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EU digital certificate seen as boost for tourism against backdrop of worsening pandemic
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe idea of a vaccination certificate in January, but was initially met with objections from... at least one dose of the vaccine, and that this would begin to allow a return to normal activities
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EU Commissioner's visit to islands highlights divisions over management of migrant centres
PoliticsGreek Politics. On Monday this week, EU Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson paid a one-day visit... with local communities has also fallen flat. The Commissioner was met by protests, in spite of pandemic
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Greece set to reopen embassy in Libya as it seeks better ties with Tripoli
PoliticsForeign Policyone day after Libya’s new interim government was sworn in. The fact that the Greek premier... Minister Nikos Dendias recently met with new UN Special Envoy for Libya Ján Kubiš. During the meeting
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FM heads to Ankara for rare talks as Greece and Turkey court Libya
PoliticsForeign Policymet with a Greek Foreign Minister was in 2017, when Nikos Kotzias was the country’s chief diplomat... to Turkey that Greece will not be the one to leave the negotiating table. “We need to learn to live
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Late May Day rallies highlight divides in left and labour movement
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the SYRIZA administration had penalised unpaid overtime, by imposing a 1.6-million-euro fine on one... made public overtures to all the forces of the democratic left to unite, but have been met
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Parties gear up for confrontation over labour bill
PoliticsGreek Politicsseek to create a more flexible working schedule, among others. SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras met... to the 8-hour working day being scrapped and has presented the clash over the draft law as one between
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ECB clears banks after stress tests, approves change to DTCs as momentum builds
EconomyBankingThe forward momentum in the Greek banking sector gathered pace on Friday when the results of the 2021 stress tests were announced. All four systemic banks supervised by the ECB met the minimum... of the regulatory capital base. Based on the regulation to date, when in one fiscal year banks booked
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Short-term fix for electricity bills leaves open questions for green transition strategy
Societypermits will have to be met at a significantly higher price. PPC’s own estimates put the emissions from... and even requiring one of the lignite stations on the verge of decommissioning to be pressed back
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Stalled vaccination campaign emerges as biggest headache amid fourth wave warnings
PoliticsGreek Politics80 pct of those aged 60-80, well below the European average. Meanwhile, fewer than one in 10.... On Wednesday, PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with the new Minister of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection
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Govt stands firm on 'no lockdown' message, pins hopes on vaccination surge
PoliticsGreek Politicsadmissions averaging 400 over the past week, and 99 pct of Covid ICUs occupied. An estimated one in five... towards the centre have also met with little success, and could be further stalled by the promise
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