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Mitsotakis urges EU to act after European Council stalemate
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAs expected, Thursday’s European Council did not lead to a decision on further extraordinary measures to support Europe’s struggling economies, leading to Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis taking to social media to express his reaction.
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PM joins forces with some eurozone partners to lobby for "corona-bond"
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and eight other European leaders wrote a letter to European Council president Charles Michel on Wednesday, ahead of Thursday’s teleconference, arguing for a coordinated eurozone-level response to mitigate the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on member-states’ economies.
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PM calls for unity as opposition reacts to decisions on health, labour
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece marked its Independence Day on Wednesday, with the focus on battling the coronavirus, which has now claimed 20 lives in the country.
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PM orders lockdown as opposition focusses on health system's capacity
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced a lockdown on Sunday night after a discernible rise in the number of coronavirus-related deaths and confirmed cases.
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PM increases coronavirus support package to 10 bln, while sounding dire warning to public
PoliticsGreek PoliticsIn his third address to the nation since the start of the coronavirus outbreak, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced a drastic expansion of the economic support package, pledging a total of up to 10 billion euros to fight the spread of the disease in Greece and support the workers and businesses affected by containment measures.
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More restrictions on way as Athens revels in ECB decision
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was due on Thursday afternoon to give his third public address in two weeks in connection to the coronavirus.
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Mitsotakis puts Greece on war footing as plans progress to boost hospital capacity
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime 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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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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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.