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Greek leaders' contrasting visions all a blur
Agorathe VAT rate in the food service sector from 24 to 13 percent, a three-year VAT grace period and 40..., the limit on hirings has to be matched to the needs of the civil service, some parts of which... with greater incentives to ensure that their local authorities deliver an adequate service. One
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PM sets criticism aside, highlights unprecedented conditions behind fires
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat it is impossible for the fire service and emergency services to prevent any damage being done by the blazes... was compounded when it was revealed on Thursday that the fire service had not used the National Observatory... by the fire service during the last few years. Local officials outside of Athens have also been
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Greece and the euro: The flight of Icarus
Agoraof the workforce was employed in the civil service and where public spending reached unrivalled levels, I’m... that led to the size of Greece’s civil service doubling in three decades. Under the leadership of Costas... of money and even some school buses are being put out of service. This is a dramatic change
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Mitsotakis marks first year at ND helm by emphasising tax cut goals
PoliticsGreek Politicsto former Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’s decision to lower VAT in the food service sector in 2013... be reduced. He has insisted that there will be no dismissals in the civil service, a pledge that he... of the government recently on the state of the health service, implying that there is a lack of investment
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Under relentless pressure from opponents, Tsipras unveils plans for new crisis agency
PoliticsGreek Politicsand replaced by a national crisis management service that will be headed by someone who will be approved... and other bodies, such as the National Meteorological Service. The prime minister said that 500 million euros in funding has been secured for the service, which will be provided with extra staff
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Spying scandal triggers high-level resignations, serious questions for government and PM
PoliticsGreek Politics, Grigoris Dimitriadis, and the head of the National Intelligence Service (EYP), Panagiotis Kontoleon... an MEP, revealed that a check by a European Parliament service found there had been an attempt to entrap... from within the PM’s office, and the head of the service, Kontoleon. Test of credibility However
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First head-to-head clash over spying scandal in Parliament fails to deliver decisive blow
PoliticsGreek Politicsearlier this month of the head of the National Intelligence Service (EYP) and the Prime Minister’s... on Androulakis’s phone was found during a check by a service at the European Parliament). Katrinis set out... of the intelligence service’s individual targets and challenged Tsipras to tell Parliament whether he had any
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Mitsotakis dangles promise of further tax relief but opposition questions VAT revenue bonanza
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe modernisation of the tax service and the fight against tax evasion will yield space for more... through targeted audits, and in transforming the public perception of the tax service. The event gave... Kostis Hatzidakis of downplaying the disruption caused by reforms to the tax service. SYRIZA’s
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Is VAT all you've got?
Agoraservice sector to be reduced from 23 to 13 percent. Even so, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras announcing... service sector and make the country’s tourism sector more competitive against its rivals. However... in the food service sector has over the next few months, there are thousands of Greek businesses
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Fear and loathing in Athens: an ex-minister's take on troika reviews
PoliticsGreek Politicsto discuss dismissals in the civil service. The ex-minister claims that the number of civil servants... in 2010. The ex-minister accuses the troika of going back on its word over the civil service mobility....” Manitakis said the troika’s insistence on civil service sackings, despite the fact staff numbers were
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