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Serbia’s road to collective immunity: A tale of two realities
The enthusiasm in the first months of this year regarding the mass vaccination in Serbia was so high that in March, the country was ranked highest in Europe in terms of the number of fully vaccinated people per million inhabitants. Eight months later, less than half of the total population has been vaccinated, and Serbia is once again ranking highest in Europe, but also fourth in the world! - this time, unfortunately, in terms of the number of new cases of Covid-19 per million inhabitants.
Contributor: Denis Kolundzija
Categories: Europe (281), Politics (385), Society (140)
First-wave champion Greece stumbles at vaccine roll-out
It is perhaps because of the euphoria brought by tourism – both the ability of Greeks themselves to enjoy a holiday, and the positive impact on the national economy - that the general public has been willing to tolerate daily case numbers averaging between 2,000 and 3,000 throughout the summer, and double-digit daily fatalities climbing above 40 going into September, which experts have taken to describing as “a busload of people going off a cliff every day”.
Contributor: Georgia Nakou
Categories: Europe (281), Politics (385), Society (140), Greece (496)
Tear gas instead of vaccines
With only 48% of the population vaccinated, the impermissible missteps of the expert COVID-19 staff and with mass anti-vaccination protests, it is obvious that the vaccination campaign in Slovenia was extremely unsuccessful.
Contributor: Biljana Žikić
Categories: Europe (281), Politics (385), Society (140)
The quarterly national accounts from the income side
ELSTAT recently published the results of the national accounts through the second quarter of 2021. There is good news in these updated GDP numbers for Greece.
Contributor: Bob Traa & Jens Bastian
Categories: Politics (385), Economy (329), Greece (496)
Why is it taking so long for the pandemic to end in North Macedonia?
At the beginning of the pandemic, we estimated that it would probably last for two years. Today, a year and seven months later, I’m wondering if that will be the case with North Macedonia.
Contributor: Haris Babačić
Categories: Europe (281), Politics (385), Society (140)