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Moria fire propels migration issue back to top of political agenda
PoliticsGreek PoliticsJust as the Greek government was expecting some relief from the refugee challenge that has caused... seekers on the island of Lesvos has brought the issue back into sharp focus. The fire broke out.... As of Wednesday, a state of emergency has been declared. Clearly, one of the immediate challenges authorities
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Newsletter 266 -18/09/2020
Democracy’s muddled approach over the last few months has contributed to the virus spreading... of Covid-19. SYRIZA has already been vocal in its criticism of how New Democracy handled the situation... of exploratory contacts between Greece and Turkey has to do with talks, rather than negotiations. Conducting
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PM tries to draw line under Golden Dawn affair, defends handling of second Covid-19 wave
PoliticsGreek Politicsas a victory for Greece’s democracy and its institutions, whereas SYRIZA has tended to stress more the resistance to fascism on the streets and among activists. The opposition party has also hailed... as the mother of murdered rapper Pavlos Fyssas. In effect, each party has shown its ideological
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Newsletter 277 -11/12/2020
. Although the number of daily deaths has dipped below 100 – edging down to 81 on Thursday – almost 600... has intensified, with opposition parties issuing daily statements criticising the government’s... to deflect the criticism he has received for his personal behaviour, after photographs of him
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Newsletter 278 -14/12/2020
. Partly in response to the damage wreaked by the Covid-19 crisis this year, the government has been... sector. In the meantime, the government has been able to take credit for a series of inward investments... and the second lockdown, which has been in place in Greece since the first week of November. Naturally
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Newsletter 280 -15/01/2020
the tax burden for businesses and the middle class. A year and a half after the elections, little has... sensitivities. However, as the pandemic has rolled on, opinion polls have suggested that some of ND’s lustre has worn off and the public’s confidence in its handling of the Covid-19 crisis has somewhat
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Who is left dreaming the European dream in Serbia?
AgoraThe accession of the Western Balkans to the European Union (EU) has been ongoing for eighteen years...". In other words, according to the criteria of this organization, Serbia has ceased to be a democracy... opposition parties, is a parliament with no opposition. Although the census has been reduced from 5% to 3
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Public sector staff trends survive MoU exit, change of government
Societygarnered a lot of attention at the time, it has since largely faded from public view. The start..., the increase in the average age of healthcare staff has resulted in a high attrition level in recent years... have retired. As recruitment has failed to keep pace with departures, the health system has been
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Newsletter 295 - 07/05/2021
aged 60-69. The fact that these rates are only inching up even though the online platform has been open.... This means that there has been no let-up for public hospitals, which remain stretched due..., which means there has been only the slightest reduction since a few days ago when this figure climbed
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Beyond conspiracy theories: How mismanagement shaped vaccination in Albania
Agora. But while vaccination has been open to anyone over 18 since August, Pfizer vaccines (and to a slightly... are fully vaccinated, or roughly 28% of the country’s 2.8 million people. Vaccination uptake has slowed down... in the rise of anti-vaccine sentiment that precedes COVID, and has exacerbated since. But it has been
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