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EU-Greece island containment policy slammed as refugees endure squalid winter camps
SocietyThe Greek government has been criticised for a containment policy which restricts refugees... containment policy, highlighting the extremely overcrowded and unsafe conditions that refugees are forced... against the government and EU’s containment policy. “Lesvos is not an open prison, nor will we allow
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GSEE report stresses risks on employment and the pension system, outlines burden on wages
SocietyThe devastating impact on wages, employment and the social security system over the crisis years... and the containment of bank credit, households’ efforts to reduce their borrowing, wage cuts and heightened...-time contracts conversions remains 3.5 times higher than that in 2009. Social security system
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Newsletter 246 -03/04/2020
stressing the importance of staying the course of the coronavirus containment measures, despite a welcome lack of a surge in cases in the country. The Health Ministry has given assurances that the system was well-equipped at the outbreak of the pandemic. To date, the pressure on the healthcare system
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Study calls for sweeping reform of Greek healthcare system
SocietyA study by the diaNeosis think tank has shown that the Greek health system requires a drastic... System” found that the Greek healthcare system suffers from a number of systemic problems, including... by the national health system as it currently stands. This has led to Greeks having one of the lowest levels
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Greek families shell out for education as state system falls short
Societysystem consisting of cram schools, tutors, childminders and foreign language classes. Shadow... of education for their children. Greece’s public education system performs poorly when compared to other countries, and the existence of the shadow education system has come under criticism for creating
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New government aims for extensive changes to education system
Societyeducation system when the new government set out its policy agenda recently. The proposed changes include an attempt to steer the education system towards the job market and sweeping modernisations... education system was plagued by a culture of low effort and the penalisation rather than rewarding
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Health system in the spotlight after government reforms falter
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government is under pressure to address gaps in the public healthcare system as recent measures... of scaremongering and stated his determination to “fix the national health system” in spite of his... on to accuse New Democracy of deliberately driving the healthcare system into the ground. The party’s
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Efforts to boost health system continue amid questions about govt strategy
PoliticsGreek Politicsover the ability of the health system to cope with a surge in the numbers requiring hospital treatment.... As the numbers increase, concerns have bene raised about the health system’s readiness to cope... the health system while imposing draconian restrictions on citizens. The party is calling for all
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Coalition's proposal for PR electoral system unlikely to clinch supermajority
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the new system applies immediately rather than from the general election after the next one... and moving to a system of proportional representation · Reducing the voting age from 18 to 17... and, as such, cannot be considered a genuine PR electoral system. PASOK (16 MPs) had maintained a more equivocal
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How Greece's political system failed to safeguard the largest investment in the country's history
Agoraenvelope was earmarked for the support of the domestic banking system. The policy mix and the intensity... banking system was triggered after the Bank of Greece (BoG) identified at the end of 2012 that losses... potential as the banking system and the economy were expected to eventually stabilise and then recover
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