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Newsletter 249 -08/05/2020
recession scenarios. In an interview with Skai TV, Development Minister Adonis Georgiadis announced... by the coronavirus pandemic. Total hirings came to 48,555 versus 41,350 departures. In the aggregate period..., the figure for those employed increased by 14,451 which is equal to a rise of 0.4 percent. Total employment
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ND hopes economy will pick up as second stage of lockdown easing begins
PoliticsGreek Politicsin March. According to the government, this means 155,962 employees, or 22.5 pct of the total who... the first two stages of relaxing the lockdown, a total of 225,000 workers and 93,000 businesses will have... minister Efi Achtisoglou told ANT-1 TV on Sunday. “It will depend on whether it provided funds to support
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PM set to unveil support package, as ND cements poll lead
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKyriakos Mitsotakis is set to launch the government’s updated pandemic support package in a TV.... The economic support package, which has been widely trailed in the media, is said to total up to 24... sources put the total value of the interventions at 13 percent of 2019 GDP, to be delivered between now
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Court ruling on pension backpay creates dilemma for PM
PoliticsGreek Politics. It is estimated that the total bill for backpay could reach almost 4 billion euros, which is slightly.... The total number of pensioners entitled to compensation is roughly 2.5 million, which translates... news in Greece and provide much fodder for TV discussions, Mitsotakis knows that he will have to tread
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Covid-19 puts pressure on health system, forces govt into more restrictions
PoliticsGreek Politicsare running out. He said that a total of around 200 people can be cared for in intensive care... by the beginning of September, and has now shot up to 67. It is worth noting that Attica has a total of 72 ICU... is somehow suppressed. Speaking on Skai TV on Wednesday, government spokesman Stelios Petsas did
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PM unveils 50 more ICU beds as Covid-19 death toll passes 500
PoliticsGreek Politicsintensive care beds in total. The unveiling on Monday came after 920 fresh Covid-19 cases were reported... the 500-mark. There were 19 deaths over the weekend, taking the total to 509. Government officials... for Open TV last week indicated that 40 pct of Greeks are not satisfied with New Democracy’s approach
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PM pledges handouts amid discontent and gripes over coronavirus strategy
PoliticsGreek Politicsfinancial website that the total available for the end of year gift is likely to be less than 100... deaths related to Covid-19 on Thursday, taking the total to 959. The number of intubated patients... few months. This was highlighted by an Alco poll for Open TV published on Thursday. It indicated
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Alarming Covid-19 numbers fuel opposition's criticism of ND's approach
PoliticsGreek PoliticsCovid-19. This took the total number of deaths to 1,630 but the authorities will be more concerned.... Out of a total of 1,220 ICU beds across Greece, just over 1,000 have been occupied. Of these, 641... to Skai TV, Movement for Change (KINAL) leader Fofi Gennimata argued the government had “huge
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Labour vote, reconstruction plans highlight differences in party agendas
PoliticsGreek Politics. In his address, Mitsotakis spoke of a support package which could total 31 billion euros by 2021, while... recipients at a total cost of 55 million euros. The debate heated up when SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras... for Star TV shows ND still holding a comfortable lead over SYRIZA, with 37.6 pct compared to 21.7 pct
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Newsletter 279 - 05/03/2021
Covid-19 cases – the highest daily total so far this year – while seven hospitals in Athens ran out... from 1,673 in mid-February to over 2,100, while 90 Covid ICU beds have been added bringing the total... sector, which Deputy Finance Minister Theodoros Skylakakis told Skai TV on Tuesday is costing 200 million
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