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Newsletter 283 -05/02/2021
Georgiadis and the beleaguered food service sector. On Wednesday, the head of the government’s expert... service sector – one of the worst hit by the lockdowns – is poised to seek compensation from the state... parties and representatives of the food service sector. The backlash forced the usually unapologetic
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Opposition parties continue to pursue wiretap claims, as surveillance bill passes first hurdle
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor the missteps which it claims led the national intelligence service to eavesdrop on PASOK leader Nikos... by the national intelligence service (EYP), the authorities’ failure to afford Androulakis the opportunity... the intelligence service EYP to the operation of the Predator spyware via a government contractor
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Seeking showdown in Parliament, SYRIZA tables censure motion over surveillance report
PoliticsGreek Politicsevidence on the surveillance of senior officials by the intelligence service EYP. The move... the intelligence service. The same report was sent to the heads of all parliamentary parties, as well..., journalists and business figure through the intelligence service EYP, using both conventional phone tapping
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Mitsotakis seeks to banish health system concerns with reform pledge, candidate removal
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKyriakos Mitsotakis has stated that reforming Greece’s health service will be one of his main goals... service after several people lost their lives following long waits for ambulances. In a TV interview... ambulance staff were hired, while under New Democracy 560 employees left the service without being replaced
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Androulakis hopes surveillance ruling will lead to embarrassment for government
PoliticsGreek Politicsto request information on his surveillance by the national intelligence service. Androulakis claims... an official briefing on the reasons provided by the intelligence service EYP to allow them to eavesdrop... embarrassing the government and the prime minister to whom the intelligence service reports directly. PM
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PM doubles down on constitutional reform as pre‑election strategy hardens
PoliticsGreek Politics103 on civil‑service permanence; Article 90 on judicial appointments; Article 30 on a single six... that the National Intelligence Service (EYP) was involved in the use of Predator spyware. The party also challenges ND’s narrative on civil service reform, accusing the government of unprecedented partisanship
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Firefighter deaths overshadow cabinet meeting as exodus from Elpida party continues
PoliticsGreek Politicspathological rather than fire-related causes, after the deputy head of the local fire service... Service more broadly with substantive support and recognition of a dangerous mission. Former PM... Service's underlying problems, and that repeated protests by firefighters' unions had gone unheeded
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Bank of Greece study finds one in six local firms is strategic defaulter
EconomyMacroeconomycredit rating that did not service their loans were deemed to be strategic defaulters, while the non... share of borrowers with objective inability to service their loans as a result of the recession... firms. Moreover, among enterprises that do not service their loan debt those with high profitability
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The enemy within
Agorathat lower income groups in Greece saw their tax burden increase by 337.7 percent from 2008 to 2012... groups saw their earnings from wages sink the most (by 16.4 to 34.6 percent) between 2008 and 2012, while the top income groups saw their income fall by much less (9.3 to 11.7 percent). What
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Fall in apartment prices slows to 0.3 pct in Q4 2017, 1 pct average drop for year
EconomyMacroeconomyin the preceding quarter. Old apartments, classified as over five years old, saw their prices fall by 0.3 percent in Q4. Properties up to five years old saw also saw price falls at the same rate . Properties
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