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Tsipras tries to take lead in fire response amid picture of confusion
PoliticsGreek Politicsof preparedness displayed by the fire service and police. Spyraki argued that the demolitions announced... suggest the investigation will now turn to the relatives of the 91 victims and the official records... not able to communicate with the fire service’s control centre while the blaze was unfolding. The report
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Turnover in services sector shows improvement in Q4 2014
EconomyMacroeconomyservice activities showed a rise, according to the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT). In Q3, 12 out of the 14 service activities had recorded a drop, The highest increase in Q4 was posted..., consultancy and related activities (+10.5 percent). In contrast, two service activities reported a double
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Government feels the heat after two days of catastrophic wildfires
PoliticsGreek Politics” to avoid accountability. The government has also been criticised for understaffing the fire service which... of Germany and Austria which she said use a larger proportion of volunteers to permanent fire service staff..., the official response to the disaster will be closely scrutinised. Deputy Minister of Civil
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Newsletter 272 -06/11/2020
, service and manufacturing carried out by Alco for the Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry (EBEA... recovery Growing concern over survival of businesses in food service sector, a key employer... of the food service sector have been expressing their concern about the survival of the industry
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Parties tussle over scope of surveillance probe as latest poll puts Mitsotakis in frame
PoliticsGreek Politicsservice, with a meeting of the relevant parliamentary committee set to be followed by a special... are structural weaknesses in the oversight of the intelligence service. On Monday, PASOK secured.... The panel investigating the bugging of PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis by the National Intelligence Service
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ND under attack from all sides over handling of football wrangle
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe Super League. The amendment was hastily drafted by the government after the Professional Sports... voted against the amendment and had earlier called for Deputy Minister for Sports Lefteris Avgenakis... handling of the affair roundly criticised in the numerous sports newspapers as well as in Marinakis-owned
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Newsletter 406 - 15/12/2023
Kyriakos Mitsotakis pledged to crack down on sports-related violence, a promise he has now made... of the suspension of sports events that had been mooted by government sources over the weekend, but ministers have... will be held in empty stadiums, including European fixtures played in Greece. Sports Minister Yiannis
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Policeman's death prompts PM's pledge to act on hooliganism
PoliticsGreek Politicspromises of a government crackdown on sports-related violence. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis... on authorities to act on sports-related violence. All political parties have expressed their condolences and called for measures to punish the perpetrators and put an end to sports-related violence. Some
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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... been some calls, mostly from certain sections of the media, for ministers and public officials
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ND exults in Saudi Arabia deals as opposition calls for answers over spyware
PoliticsGreek Politics, a serving MEP, claims a scan of his mobile phone by a service at the European Parliament revealed..., the government denied Greece’s intelligence service was involved in the bugging. Reacting to Androulakis’s... relationship with an official state body. However, investigations by the independent media outlet Inside Story
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