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  1. Government offers free holidays, bigger fines and more hirings in evolving fire response
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    capabilities, but the country has the know-how to deal with the challenge. He noted that almost 20,000 people... of the island, which he claimed has returned to normal and is able to welcome visitors. Mitsotakis also... administration has always paid considerable attention to its image abroad, so Mitsotakis’s appearance

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  2. Beleri case dents Greek-Albanian relations, puts progress on hold
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    The issue of the ethnic Greek Mayor-elect of Himare, Fredi Beleri, who has been held in custody in Albania since May has caused a major setback in Greek-Albanian relations. Athens is unhappy... to the Albanian local administration rules, if a mayor has not taken an oath within three months of being

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  3. Government struggles to shake off impact of wildfires

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    area in Evros had reached 77,000 hectares. After ravaging Dadia National Park, the wildfire has become... and Italy over the last few years, suggesting that what has happened in Greece is just part... caused by the blaze in Evros has prompted the government to send a team of ministers, led by Interior

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  4. Controversial labour law set to usher in radical changes to employment practices
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    to employment law. The bill, which introduces controversial concepts such as “zero hours” contracts, has been... Adonis Georgiadis has claimed that the provisions will boost workers’ bargaining power, while offering... broader support. PASOK has not committed on how it will vote, however, New Democracy has a large enough

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  5. Tension peaks as SYRIZA candidates enter last stages of contest
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    of Achtsioglou, has intensified as the week has worn on. On Friday, Kasselakis accused the former labour... on social media. Kasselakis revealed that he is gay in his first campaign video and has since been... that has been caused within SYRIZA by this leadership process, and particularly by the emergence

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  6. IMF sees short-term progress and persistent long-term challenges
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    of the Article IV consultations which took place recently. Greece has fully repaid the IMF loans from the adjustment programmes. The IMF mission notes in its summary that Greece has experienced robust growth which has brought both the growth trajectory and the debt-to-GDP ratio to pre-pandemic levels, adding

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  7. Mitsotakis aims for faster reform process in 2024

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    As the year comes to a close, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has attempted to set the tone for his government’s performance in 2024 by stating that the pace of change has to increase in the new... position than in the past and can be optimistic about its future. But he added that the country has

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  8. Late switch smashes accord over postal vote, but marriage equality compromise still intact

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    the security of the postal vote process. SYRIZA and PASOK argue that it first has to be tried out... will write to MPs to express its view but Arcbhishop Ieronymos has reportedly rejected calls from some... right, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has made it clear that he is not willing to be swayed

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  9. Government feels the heat over investigation on anniversary of Tempe rail crash
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    of the parliamentary inquiry into the causes of the crash, which itself has been criticised by the opposition... by the prosecutor of the Appeals Court in the town of Larissa, who has been put in charge of the criminal... position has been to focus on the ongoing judicial probe as the only avenue to shed light

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  10. Investigations into voter email leak continue despite denials from government

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    registered to vote in their countries of residence in last year’s national elections and has no bearing... with the incident, while also arguing that the leak has no bearing on the ongoing campaign.... Prompted by complaints by several of the individuals affected, the data privacy watchdog has started

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