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Nobody is asking SYRIZA not to criticise the government. One is asking it to do the job assigned to it well, to push the government to speed up the vaccine rollout, and to unreservedly support vaccination.

The unemployment rate reminds us of 2011, according to the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT), with the redundancies increased by 63,000, as recorded by the data from the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (Ergani system), in September

The third shot, according to experts, is especially important for the elder ones and reduces the rate of covid-19 infection.

Stournaras hosted a working lunch for the Greek prime minister at the central bank’s headquarters.

The more-or-less expected “crack down” on so-called “anti-vaxxers” came as Thursday witnessed another 63 related deaths and 556 intubated patients suffering from acute Covid-19 symptoms.

With one of the main criticisms of the government’s handling of the pandemic being lax enforcement of existing measures, Mitsotakis announced that authorities will intensify monitoring of implementation.

'We were apprised of the remarks [of Sanchez and Erdogan] and we shall be monitoring developments…It is self-evident that [EU] member-states are bound by the decisions of the European Council.'

In the European index “Integration of digital technology”, Greece has a score of 28.5%, compared to 37.6% of the average

Greece has a robust anti-vax movement – far-right activists and religious zealots are among the most aggressive exponents - and a number of doctors are among the hundreds of social media anti-vaxxers.

Serious effects on the environment due to overconsumption of bottles in popular tourist destinations – Over one million consumed in August alone in Santorini

Professor of Hematology at the Sorbonne Medical School, Grigoris Gerotziafas also stressed that the problem in Greece is that the unvaccinated people have been “concreted”

Kikilias, who up until recently was the health minister in the Mitsotakis government, said visitors from Turkey are very welcome, referring to “high quality” tourists who visit the islands and the cities.

After last year’s annual protest march marking the anniversary of the 17 November, 1973, Athens Polytechnic uprising against the junta was essentially canceled due to the pandemic, participation in this year’s demonstration was massive.

The figure brings the number of confirmed Covid-19 infections in the country, since the beginning of the pandemic, to 853,841

Mitsotakis, a day after meeting with UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, promoted what he called the prospects of the Greek economy for long-term growth.

The map, which depicts Erdogan’s neo-Ottoman ideations and foreign interventions presents as “Turkish territories” a long list of countries from the Balkans and Central Asia and Russia all the way to China with its Muslim Uyghur minority.

The federation representing the owners is expected to table its final offer on Friday.

“If they remain or prices rise further, the government may be forced – and rightly so, to intervene even more this year,” Christos Staikouras noted

The enormous surge in the number of infections over the last few days, that has placed crushing pressure on many hospitals nationwide, has alarmed both the government and experts.

Sensitisation to the environment and climate change is now one of the main programmes of the Archdiocese of Athens and of Metropolitanates (bishoprics), as Ta Nea reports today.