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Opposition to vaccines hardens, revealing deep rift in public attitudes
PoliticsGreek PoliticsLow vaccination rates are emerging as an intractable issue for the Greek health authorities, as the return of holidaymakers and the start of the school year are expected to lead to a new surge... Georgios Papadopoulos. Vaccination rates have been edging up very slowly. Figures released on Monday
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New Covid measures readied as doubts about key cabinet choices rub off on PM
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the low vaccination rates in the police force was “a major issue” because it undermines... vaccination rates in frontline private sector occupations like catering to increase in response
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PM announces extensive measures to build on recovery, counter inflation and put govt on track
PoliticsGreek Politicstax rates The centre-right government has also become more concerned over the past few weeks about... the impact inflation will have on household budgets. The steps include: Extending reduced VAT rates
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Govt grabs opportunity offered by escape clause to entice voters with support package
Economy, to finance extensive support spending of 25 billion euros and to leverage low interest rates thanks... million euros. The reduced VAT rates for certain services linked with tourism will cost 64 million euros
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We can't ignore population shifts within the European Union
Agora, which has low fertility rates and is advanced in aging. The data can change and new projections emerge... countries that fertility rates will remain below replacement, which implies that populations will grow
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First-wave champion Greece stumbles at vaccine roll-out
Agora. The government’s frustration over low vaccination rates, which became evident as the summer progressed... and vaccination. Regional disparities in vaccination rates, which have become painfully evident through
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Covid resurgence triggers replay of last year's political debate
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe vaccination campaign has been effective enough. Vaccination rates in Greece remain below the EU average... that the pandemic was over even though Greece had one of the worst Covid-related death rates in Europe. On Tuesday
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Mitsotakis rules out another lockdown, dismisses criticism of new Covid measures
PoliticsGreek Politicscurfews in areas with high infection rates, with the justification that they would impinge on the freedoms of the vaccinated. Presented with the low vaccination rates, Mitsotakis argued that since 73
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EC sees strong recovery in 2021, solid growth in coming years underpinned by RRF
EconomyMacroeconomyvaccination rates and the total number of severe cases that allowed the lifting of containment measures... rates for transport, beverages and cinema tickets until mid-2022. The general government deficit
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SYRIZA presses for answers on hospitals amid mounting Covid deaths
PoliticsGreek Politicsexperts have come out in recent days to comment on what they describe as the unusually high death rates... will continue to focus on boosting vaccination rates, focusing restrictions on the unvaccinated
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