Air traffic blackout and trimming of university registers open new fronts for government

PoliticsGreek Politics Tags: Defence, New Democracy, SYRIZA, Tourism
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The government's political opponents, but also aviation experts, are calling on the centre-right administration to take action regarding Sunday's outage of Greece's air traffic control systems. The authorities are under pressure to find out why the blackout occurred but also to urgently upgrade civil aviation infrastructure and technological capability to ensure that Greek skies are safe.

The incident has already triggered multiple layers of scrutiny. Transport and Infrastructure Minister Christos Dimas moved quickly to appoint a special committee of technical experts to investigate the causes of the Athens FIR blackout, while prosecutor...

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