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Additional public health, economic actions to counter coronavirus impact
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime 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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Govt ratchets up coronavirus measures, while planning further support for economy
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece 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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Greece puts crisis management strategy in place as it braces for virus
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe 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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PM makes slowing spread of coronavirus his main goal
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime 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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Govt steps up policy response, hoping to impede Coronavirus
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe 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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Island unrest puts PM in tough spot
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government finds itself having to tackle two crises: The angry reaction on Aegean islands to the attempt to build closed reception centres for migrants and the arrival of the coronavirus in Greece.
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Greece braces for potential impact of coronavirus on key economic sectors
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKey sectors of the Greek economy are expected to suffer the effects of reduced travel and trade due to the spread of the coronavirus.
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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 overhaul if it is to meet the growing needs of the population.
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Study outlines economic potential of targeting senior and health tourism
SocietySenior citizen tourism and health tourism are a lucrative market that needs to be better exploited by the Greek market according to research by the diaNeosis thinktank.
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Preventative medicine, support for vulnerable form backbone of ND healthcare package
PoliticsGreek PoliticsWith the change of guard in Greece comes a new set of legislation for public healthcare, an area that suffered greatly pre-crisis from inefficient management and during the crisis due to successive cuts.