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More than a quarter of a million firms affected by enforced closures due to Covid-19 The government’s emergency response to the coronavirus outbreak will lead to the closure of just over a quarter of a million businesses and temporary job losses for up to one million employees according to the latest estimates.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
Mitsotakis puts Greece on war footing as plans progress to boost hospital capacity Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis made his second televised address on the coronavirus on Tuesday night, taking an even more serious tone and warning that Greece has a long battle ahead of it to minimise the impact from the disease.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
Additional public health, economic actions to counter coronavirus impact Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is preparing to make another televised address regarding the coronavirus as his government lines up more measures aimed at propping up the economy and struggling businesses.
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EconomyProgramme
Greece prepares more measures to support economy after Eurogroup relaxes fiscal restrictions The government is lining up a new set of economic measures to help businesses struggling due to the impact of the coronavirus after receiving the all-clear from the Eurogroup regarding this year’s fiscal target.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
Govt ratchets up coronavirus measures, while planning further support for economy Greece is introducing tighter measures to discourage social gatherings, in an effort to put a stop to the widespread breaches and circumventions of the first wave of emergency measures introduced last week.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
Greece puts crisis management strategy in place as it braces for virus The government has decided to activate a crisis management centre to oversee the effort to combat the coronavirus as a new opinion poll indicates that the relatively early action it has taken to aid social distancing has strong approval among voters.
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Economy
More fiscal measures lined up as Covid-19 seen shaving up to 0.9 pts off 2020 growth The government is lining up more fiscal measures to prop up the economy as forecasters becoming increasingly gloomy about the impact of the coronavirus.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
PM makes slowing spread of coronavirus his main goal Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis made his first televised address regarding the coronavirus on Wednesday evening, just hours before the first death from the illness in Greece was confirmed.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
Govt steps up policy response, hoping to impede Coronavirus The government is stepping up the range of precautionary measures being taken to impede the spreading of the coronavirus in Greece, where 89 people have been diagnosed with the illness, but nobody has yet died.
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Economy
MoF to announce measures for safeguarding businesses impacted by COVID19 The government is increasing its measures to limit the economic fallout from the impact of the coronavirus.