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  1. PM under pressure to account for destruction, as wildfires stoke anti-migrant sentiment

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    and filling empty posts in the fire service. On Wednesday, the total area burned overtook... of the fire suggested that “it was started by a human hand”. The fire service had indicated that the blaze... and initiatives to improve public services. It now looks likely that the positive message may need to be toned

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  2. Post Office branch closures spark internal revolt in ND as voter scepticism grows
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    networks entirely. Despite assurances that no citizen will be left without service, MPs remain unconvinced... in the political system, echoing recent public discontent over issues such as public service cuts... the party could ask for votes while shuttering essential services. Several MPs called for Sklikas

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  3. Tempe and Predatorgate court cases bring government scandals back to fore
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    and the Greek intelligence service EYP, while the judge recommends that the misdemeanour charges against... sentence to the highest authorities. Pointing the finger directly at the intelligence service and its... services to governments and law enforcement agencies. The former Mossad officer, who did not testify

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  4. Coalition unwound

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    a transitionary service over the next few months. By this Tuesday, and with the Council of State ruling... for a service with 2,000 staff. People are free to see this as the fallout from an act of bold

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  5. A quarter-pounder democracy

    Agora

    them at the service of citizens. Throughout its history, Greece and most of its people have been... market trolleys. An opportunity to assess civil service needs and personnel is being swatted aside

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  6. It remains a mystery
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    Agora

    into three quarters of its outstanding debt at the time. At the same time, to service this debt Greece... billion euros of total financing needs, 126 billion was to refinance and service the debt

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  7. Nobody has less confidence in their government than the Greeks, OECD finds
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    government powers and fundamental rights are least guaranteed. 2) Size of civil service As the government comes under increasing pressure to reduce the size of Greece’s civil service, with 4,000

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  8. On Portugal, PSI and a national salvation pact

    Agora

    a corporation or an individual, needs to be able to service its debt at some point in the future. Today... year. In order to service its debt, Portugal would need to be able to generate cash flow before

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  9. Tax chief's departure brings coalition revenue plans under scrutiny
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    The resignation on Thursday of Greece’s chief tax collector, Haris Theoharis, has raised questions about the Greek government’s commitment to creating a genuinely independent revenue service... the coalition has the necessary political will to improve the collection service and target evaders. Before

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  10. The television will not be revolutionised
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    Agora

    When Prime Minister Antonis Samaras decided to close down public broadcaster ERT in June 2013, then government spokesman Simos Kedikoglou stood in front of TV cameras and called the service... broadcasters,” added Kedikoglou, who was cast aside in a reshuffle 12 months after the service’s

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