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  1. EP president visit and winding up of rail crash inquiry cast spotlight on rule of law concerns

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    An official visit to Athens by the President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola gave Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis an occasion to hit back at the recent resolution passed by European lawmakers expressing concerns about the rule of law in Gr...

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  2. Newsletter 386 - 23/06/2023

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    and Infrastructure Ministry. Previous reports had suggested that the Digital Governance and Interior... apartments - over five years old - saw their prices increase by 15.6 pct YoY. New properties saw price... suggest that up to nine parties have a chance of winning seats, although no more than seven have a strong

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  3. Newsletter 334 - 08/04/2022

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    prices eat up real wages, as well as forcing changes to travel plans due to the conflict. A factor... on the first 300 KWh/month, the government is finding that its efforts to mitigate the high price

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  4. Tension with Turkey dominates government agenda at home and abroad

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    that inflation continues to eat away at the government’s popularity.... in Mitsotakis’s highest ratings as prime minister. Polls According to the latest finding by pollsters Alco

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  5. Are hirings in the public sector out of control?
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    . Announcing the new hiring plans, Interior Minister Panos Skourletis argued that the hirings would... permanent public sector staff and 15,000 contractors, at a cost of 600 million euros. These accusations... contractors. Their numbers have swelled from 3,413 in 2012 to 15,601 at the end of 2017. By far the largest

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  6. Crisis sees Greeks change eating habits, cut back on eating out
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    . In particular, 39.7 percent of respondents said they do not eat outside the home, compared to 25.3% in 2011. In addition, the percentage of consumers who eat out once a week fell from 37.6 percent in 2011 to 31 percent in 2016. Similarly, the share of the population that does not eat fast food

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  7. Rise in "imported" Covid-19 cases a source of jitters for tourism industry
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    . The Federation of Hellenic Associations of Tourist & Travel Agencies (FEDHATTA) reported that 60-65 percent

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  8. Tempe rail crash charges reignite debate about scrupulousness of investigation
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    representatives and employees of the contractor were charged with instigation of subsidy fraud... signalling-telecommand systems, but the contractor attempted to construct an entirely new signalling system

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  9. Last-minute labour amendment, university asylum law fuel political row as third bill passes
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    employees’ compensation rights. Also, firms are no longer responsible for ensuring that sub-contractors abide by labour regulations. The sub-contractor is responsible for ensuring workers’ rights...-contractors they use and employees having the right to take legal action against employers even

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  10. New Year reshuffle brings more MPs into cabinet, keeps key ministers in post

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    the deputy agriculture minister. Interior Minister Takis Thedorikakos has also been left out of the new... Petsas has been appointed Alternate Interior Minister, to be replaced by Christos Tarantilis... to the right” and “a party-political balancing act”. The elevation to the Interior Ministry of Makis Voridis

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