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Slow pace of civil service evaluation, Hellenikon deal add to review agenda
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSeveral areas of potential tension between the government and Greece’s lenders have emerged ahead of the third review. Athens is still struggling to find a way to conduct a performance evaluation in the public sector after civil servants’ unions instruc...
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Buckling under pressure of Mati death toll, Tsipras searches for corrective actions
PoliticsGreek Politicsbeen made public. The fire service attempted to address the last issue by announcing on Sunday that 25... by surprise. According to a timeline compiled by Kathimerini newspaper based on official accounts... that the fire service and the police dealt with the situation have not convinced critics that authorities
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Athens waits for EU recovery fund outcome as new Mati fire claims emerge
PoliticsGreek Politicswith it. According to the newspaper, the fire service investigator given the task of looking into what went.... It suggests that a lack of coordination and prompt action by the fire service contributed to the fire... service’s failings, at some point during the recorded conversation between Liotsos and Matthaiopoulos
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PASOK and SYRIZA turn up heat on govt as surveillance case realigns political forces
PoliticsGreek Politicshad been the subject of surveillance by Greece’s intelligence service. While the conservative... around his surveillance by the National Intelligence Service (EYP), first by Minister of State Giorgos... brought. The PASOK leader has insisted that his briefing should take place through official channels
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Govt puts focus on handouts, migration to take heat off surveillance affair
PoliticsGreek PoliticsTakis Theodorikakos claimed that the armed forces’ geographical service had given an official... of the intelligence service and the surveillance of politicians and journalists, the government... airports, which were 12 pct above 2019 levels in the months up to June, however SYRIZA quoted official
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Reports claiming link between spyware and state pile pressure on government
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat was set up at a special National Intelligence Service (EYP) facility, to which police officers were... argument that the spyware has no link to official, legal wiretapping. New Democracy has so far dismissed... to the clandestine unit from other parts of the service to help run the spying operation. The unit was allegedly
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Newsletter 361 - 02/12/2022
cyber unit set up within the National Intelligence Service (EYP) which has been linked in reports... the committee with the page from the government gazette which named the former official as the one... of the hearing, SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras submitted an official question to the prime minister, his
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Greece and the euro: The flight of Icarus
Agoraof the workforce was employed in the civil service and where public spending reached unrivalled levels, I’m... that led to the size of Greece’s civil service doubling in three decades. Under the leadership of Costas... was restructured earlier this year. In order for this debt-to-GDP ratio to fall to manageable levels, official
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Newsletter 417 - 22/03/2024
the upcoming European Parliament elections, and the resignations of a senior Interior Ministry official... a replacement candidate before the official announcement, scheduled for 5-7 April. The party..., who has just begun his short military service, has regained second place at the expense of its
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Digital initiatives challenged by opposition focussed on cost of living and political hires
PoliticsGreek Politicsprocesses requiring official identification. According to the announcement, the “Gov.gr Wallet” app will be extended to include other official documents such as vehicle registration and proof of insurance... of the service becoming available on Thursday morning. The push is part of New Democracy’s ongoing
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