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Govt weighs up stricter measures to suppress Covid-19, talks up vaccine hopes
PoliticsGreek Politicsestimate rather than being based on any official schedule. In recent days, the prime minister’s... reshuffle, which saw the appointment of a new deputy minister for mental health. Petsas said
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Parties debate pandemic response as public approval deteriorates
PoliticsGreek Politicsthose who propagate them. Others, however, saw another opportunity to criticise the government. Tsipras... than to engage in substantive debate. On the other hand, there were several occasions on which
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Moria fire propels migration issue back to top of political agenda
PoliticsGreek Politicsconducted a month earlier suggested that 65 pct of people living on Northern Aegean islands saw... than its predecessor, such as advocating closed camps for migrants, has coincided with a stiffening
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Censure motion voted down, prompting government and opposition to claim victory
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe handling of the pandemic and Greek-Turkish relations. Overall, the government saw it as an opportunity... in the government now than when it came to power last summer. SYRIZA responded by claiming
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Stricter Covid-19 measures on the way, as pressure grows for national lockdown
PoliticsGreek Politicsacted early, we must once again act more promptly than other European countries with stricter measures... when they do so. SYRIZA attacked the chair of the expert committee for what it saw as a defence
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Alarming Covid-19 numbers fuel opposition's criticism of ND's approach
PoliticsGreek Politicswith the way the rate of death is increasing. Last weekend saw roughly as many deaths from... are dedicated to treat Covid-19 patients. Fewer than 100 of these are now left. Apart from Thessaloniki
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SYRIZA ponders election footing, slow vaccination rollout rate troubles govt
PoliticsGreek Politicsby ND would put governing firmly out of its reach. Vaccination programme Monday saw the launch... to abandon its plans to create more than 1,000 vaccination points around the country, focussing
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Vote on territorial waters puts PM's stance in spotlight
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe Greek Parliament approved on Wednesday the extension of the country’s territorial waters in the Ionian Sea to 12 nautical miles by a massive majority of 284. The vote saw ND coming around... administration than with political ideology. “An increasing number of our fellow citizens define themselves
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Stricter Covid-19 restrictions mulled, but Greeks warming to vaccine
PoliticsGreek Politics, will be delayed. The local media has speculated that the night-time curfew could begin at 6 p.m., rather than... stood at 36.1 pct in January, up by 1.3 points, since December. SYRIZA saw its backing rise by just
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Covid-19 stretches health system again, putting reopening of shops in doubt
PoliticsGreek Politicsthan 55,000 tests were carried out on Tuesday. During this period, experts had been pointing... prison transfers and furloughs, which some opponents saw as being designed to allow the November 17
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