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Unemployment rate up to 19.2 pct in Q1, long-term jobless still falling
EconomyMacroeconomycompared to the same period in 2018 was noted in the sector of accommodation and food service activities...), accommodation and food service activities (9.5 percent), public administration and defense/compulsory social security (9.1 percent) and accommodation and food service activities (8.4 percent).
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New Democracy starts rolling out its first three bills
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the civil service, scrapping some posts and bodies, while creating others, with the aim... and placed under the leadership of general directors from within the civil service, rather than... within the civil service. They will be chosen via the Supreme Council for Civil Personnel (ASEP
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MPs to vote on changes to governing process as opposition hits out at ND
PoliticsGreek Politicsensure that the civil service retains a degree of continuity. The bill’s provisions aim to install... service. Also a new general secretariat will be created to oversee the drafting of laws. These changes intend to make the government responsible for the political decisions and the civil service
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Amid clash over watchdog, ND expects reforms to deliver more effective governance
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the administrative tasks of each ministry passing to the civil service. He added that the new... added that the civil service itself would be responsible for arranging the hirings that are needed... Intelligence Service (EYP). The centre-right party announced recently that it intends to appoint
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PM unveils 50 more ICU beds as Covid-19 death toll passes 500
PoliticsGreek Politicsis the latest in a series of steps towards bolstering the health service and making sure that it can... service’s capacity, SYRIZA continues to be critical of the government’s approach. Shadow health... service, weakening those areas. He also accused ND of using creative accounting to give
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Health system feeling strain of Covid-19 second wave
PoliticsGreek Politicsin – the national health service’s ability to take the strain is the main issue attracting attention. In its latest... service industry earn revenues in what has been a terrible year for these sectors, as well as many... set out three conditions for such a consensus: A six-month plan to boost the health service
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Alarming Covid-19 numbers fuel opposition's criticism of ND's approach
PoliticsGreek Politicsservice over the weekend as 211 more Greeks lost their lives during the 48-hour period after contracting... to strengthen the health service to the degree necessary because of its ideological barriers. Speaking... on the lack of hirings in the public health service being responsible for New Democracy not having taken
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Newsletter 295 - 07/05/2021
this week, spurred on by the reopening of the food service sector, but the coronavirus shows no sign... to two key sectors of the Greek economy: tourism and food service. Apart from being key employers... Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis referenced the opening of the food service sector, as well as schools, in his
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PM prepares response as pressure over spying scandal mounts
PoliticsGreek Politics, and nephew, Grigoris Dimitriadis as well as the head of the National Intelligence Service (EYP... that the outgoing EYP chief had acted outside of his remit or that there may be rogue elements within the service... to oversee the intelligence service’s work. These are points that have been highlighted repeatedly
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Surveillance scandal produces more damaging revelations for ND
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe phonetapping of PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis by the National Intelligence Service (EYP... of secrecy rules. EYP obtained clearance from the prosecutor attached to the service so it could snoop... the Androulakis file to be wiped, to deny that the spy service was monitoring any Greek politicians
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