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Under relentless pressure from opponents, Tsipras unveils plans for new crisis agency
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the civil protection authority, seen as one of the major weak points in the response to the Mati fire... of the most contentious points in the case of Mati. The announcement is the latest attempt...). The government also now faces the difficulty of trying to pivot from the sombre issue of the Mati fire to the MoU
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Are hirings in the public sector out of control?
EconomyFeaturesof the first MoU by a considerable margin. Secondly, following the initial dramatic cuts, the rate... 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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Greece and the euro: The flight of Icarus
Agoraare without a job and have diminishing prospects of finding one. Over the last three years, salaries have... of money and even some school buses are being put out of service. This is a dramatic change.... The glory was fleeting. Within a few months of holding the Olympics, Greece became the first EU country
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Newsletter 372 - 03/03/2023
. It will not be lost on the main opposition party, SYRIZA, that it paid a heavy price for the fire in Mati... the impression that their shortcomings contributed to such a high death toll at Mati... for households, servicing of loans and access to funding for firms.MacroeconomyCharts
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Tsipras seeks alternatives to bailout measures as ND race begins
PoliticsGreek Politics. However, finding measures that can replace those already agreed and which can deliver the same fiscal... in trying to avert dramatic changes in taxation for farmers and cuts to pensions, which are two... the ballot will be held and what the process for the vote will be. Mitsotakis has proposed holding
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Greece's 2015 budget: A breakdown of all the key figures
EconomyMacroeconomya positive impact on general government fiscal figures of 852 million (0.47 percent of GDP) in 2013... ports, marines and real estate properties. Funding needs On the coverage of 2015 funding needs, the MoF... months, while short-term funding will be implemented via T-bill issues and repo agreements with gg
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General gov't cash surplus sees large contraction in Jan-Feb, arrears edge up
EconomyMacroeconomyentities. Similar to January, the state budget recorded the highest surplus at 852 million, yet... securities previously used for ECB funding. The remaining 20 percent is associated to state
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ND prepares first three bills for votes before Parliament's summer recess
PoliticsGreek Politicson Saturday that this debt settlement scheme would be the last of its kind. Mati measures Tuesday also marked once year since the devastating wildfire at Mati, northeast of Athens, which caused 102 deaths. Kyriakos Mitsotakis attended a memorial service in Mati hours after announcing that some 4,000
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Newsletter 470 - 11/07/2025
—spurred by a diplomatic debacle in Libya. On Tuesday, a high-level EU delegation, including Greece’s newly... on curbing Mediterranean boat crossings. But the meeting with General Khalifa Haftar, eastern Libya’s de... in the farming subsidy fraud. Back home, the fallout prompted an immediate and dramatic policy pivot
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Investigations into voter email leak continue despite denials from government
PoliticsGreek Politicsof Singular Logic, the technology contractor in charge of voting systems. At the same time, an Athens... into Tempe rail accident. On Wednesday, Parliament is scheduled to debate the findings... for their role in the accident. The families cited in their support the findings of another EU
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