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Government bolsters aid package as questions mount over deadly fires
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the service is a political appointee, Yiannis Kapakis, a retired senior fire brigade official... the service at a crucial time. SYRIZA subsequently issued a statement saying that it would not allow any... services. Defence Minister Panos Kammenos was the first government minister to survey the scene
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Coalition's attempt to defend handling of fatal blaze fails to stem criticism
PoliticsGreek Politicsand fire service as they explained to journalists that there is evidence which points to the fires... (and the emergency service chiefs it has appointed) from any responsibility for the death and destruction inflicted... the area extremely difficult. All four officials insisted that the emergency services and everyone
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Tax cuts set to lead package of post-MoU pledges by Tsipras
PoliticsGreek Politicswill include a cut in VAT on food service to 13 percent (costed at 350 million euros); reductions of up... in the food service sector and to lower other tourism-related taxes. Earlier this year, the opposition... of around 400 million euros in backpay to members of the armed forces and emergency services, an issue
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ND defends economic pledges as Kammenos repeats walkout threat
PoliticsGreek Politics) and maintain the limit on civil service hirings so that there have to be five departures for every.... He argued that in 2014, when the New Democracy-led coalition reduced VAT in the food service sector... billion euros of savings in the public sector without putting services at risk. Apart from the limit
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Turnover in tourism grows by 2.8 pct during Q4 and 9 pct in 2018
EconomyMacroeconomyby 4.3 percent year-on-year, while the index for food service activities increased by 1.4 percent... the index for food service activities increased by an average of 10.2 percent. According to the Bank...The turnover index in accommodation and food services remained positive for an seventh continuous
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ND prepares first three bills for votes before Parliament's summer recess
PoliticsGreek Politics. Kyriakos Mitsotakis attended a memorial service in Mati hours after announcing that some 4,000... that the emergency services are better prepared for such disasters in the future. The government has already begun testing the emergency messaging service, which was not operational until now despite being
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Mistaking tolerance for a free rein
Agorathat he was willing to exchange votes in return for a managerial position in the health service..., and other positions in the public service, as favours to faithful supporters is not new. In fact, SYRIZA... of satisfaction in the EU when it comes to the provision of public services. But, just as it could
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Greece puts crisis management strategy in place as it braces for virus
PoliticsGreek Politicswill be to create up to three operation centres that will employ around 220 police and fire service... (EODY), which will then pass over the data to the police and fire service experts. The Civil Protection... that a rise in illnesses will not lead to the disruption of basic public services. On Friday, EODY pleaded
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Govt sets out fire compensation scheme in first step to overcome destruction
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe police and fire service that were implicated in the operational breakdown that contributed to more... have been met with some scepticism. Some critics fear that putting the forestry service in the hands... on Tuesday are the concentration of regional forestry services under the Environment Ministry
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Leaders' debate over wildfires puts spotlight on govt credibility
PoliticsGreek Politics, created circumstances that were too difficult for the Greek fire service to react to effectively... that the fire service in Evia had been told not to try to stop the fire. “We were called on to put... the police force rather than the fire and forestry services. In a nod to young Greeks, a strong
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