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Greece’s Health Ministry has suspended all leaves for health public sector personnel from September 1, a day after an all time record number of coronavirus infections was registered on Tuesday. By decision of Deputy Health Minister Vassilis Kontozamanis on Wednesday, all leaves for the staff of public hospitals and other …

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Greece’s public health services and hospitals are still under strong pressure from the novel coronavirus, Health Minister Vassilis Kikilias said on Monday. Speaking to Skai TV, Kikilias said that the country has been in lockdown for a month and that, “out of a total of 1,305 ICU beds that we …

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Leader of ANEL and Tsipras’ junior coalition partner, Panos Kammenos, said on Wednesday, that he will ask the Prime Minister the Macedonia Agreement will pass through the Greek parliament with an enhanced majority of 180 votes. Kammenos statement comes the day the FYROM Parliament ratified the agreement. “We will do …

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While the Greek government is making desperate efforts to have the additional austerity measures of further pension cuts and broader tax-free basis implemented in 2019 and 2020, the known ‘powers’ take to their favorite hobby: sabotage, boycott, hit and run and new obstacles. A day before the crucial Eurogroup meeting …

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Greek Interior Minister – an Energy minister in first SYRIZA government – Panos Skourletis accused on Monday international lenders of reneging on a 2015 bailout deal by trying to force a fire-sale of its main electricity utility Public Power Corporation (PPC/DEH) to serve “domestic and foreign business interests.” Later, a …

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The aim is to reach a staff level agreement by the Eurogroup on April 7, European Commission spokesman Margaritis Schinas said on Monday, as Greece and lenders continue negotiations in order to conclude the second review of the current Greek program. The spokesman said that the negotiations between Greece and …

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 German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble warned Greece Wednesday night “to fulfill its reform commitments, otherwise it would have to leave the Eurozone.” Speaking at a talk show at the German state ARD TV, Schaueble said also that pressure on Greece must be maintained.” “They are not over the mountain, therefore …

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Just days before the Eurogroup meeting on Greece’s program review and the country’s European lenders keep up the good traditional work of Dirty Games, Blackmail and Pressure. We’ve been there, we’ve seen that. We’ve heard “the anonymous EU source” one million times since 2010 when the first bailout was signed …

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Following pressure by he European Union, the Greek Government changed the composition of the Asylum Appeals Committees last week. The EU has been claiming  that the existing committees were not sending refugees back to Turkey, because they did not consider Turkey a safe third country for each applicant as the …

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How do Greeks dare say that Turkey is not a safe country to return Syrian asylum seekers? The Europeans in Brussels disagree and are frustrated that the deportations do not proceed with the fast pace they had in mind  and put pressure on Athens to replace members on its asylum …

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We have been there, we have seen that for countless times since 2010: in times of crisis and EU’s inability to cope with crises, everyone feels obliged to fire a salvo of incredible nonsense, mis-considering it to be a proof of divine inspiration. The latest example is the Belgian Interior …

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This nasty EU blackmail of alleged “Schengen suspension” bear fruits. Greece bowed to the pressure and  A) has activated the EU’s  Civil Protection Mechanism praised by Brussels as “humanitarian aid for refugees” and B) agreed that Frontex will be deployed at its northern borders to FYROM. Both actions were announced today …

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After lots of anger and disagreement the Eurogroup ended on Thursday afternoon without a deal. Exiting the meeting, Greek Finance Mnister Yanis Varoufakis said that the Eurogroup decided to continue talks today and tomorrow and thus on the two documents submitted both by the creditors and Greece. “Discussion will continue …

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There is no doubt that the international Monetary Fund imposed a not only a strict austerity program in Greece – as in many other countries. Moreover, the Fund has created a downright mess in the Euro-member country as it apparently could not deal with a currency that cannot be devalued. …

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Nobody could expect anything else except the creditors’ warnings to reach their peak. A Eurozone Leaders Summit is scheduled for 7 pm upcoming Monday, four hours earlier the eurozone finance ministers will convene to take some decision on Greece. The debt-ridden country is supposed to submit another reforms proposal that …

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Negative signals and immense pressure have been the usual creditors’ modus operandi for the last five years. The usual operation tool, when talks between Greece and its creditors reach a dangerous curve and are short before reaching an agreement. While the Greek side expresses hope for an agreement by Sunday, …

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A parallel currency in a parallel universe full of little parallel eurozones? German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble has reportedly said that Greece may have to invent a “parallel currency” alongside with the euro, if negotiations with the country’s creditors stall. Business Insider reports that Bloomberg reports that hardliner Schaeuble reportedly …

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With Greece suffering from economic suffocation and the risk to run out of cash in March, international creditors hint that the last bailout trance of €7.2billion would be paid as early as possible, if Athens starts adopting necessary reforms – ‘reforms’ in the sense of ‘austerity adjustment’, right? Greece needs …

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Just a few hours before the first round of Presidential voting, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras issued a statement urging MPs to vote in favor of Stavor Dimas tonight, “in order to avoid adventures for the European course of the country,” as he said it characteristically. At the same time, …

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What it looks to be a Turkish Doner is in fact a Greek gyros. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the sweeping winner of German federal elections demonstrate her savvy skills, her absolute capacity to deal with a sharp knife and cut Greek gyros into thin slices thus with a surgical precision. Although… …

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