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Megafire surges into Athens suburbs, posing major challenge for PM
PoliticsGreek Politicsas well as operational level. PM Mitsotakis visited the fire service’s operational centre twice... by the state and left to fend for themselves. Kasselakis also visited the fire service HQ but told journalists...). This is not the largest wildfire Attica has experienced over the last few decades, although it was one
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Newsletter 454 - 07/03/2025
the scene of the accident. Papageorgiou, a former fire service chief, is under investigation... in light of the accident – public service appraisals and more oversight of the railways – are not in tune... eurozone sovereign debt markets experienced turbulence last week due to a number of interrelated
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Firefighting capabilities beefed up as blazes and water shortages weigh on government
PoliticsGreek Politics. Mitsotakis unveiled the delivery of 164 new vehicles for Greece’s fire service. The upgrade..., the authorities also have 18,000 full-time and seasonal firefighters at their disposal. Although the fire service... of wildfires, as it experienced in previous summers. Water shortage At the same time, the climate
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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... experienced seasonal firefighters. Haritsis claimed that it was the government’s policy choices about where
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Increase in number of services that saw their turnover decrease in Q2
EconomyMacroeconomy37 percent) and information service (down 13.6 percent), all showing a material acceleration from... and support (down 65.8 percent) posted the highest QoQ drop, followed by information service activities... in office administrative and support (down 74.9 percent), information service activities (down 45.8
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Troika piles pressure on coalition by insisting on key actions to conclude review
PoliticsGreek Politicsrevenue collecting service. Some of the key actions that need to be carried out are: - Finding ways... allowing taxpayers up to 100 instalments to pay off tax and social security arrears as the troika thinks... Piraeus and Thessaloniki ports given that 2014 sell-off target of 1.5 billion euros has been missed
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Machinations intensify as announcement of election date approaches
PoliticsGreek Politics, for which 650 million euros has been set aside, and a one-off stipend for pensioners who did... carried out by the National Intelligence Service (EYP), as well as the illegal surveillance via...’s performance in the vote, rather than its political intentions, Androulakis hopes to fend off
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Newsletter 494 - 13/02/2026
), ministerial liability (Article 86), civil‑service permanence (Article 103), judicial appointments (Article... threat of legal action against a journalist questioning the coastguard’s role in a fatal shipwreck off... results showed that most of the 15 Afghan migrants who were killed off Chios died of head injuries
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Turnover in services remains broadly positive in Q4 2019
EconomyMacroeconomythe services index increased by 8.4 points month-on-month to 33.6 points. Year-on-year, the service... (+42.6 percent) and information service activities (+35.5 percent). It should be noted... percent), employment activities (+121 percent) and information service activities (+38 percent
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Reflections on Greece's balance of payments
Agorain the form of bonds. Then, as Greece was cut off from the bond markets, partner countries and multilaterals..., Greece experienced the painful effects of adjustment. What many branded with the dreaded word... and services: production determines “income.” On the demand side, we can distinguish four categories
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