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  1. Newsletter 284 - 12/02/2021

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    be in place until the end of February, but given that the last lockdown began in November and has... Easter. The prime minister expressed his confidence in the vaccination programme, which has been... population had received at least one jab. More than 350,000 people had been vaccinated once, while

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  2. Vaccination scheme gearing up as more jabs arrive, but some scepticism persists
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    by 419,250 doses in January (at a rate of 84,000 doses per week) and 333,450 doses in February. According... the inoculation programme is in full flow. Meanwhile, the Health Ministry has been laying out a three... and a bishop. The government has been hoping that a highly visible launch to the vaccination, including senior

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  3. MPs urge govt to focus on vaccines, relief as it gets entangled in #MeToo claims

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    vaccination certificates are now available online for anyone who has received the jab. Tourism... is that the government has to focus on rolling out the Covid-19 vaccines as fast as possible and must provide Greek... that the lawmakers concentrated on. Despite the disruption caused by the cold snap, the vaccination rate

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  4. Govt faces fresh pressure over Covid-19 decisions amid slow start to vaccination scheme
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    scientists. Mitsotakis response has until now been the government’s line of defence in the face... committee on Covid-19 to be published – a request that has been repeatedly rejected by New Democracy...) and 405 patients receiving intensive treatment. Vaccination Greece has started to publish daily

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  5. PM tightens lockdown, braces for economic and political impact

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    , but given that the last lockdown began in November and has never been fully lifted, the validity... with a large group of people. Along with the constant chopping and changing of restrictions, this has... mutations, Greece has to be on alert to prevent another major outbreak. He cited Portugal as a recent

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  6. Government targeting resumption of economic activity from March
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    early March. It has been suggested that the retail sector will be the first to be freed from some... received both doses of the jab. The seven-day rolling average for vaccines in Greece stands at almost 24,000 a day, up from around 18,500 a week earlier. The rate at which new Covid-19 cases are being

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  7. During crisis, proportion of Greeks in extreme poverty has risen almost seven times to 15 pct
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    in Greece has found. The study, commissioned by Athens-based think tank Dianeosis and conducted... percent in 2013 and dropping to 15 percent in 2015. In 2015, the highest rate of extreme poverty... are the unemployed, with the rate for this category in recent years increased to around 70-75 percent, up

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  8. Unemployment rate edges up to 23.4 pct in August
    By Panayiotis Tzamaros/Fosphotos

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    Greece’s seasonally adjusted (SA) unemployment rate increased to 23.4 percent in August from... to 1.13 million. Over the last 12 months, the number of employed has grown by 57,700 but has been on a decelerating trend in the last five months. In addition, the number of unemployed has dropped by 59,800

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  9. ND set to carry Covid, wildfires baggage into September

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    rate reached 3.2 pct. Economou told journalist that the government would be unveiling next week... of possibly encouraging Greeks who have not yet been vaccinated to get the jab as they return to work... being is on fighting the existing fires. Although this has been the stock answer from government

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  10. Unemployment rate inched up again in Sept to 27.4 pct
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    the beginning of the Greek crisis, the unemployment rate has almost tripled from the October 2009 figure of 9.9...The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in September rose marginally to 27.4 percent, from 27.3...). The September rate is now just under the historic high of 27.5 percent in May this year. Reversing

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