds and to put in place more economic support measures, the opposition... of a second lockdown is leading the government to rethink its 2021 budget, along with announcing a new set
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Newsletter 273 -13/11/2020
on government’s errors Opposition parties put the government under incessant pressure this week over its.... The Health Ministry and the national doctors’ association put out a call for private sector doctors... to pay 10 percent of their regular payment with the programme’s duration set at nine months. The scheme
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Alarming Covid-19 numbers fuel opposition's criticism of ND's approach
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe coronavirus crisis continued to put increasing pressure on the government and the health..., which has been hit worst by the virus and where a mobile treatment unit is being set up outside... be transformed to only accept Covid-19 patients. Despite the precarious situation, the government has put
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PM identifies pending pensions as key problem, while row brews over media law
PoliticsGreek Politics, the institutions noted that the amount due in pensions that have yet to be paid out is set to reach... more worrying. It put the number of pending pensions at the end of Q3 this year at more than... to put permits to tender, which was eventually deemed unconstitutional. Although SYRIZA’s efforts
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Teachers threaten revolt over education bill as opposition gears up for summer confrontation
PoliticsGreek Politicsreservations to any measures which set out to control teachers. Some teaching groups have objected... a pandemic-induced hiatus which put a freeze on the party’s long-awaited regrouping since its return... to put forward a truly progressive alternative. Tsipras called on the party to show readiness
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