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Spotlight falls on public hirings as PM pledges more health staff
PoliticsGreek Politicsa visit to the Interior Ministry on Thursday, Mitsotakis said the government’s intentions regarding.... Mitsotakis has said improving Greece’s health service is a priority for him in his second term after... at least 60 euros more per month. However, Thursday’s announcement was overshadowed to some extent
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Reflecting base effects, foreign market and manufacturing drive industrial turnover down sharply in May
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s industrial turnover went deeper into negative territory in May, contracting by 13.6... in this month’s number. Manufacturing revenue was down by 13.8 percent, with the mining and quarrying index... markets were up by 2.8 percent. Greece’s Manufacturing PMI remained in expansion territory in June
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Spyware probe reveals multiple targets, prompts opposition calls for answers
PoliticsGreek Politicsto fake websites that would allow the sender to install the spyware on the recipient’s mobile phone... the matter. The DPA’s statement came just a couple of days after the US Commerce Department added to its...’s investigation proved that the argument put forward by the government that the wiretapping
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Government focuses on safe evacuation as pressure from fires mounts
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the visitors from harm’s way, opposition parties questioned why the blaze was not brought under control... on Sunday, including on the island of Corfu, stretching Greece’s firefighting capabilities to the maximum... that the government’s claims earlier in the summer about the state being ready for the fire season were just
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Scope Ratings second to give Greece investment grade as attention turns to key players from Sep
Economyfor Greece’s rating reviews during the cycle that is due in the second half of the year. Scope says that Greece’s credit strengths are backed up by the supportive stance of the eurozone partners... reviews came from mid-March and consecutively DBRS, Moody’s and S&P did not take any action
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Labour bill controversy dents plans for announcements of new measures in Sep
PoliticsGreek Politics. The opposition parties see the timing of the bill’s submission, in the middle of the August lull, and the fact that changes to labour laws were not part of New Democracy’s election manifesto as a bid... interventions in Greece’s labour legislation, in 2021, which allowed employees to work up to 11
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Demands for public space put New Democracy under pressure as local elections approach
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the Halkidiki. Minister of State Akis Skertsos sent a stern message in Sunday’s Kathimerini newspaper... that as the country re-entered a trajectory of growth, the government’s aim was to draw a clear... to businesses and reducing the penalties for infractions. A statement issued by the party’s press
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Drop in industrial turnover accelerates in June, falling by 17.2 pct YoY
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s industrial turnover went further into contraction in June, dropping by 17.2 percent year... effects in this year’s numbers. Manufacturing revenue was down by 17.4 percent, with the mining... was up by 3.7 percent while the foreign markets were down 2.3 percent. Greece’s Manufacturing PMI
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Raging fires and deaths force government onto defensive, create dangerous mix
PoliticsGreek Politics, northeast of Athens, burning property and forcing evacuations in the capital’s suburbs. SYRIZA.... The leftists believe that the government’s bid to attribute the damage being inflicted simply... the loss of life, will not stand up to scrutiny. The head of SYRIZA’s parliamentary group
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Mitsotakis rejects accusations of inadequate response to wildfires
PoliticsGreek Politicsof criticism over his government’s response to the summer’s wildfires, which have resulted in some..., aided by alleged arson attacks, and have defended the government’s state of preparedness... prevention strategy. In his opening speech, Mitsotakis stuck to the government’s line of defence
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