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Newsletter 195 -22/02/2019
surveillance period. One eurozone official told Reuters that the report “is likely to say that Greece has not completed the agreed reforms.” The unnamed official added that if Athens does not complete... that it seems to be facing. Another official, also not named, identified the proposal for the new
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A quarter-pounder democracy
Agorathem at the service of citizens. Throughout its history, Greece and most of its people have been... market trolleys. An opportunity to assess civil service needs and personnel is being swatted aside... there is no concerted effort to evaluate our judicial officials? What have we achieved by shutting down
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Will Tsipras ride the waves in 2016?
Agoragives the feeling that as far as the civil service is concerned, it is content to replace key staff... are skills that the current coalition and the Greek civil service are known to lack. The tighter... to implement the reforms the country needs. European officials have been mostly positive about the level
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Migrant arrivals to measure impact of return scheme launched on Monday
PoliticsGreek Politicsand more hirings are made at the Greek asylum service. The legislation passed by the Greek Parliament on Friday allows the asylum service to take on another 200 people, as well as putting in place... that officials had lost track of around 100 migrants that were meant to form part of the group to be returned
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PM offers vision of stronger post-pandemic Greece, as ND reaps approval in polls
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor Greece’s 155,000 registered long-term unemployed, as well as training and paid community service... and workers in the service sector, including sanitation staff and delivery drivers, for keeping... government, while urging caution against complacency in what government officials are describing
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Pandemic's growing economic impact warrants extra support measures, funded by cash buffer
PoliticsGreek Politicsto pay out stipends to thousands of people in the hotel and food service industries who were left without... in tourism and food service. It argued that the benefit payments that SYRIZA also highlighted are only... as government officials had hoped. Speaking on Skai TV on Thursday, Finance Minister Christos Staikouras said
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Concern over ICU capacity, support for business generate pressure for ND
PoliticsGreek Politics, service and manufacturing carried out by Alco for the Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry... in Athens, will cause further damage to key sectors, such as food service, the clamour for greater.... There are fears that if coronavirus continues on its current course, health officials will struggle to find
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Worrying Covid data forces ND to take tough policy decisions
PoliticsGreek Politicsworking in the food service and entertainment sectors to have three, rather than two, rapid tests... Iliopoulos called on the government to strengthen the public health service via more funding, to scrap...Central and local government officials held an emergency meeting on Monday to discuss ways
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ND struggles to shift spotlight away from wiretapping fallout
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat there were circumstances in which the National Intelligence Service (EYP) should eavesdrop... the intelligence service’s activities. On Thursday, investigative journalist Tassos Telloglou... sector and the price of natural gas, which is proving particularly troublesome for officials
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Opposition pushes for phone-tapping probe as early polls claim limited damage to ND
PoliticsGreek Politicsof its leader’s communications by the National Intelligence Service (EYP), the attempt to install... as the agency chief, and submitting a set of proposals to Parliament aimed at improving the service’s.... The decline in ND’s support has been played down by party officials and friendly commentators, who
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