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Government fleshes out priorities, SYRIZA sets dates for leadership vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe health service as a priority for this second term after significant deficiencies were revealed..., former state minister Nikos Pappas and former PASOK official Stefanos Tzoumakas, whose decision to run... became the latest of several government officials who have referred to the issue, while suggesting
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Newsletter 421 - 19/04/2024
will be hoping that the official announcement of his party's candidates will provide a timely boost... visit to the US. The businessman-turned-politician attended a church service and visited the Greek... involvement with an irredentist terrorist group in Albania. Some senior government officials were
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Mati fire verdict prompts legal blame game as PM pledges swifter justice
PoliticsGreek Politicsissued. An Athens misdemeanour court handed five former fire service officials jail sentences of up... official, was cleared of any wrongdoing in connection to the Mati fire by the misdemeanour court. He... sentence can also be converted into a fine. Fifteen officials were acquitted by the court
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After pay rises in armed forces, PM faces calls for broader wage increases
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor similar wage increases for the police, fire service and coast guard. These requests threaten... at the PM’s office. Sources close to Mitsotakis appeared frustrated that senior government officials had rushed to back calls for the PM to show further generosity. There was no official response, though
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Government vows to recover embezzled subsidies in bid to stem damage from scandal
PoliticsGreek Politicsoperations against prescription fraud and organised criminal rings in the customs service, municipal... evidence by a high-ranking government official, suggesting that knowledge of the investigation’s... the scandal-ridden agricultural payments agency OPEKEPE, officials have been trying to highlight
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Services sector turnover deteriorates in Q2
EconomyMacroeconomy. The quarter on quarter (QoQ) evolution also displayed mixed trends. Six service activities posted... administrative and support as well as information service activities recorded a nosedive of 64.6 and 45.2 percent respectively. Over the last four years, just two service activities posted a considerable
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Are politicians in Greece promoting reforms or social cannibalism?
Agora. Government officials, for instance, have been too happy to portray Greece's civil service as bloated... up with the troika and cling to power, the civil service and the people that staff it have become... and is no longer a European Union outlier; never mind that the civil service also contains honest
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Relief for coalition as wildfire threat subsides
PoliticsGreek Politicsand getting a first-hand account of the firefighting effort from local officials and fire service chiefs... Nikos Toskas, who is in charge of the fire service and police. Questions are being asked about... of is seen to have done the most it could to assist the fire service and that it avoids getting blamed
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New Democracy starts rolling out its first three bills
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the civil service, scrapping some posts and bodies, while creating others, with the aim... and placed under the leadership of general directors from within the civil service, rather than... within the civil service. They will be chosen via the Supreme Council for Civil Personnel (ASEP
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Alarming Covid-19 numbers fuel opposition's criticism of ND's approach
PoliticsGreek Politicsservice over the weekend as 211 more Greeks lost their lives during the 48-hour period after contracting... to strengthen the health service to the degree necessary because of its ideological barriers. Speaking... on the lack of hirings in the public health service being responsible for New Democracy not having taken
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