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Scepticism greets govt denials of involvement in surveillance, as communications missteps snowball
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe confirmation hearing on Wednesday for the new head of the national intelligence service kicked... in the course of the closed hearing to reiterate their call for an immediate inquiry into the service’s... from surveillance” lends credence to their suspicions that the service’s phone-tapping programme
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Newsletter 493 - 06/02/2026
and civil‑service protections touch on entrenched interests and ideological fault lines; adjustments... of hypocrisy on ministerial liability and scepticism about civil‑service reform. SYRIZA has described... that service their loans. Greece’s highest court resolved a long‑running dispute over how interest
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Prior actions, pending actions and milestones along the bumpy road
Agoralimits in the coming weeks. The civil service is tasked, with no time to lose, with the execution... July 2015 the Structural Reform Support Service for Greece (SRSS) has replaced the former Task Force for Greece of the European Commission. The new service is not exclusive to Greece. It also operates
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Minister's clash with catering sector highlights pitfalls ahead as pandemic squeezes economy
PoliticsGreek Politicsto Kathimerini, the food service sector – one of the worst hit by the lockdowns – is poised to seek compensation... to direct some of the extra relief funds it is currently working on amassing towards the food service... and representatives of the food service sector. The backlash forced the usually unapologetic Georgiadis
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Newsletter 283 -05/02/2021
Georgiadis and the beleaguered food service sector. On Wednesday, the head of the government’s expert... service sector – one of the worst hit by the lockdowns – is poised to seek compensation from the state... parties and representatives of the food service sector. The backlash forced the usually unapologetic
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Opposition parties continue to pursue wiretap claims, as surveillance bill passes first hurdle
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor the missteps which it claims led the national intelligence service to eavesdrop on PASOK leader Nikos... by the national intelligence service (EYP), the authorities’ failure to afford Androulakis the opportunity... the intelligence service EYP to the operation of the Predator spyware via a government contractor
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Seeking showdown in Parliament, SYRIZA tables censure motion over surveillance report
PoliticsGreek Politicsevidence on the surveillance of senior officials by the intelligence service EYP. The move... the intelligence service. The same report was sent to the heads of all parliamentary parties, as well..., journalists and business figure through the intelligence service EYP, using both conventional phone tapping
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Mitsotakis seeks to banish health system concerns with reform pledge, candidate removal
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKyriakos Mitsotakis has stated that reforming Greece’s health service will be one of his main goals... service after several people lost their lives following long waits for ambulances. In a TV interview... ambulance staff were hired, while under New Democracy 560 employees left the service without being replaced
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Androulakis hopes surveillance ruling will lead to embarrassment for government
PoliticsGreek Politicsto request information on his surveillance by the national intelligence service. Androulakis claims... an official briefing on the reasons provided by the intelligence service EYP to allow them to eavesdrop... embarrassing the government and the prime minister to whom the intelligence service reports directly. PM
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PM doubles down on constitutional reform as pre‑election strategy hardens
PoliticsGreek Politics103 on civil‑service permanence; Article 90 on judicial appointments; Article 30 on a single six... that the National Intelligence Service (EYP) was involved in the use of Predator spyware. The party also challenges ND’s narrative on civil service reform, accusing the government of unprecedented partisanship
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