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PM removes under-fire ministers from posts in late-summer reshuffle
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis decided to remove some of his key ministers from the firing line on Tuesday as part of a cabinet reshuffle, while also creating a new ministry to oversee civil protection in the wake of the pandemic and wildfire challe...
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Earth, wind & fire: Greece, clean energy & the climate crisis
AgoraIn the wake of the COP26 meeting, The Agora analyses what Greece brought to the discussion and how this tallies with the efforts being made on the ground to tackle the climate crisis. The head of policy at WWF Greece, Theodota Nantsou, evaluates the Gre...
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Handling of energy crisis under fire as gas interruption tests supply security
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government continued to face criticism for its response to the energy crisis on the day it announced an extension of its fuel voucher scheme. Opposition parties are calling for more radical measures, as an interruption of gas supplies from Russia is...
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Government under fire for failing to block Turkey from EU arms programme
PoliticsGreek PoliticsOpposition parties are accusing the government of a foreign policy fiasco after it failed to veto a potential role for Turkey in the EU defence procurement package. The accusations come after PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis suggested that Greece would seek conce...
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Criticism of authorities' response intensifies as wildfires continue to rage
PoliticsGreek Politics1-4 August the extent of the fires equalled half of what can be expected during a normal fire... are stretched too thin, and accusing the government of prioritising the fire on the outskirts.... Centre-left KINAL leader Fofi Gennimata, speaking from the site of the fire at Varibobi, claimed
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PM sets criticism aside, highlights unprecedented conditions behind fires
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat it is impossible for the fire service and emergency services to prevent any damage being done by the blazes..., north of Athens. Critics have argued that it is inconceivable the fire should have gotten out... was compounded when it was revealed on Thursday that the fire service had not used the National Observatory
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Opposition challenges government account of prompt wildfire response
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe toll of Tuesday night’s fire on mount Pendeli at a little over 2,000 hectares, while dozens... Mitsotakis described the damages from the fire as “limited” and praised the “much better coordination... for joining forces to fight the fire, and promised a prompt response for those whose properties had
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Mitsotakis rejects accusations of inadequate response to wildfires
PoliticsGreek Politics, making 2023 the second worst year on record in terms of area burned. A single fire, which continues... that there are 3,600 unfilled posts in the fire service and only 0.5 percent of RRF funds allocated... of undermining the fire service, while PASOK has condemned what it says is the total lack of a fire
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Government touts upgrades to civil protection amid early start to wildfire season
PoliticsGreek Politicsis on a warlike footing, as he prepared to launch the official start of the fire-fighting season..., over a thousand fire trucks, as well as sensors, radars and meteorological stations to build an early... the number of specialist forest fire units will be increased to 16, from 6 last year. He also said
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Athens searching for compromise formula should IMF remain on board
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat Athens may be willing to concede ground on the lowering the tax-free threshold for personal incomes.... Athens may argue that the lowering of the tax-free threshold will be enough to cover the fiscal gap. Finance Ministry sources said earlier this month that a reduction in the tax-free threshold of 8,636
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