How Greece crushed the COVID pandemic and is keeping it at bay

How Greece Crushed the COVID Pandemic and Is Keeping It At Bay | GZERO World

"At the time, people were not aware of the economic pain that this would actually entail, but we did succeed in crushing the epidemic during its early stages." Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis tells Ian Bremmer how a country that was only just recovering from a crippling economic crisis managed to mount a quick and effective response to the coronavirus and how it has continued to keep it at bay. But as winter comes, will he be able to keep the virus from spreading? Mitsotakis spoke with Ian Bremmer on GZERO World.

Watch the episode: Greece's unlikely COVID success story: Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis

More from GZERO Media

- YouTube

Ian Bremmer's Quick Take: Israel has finally answered Iran’s strikes, but what does this mean for the Israel-Iran escalation? Ian Bremmer breaks down the military and diplomatic maneuvers, and how the US finally played a role in shaping a more restrained response.

- YouTube

What are the global consequences of North Korean soldiers now appearing on the frontlines in Ukraine? What’s the nature of the agreements that German Chancellor Scholz concluded during his recent visit to Delhi? Carl Bildt, former prime minister of Sweden and co-chair of the European Council on Foreign Relations, shares his perspective on European politics from Stockholm, Sweden.

- YouTube

As the candidates make their final arguments in the 2024 US Presidential Election, the economy is front and center on the minds of voters. Despite all signs indicating stable and above-trend growth in the US, many Americans feel uncertain about how well the economy is doing, said Robert Kahn, Managing Director of Global Macro-Geoeconomics at Eurasia Group.

IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva speaks to the media during an International Monetary and Financial Committee press briefing on Friday, Oct. 25, 2024.
Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA via Reuters

At the plenary session concluding the International Monetary Fund and World Bank’s 2024 Annual Meetings in Washington, DC, on Friday, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva made clear there was no time to rest. Although wealthy countries seem likely to achieve the much-vaunted “soft landing” — reducing inflation without a recession — geopolitical, climactic, and fiscal risks are putting great strain on the world’s most vulnerable economies.

Supporters attend a rally for Republican presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump at Madison Square Garden, in New York, U.S., on Oct. 27, 2024.

REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

With the US election just eight days away, it’s crunch time for the presidential campaigns. Republican candidate Donald Trump headlined a rally Sunday night at Madison Square Garden in New York, a state that last backed a Republican in 1984. Vice President Kamala Harris, meanwhile, was in Pennsylvania, visiting a barbershop and a Puerto Rican restaurant

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is pictured during a media interview at the headquarters of his ruling Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo on Oct. 27, 2024.

Kyodo via Reuters Connect

Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party and coalition partner Komeito lost their parliamentary majority on Sunday in an election dominated by economic and ethical issues.

Supporters of the Georgian Dream party wave Georgian and party flags from cars after the announcement of poll results in parliamentary elections, in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Oct. 26, 2024.
REUTERS/Zurab Javakhadze

Opposition coalitions in the country of Georgia and its pro-Western President Salome Zourabichvili are accusing the incumbent Georgian Dream of stealing Saturday’s election, calling the results “falsified” and a “constitutional coup.”