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PM hits back at labour reform critics, defends 13-hour working days
PoliticsGreek Politics. These academies will aim to equip young people and workers with specialised skills for high-demand... - an admission that hints at disillusionment even within the ruling party’s base. The poll paints
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Greek elections: Just the (decisive) details to be settled
Agorathe repetition of a tragedy like last July’s deadly wildfire in Mati, which claimed more than 100 lives. Snap... performance among young Greeks will extend to this group as well. Notoriously, though, young voters cannot
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Cabinet reshuffle expected to presage coalition's revival effort
PoliticsGreek Politicswill be to freshen up his team with some young, fresh faces as SYRIZA looks to turn a page ahead of the next... to hang on that long due to the souring of the public’s mood following the Mati disaster. “Until
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A moment to reflect, not celebrate
AgoraWell, the first thing to say is: Celebrate what? Until the recent devastating fire in Mati, on the outskirts on Athens, there was talk that the government was planning a grand event to mark Greece’s...) than Harry Potter (young wizard). Since then, SYRIZA has spent the last three years justifying its
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Tsipras seeks to capitalise on bailout exit, build platform for elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsaim will be to bring in as many new and young faces as possible, in line with the theme of renewal... Minister after Nikos Toskas resigned in the wake of the disastrous wildfire in Mati last month
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The positives and negatives that will decide Greece's elections
Agorapolitics. Undoubtedly, it will be worth scrutinising the impact of specific events, such as the Mati... the young Greeks abroad can be convinced to return. These are issues that Mistotakis did a much better job
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Newsletter 172 -27/07/2018
questioned The deadly wildfire in Mati, northeast of Athens, which claimed more than 80 lives has... to journalists that there is evidence which points to the fires in Kinetta, west of Athens, and Mati being the product of arson. The officials also explained that the speed with which the Mati blaze, which
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PM prioritises saving lives as govt fire strategy comes under more scrutiny
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the Mati fire in 2018, which caused more than 100 deaths and for which the then SYRIZA government... in connection to what happened at Mati, ND has made saving lives in such situations a priority... – in contrast, for example, to the Mati fire, when gale-force winds were blowing. There were also
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Coalition's attempt to defend handling of fatal blaze fails to stem criticism
PoliticsGreek Politicsin Kinetta and Mati being the product of arson. The officials also explained that the speed with which the Mati blaze, which caused so many deaths, advanced due to gale-force winds made efforts to evacuate...), the effort to combat several large fires around Athens at the same time and the fact that Mati
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Is a lack of spending hampering Greece's firefighting capabilities?
Societythe Mati fire now holds the record of the deadliest peacetime disaster in Greece... week’s fire at Mati was on a different scale. It was very brief in duration, according to the most..., and the 10 whole days that the most severe blazes raged in 2007. The Mati fire burned in all 12.7
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