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Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his cabinet yesterday reviewed the government’s National Recovery Plan that is about be submitted to the European Commission for approval.

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The spate of coronaparties did not come out of the blue. Over the three-day holiday last weekend, around 30 protests were conducted in an organised fashion.

The summer respite changed things and we have been in an almost constant lockdown since November, with small breathers for retail sales and schools.

A small act of carelessness could further burden the National Health System. Major misdeeds such as large parties and wedding banquets are almost criminal.

When on 8 January The Wall Street Journal first referred to the deadly coronavirus the World Health Organisation offered assurances that the disease was not transmissible between humans.

It is now necessary for the state to see the bigger picture, such as making a subterranean PPC electrical grid so as not to keep the grid exposed to increasingly harsh weather.

José Manuel Campa, who leads the European Banking Authority (EBA) talked about the impact of COVID-19 on the European banking sector, the new stress tests, about how the EU banks should cope with an expected increase in NPLs, while he sees little risk of a financial sector crisis.

Severe domestic problems and international pressures on Turkey’s president have led to erratic actions, including dangerous games in the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean.

About 300,000 new pensioners will receive – until their temporary pension is issued – 384 euros. Those with pending applications will also receive their share retroactively.

Clearly safe movement is of vital importance in the struggle against recession in the southern countries of the Union and so Greece should show the way even if it does not go via Brussels.

The Feb. 1 coup, which overthrew elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s civilian-led government, occurred less than two weeks after Biden took office. It presented him with his first major international crisis and an early test of his dual pledges to re-center human rights in foreign policy and work more closely with allies.

«Innovation should not just be a shield to protect against bad actors. Innovation should also be a ladder to help more people climb to a higher quality of life,» she said.

Hegemony over the political centre will be decided not on the basis of who can best humour the political centre, but rather on the basis of who appears more mature and trustworthy in addressing it.

To weather the pandemic we must all behave in a more responsible and disciplined manner. Public health measures and collective sacrifices are more important now and they require maturity and patience.

Vangelis Marinakis was found innocent in the trial about the so-called ‘match-fixing scandal’ in Greek Football.

MANFRED WEBER, president of EPP group in the European Parliament

Certainly we are in the midst of a pandemic that poses a great challenge, but based on the data presented in a report in Ta Nea today one can safely surmise that there is a pressing need to upgrade tertiary education.

HIncoming President Joe Biden must break the shackles of isolationism and fashion a global plan, in cooperation with the entire Western world, that can stem the recession and make America the motive force of a social contract.

Beyond the problem of sexual harassment, anyone can fall victim to an individual that exploits his or her position and the culture of cover-up and fear in order to take advantage of a fellow human being.

The details regarding a travel certificate are important in countries with the Western way of life as is the protection of the private data of those who will request a certificate from the national authorities of their countries.

Linking POS machines directly with the tax bureau is a step toward remedying that injustice and achieving smooth operation of the state at a time that the government is in a sprint toward modernisation with specific initiatives

Five dozen rounds of talks in nearly 20 years proved fruitless as Athens steadfastly rejected all of Ankara's demands that are outside the parameters of international law.

Joe Biden must create the necessary conditions for American citizens to regain their trust in injured institutions, laws, and the achievements of democracy.

The new environment will leave no room for revolutionary exercises fueled by blind coercion but instead will create a new relationship between the citizenry and the state, based on an agreed upon security framework.

Mr. MItsotakis;' strongest weapon is his government's new, cohesive plan for exploiting funding from the EU Pandemic Recovery Fund to promote tourism and to solidify and exploit Greece's new, stronger geopolitical position.

Given the fact that the current situation and realities are critical in a variety of ways, the government must pay enormous attentio to the management of everyday issues and problems.

The exceptionally good personal relationship between Donald Trump and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, gave Ankara great leeway in charting its geopolitical moves and to harrass other NATO member-states and to ignore good neighbourly relations.

While Europe has some of the best-resourced healthcare systems in the world, the sheer scale of the effort means some countries are calling on retired medics to help while others have loosened rules for who is allowed to give the injections.