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Farmers roll back into Athens as government fails to resolve long-running dispute
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government’s latest attempt to defuse a long‑running standoff with Greece’s farmers appears to have fallen flat, with producers and livestock breeders returning to the streets of Athens on Friday in a fresh show of discontent. Farmers from across the country were expected to converge
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Mitsotakis urges EU to be proactive, PASOK looks for silver lining ahead of congress
PoliticsGreek Politics’s polling remains stubbornly flat. Recent surveys show only marginal movement for the party, while
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PM addresses internal anxieties in party as polls indicate public is increasingly sceptical
PoliticsGreek Politicsat 14.5%. Other opposition parties remain flat, unable to capitalise on ND’s losses. The same poll shows
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Personal responsibility and public healthcare: Greece on a wing and a prayer
Agoraa report detailing the dire state of the Greek health service. The report argued that “large-scale... system. They concluded that the service’s key problems included an absence of organised primary... their health service workers, who are undoubtedly deserving of our gratitude. But don’t let this mask
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After support package, government turns attention to "everyday" issues
PoliticsGreek Politicsno university facilities occupied by students or other protest groups. Public service evaluation In another... employees. It also does not cover the health service or the citizens’ service centres which are set... disorder and improving the delivery of public services. School bullying, campus radicalism
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Special tax structure would benefit hotels and jobs, bank argues
EconomyFeaturestheir competitiveness in both service and price, create new jobs in the hotel industry and satellite industries, allow for investments to improve service, reduce competition from short-term rental... reputation and quality of service. In parallel, interest is also growing in terms of investments
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Bid for better use of digital tools likely to have decisive impact on ND's goals
PoliticsGreek Politicsof procedures needed. Pierrakakis also vowed to bolster the role of Citizen Service Centres (KEP), which... steps in the process will be putting the general secretariat for information systems at the service... and running by the end of the year. Although calls can be accepted, the service does not yet have
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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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