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Waiting for Eurogroup outcome, ND and SYRIZA focus on economic interventions
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe number of deaths reached 73, which translates into 7 per million. The death rate is higher than some countries in the Balkans, but lower than most in Western Europe. The death rate remaining... percent. This has translated into support for New Democracy reaching more than 40 percent in the opinion
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Authorities turn focus back to Covid-19 compliance as latest numbers trigger concern
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece. In just one week, Greece recorded 472 new cases, which is 146 cases more than the cases... if this trajectory continues. A model put together by the Aristotle University in Thessaloniki and two..., ferries can operate at 80 pct capacity, rather than the previous 60 pct that was in place to minimise
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PM seen boosting powers despite making minor alterations to cabinet
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMinister Theodoros Skylakakis to alternate finance minister and put him in charge of “fiscal development” rather than just public finances. Skylakakis is seen as the key government figure... Democracy to maintain its commanding lead in the opinion polls, rather than suffer an erosion support
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Pandemic's growing economic impact warrants extra support measures, funded by cash buffer
PoliticsGreek Politicsbe funded from the existing reserves, rather than new borrowing. This appears to back up media reports... 200 pct of GDP, which is a tougher challenge than it may sound initially due to the rate at which... without a job in June are 13 pct higher (around 125,000 people) than in the same month last year. ELSTAT’s
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More fires at Moria add to pressure for effective response to asylum crisis
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece as a bridge to the EU rather than a hurdle, and put an end to an approach that is increasingly... of emergency on the island following the first conflagration, which left more than 3,000 camp residents... greater weight than its fair share”. The President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen
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New bid to curb Covid-19 raises demand for more economic support
PoliticsGreek Politicsafter the number of daily cases more than doubled this week, comfortably surpassing the 1,000-mark. Some experts predict that the daily total could reach more than 3,000 next week. The pressure... of citizens along the Thessaloniki promenade resulted in more than 7 percent testing positive for the virus
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Greece to enter second lockdown as govt faces criticism over 'total failure'
PoliticsGreek Politicsin a televised address on Thursday. Mitsotakis said he “would rather take these measures sooner than later... on pandemic measures in less than a week. On Saturday, a simplified two-tier system of regional... haphazard and driven more by political expediency than scientific guidance. The insistence
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Newsletter 274 -20/11/2020
the ban on gatherings, had put a reported 6,000 police on the streets to deter protesters... to contain and turn back protestors, detaining more than 100 in the process, was used as proof... of Public Revenues (IAPR) has shown. New tax debt totalled 3.90 billion, lower than the figure
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ND holds on to large poll lead despite growing public dissatisfaction
PoliticsGreek Politicsless than half way into the government’s term. While voters are never keen on early elections, the unfolding situation with the pandemic may be adding to their reluctance. The jaded interpretation put.... It is notable that the PM's secretariat has seen its budget more than double, from less than 3
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PM hopes for return to normality by summer, but vaccine progress remains slow
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the European vaccination programme in the second quarter of the year, his comments put him... a slow start, the daily inoculation rate has more than doubled and is approaching 20,000 doses a day...”. Vaccinations would have to be administered five times faster than the present rate to hit the target
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