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Government feels the heat after two days of catastrophic wildfires
PoliticsGreek Politics” to avoid accountability. The government has also been criticised for understaffing the fire service which... of Germany and Austria which she said use a larger proportion of volunteers to permanent fire service staff..., the official response to the disaster will be closely scrutinised. Deputy Minister of Civil
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Newsletter 272 -06/11/2020
, service and manufacturing carried out by Alco for the Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry (EBEA... recovery Growing concern over survival of businesses in food service sector, a key employer... of the food service sector have been expressing their concern about the survival of the industry
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Parties tussle over scope of surveillance probe as latest poll puts Mitsotakis in frame
PoliticsGreek Politicsservice, with a meeting of the relevant parliamentary committee set to be followed by a special... are structural weaknesses in the oversight of the intelligence service. On Monday, PASOK secured.... The panel investigating the bugging of PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis by the National Intelligence Service
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ND under attack from all sides over handling of football wrangle
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe Super League. The amendment was hastily drafted by the government after the Professional Sports... voted against the amendment and had earlier called for Deputy Minister for Sports Lefteris Avgenakis... handling of the affair roundly criticised in the numerous sports newspapers as well as in Marinakis-owned
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Policeman's death prompts PM's pledge to act on hooliganism
PoliticsGreek Politicspromises of a government crackdown on sports-related violence. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis... on authorities to act on sports-related violence. All political parties have expressed their condolences and called for measures to punish the perpetrators and put an end to sports-related violence. Some
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Government bolsters aid package as questions mount over deadly fires
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the service is a political appointee, Yiannis Kapakis, a retired senior fire brigade official... the service at a crucial time. SYRIZA subsequently issued a statement saying that it would not allow any... been some calls, mostly from certain sections of the media, for ministers and public officials
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ND exults in Saudi Arabia deals as opposition calls for answers over spyware
PoliticsGreek Politics, a serving MEP, claims a scan of his mobile phone by a service at the European Parliament revealed..., the government denied Greece’s intelligence service was involved in the bugging. Reacting to Androulakis’s... relationship with an official state body. However, investigations by the independent media outlet Inside Story
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As battering from spy scandal continues, ND invests in broadening scope of inquiry
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat do not always distinguish themselves for accuracy and objectivity,” the Greek official wrote... on his phone – an effort that was discovered during a check by a European Parliament service. The letter was also sent just three days before the head of the National Intelligence Service (EYP) and the PM
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Androulakis positions PASOK as alternative to leading parties against phonetapping backdrop
PoliticsGreek Politics, which heard testimony from the head of the intelligence service (EYP) under the SYRIZA-ANEL... of uncovering instances of political manipulation of the intelligence service by previous governments... government official but later promoted him to a ministerial post. Government-friendly media have been
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Newsletter 420 - 12/04/2024
to request an official briefing on the reasons provided by the intelligence service EYP to allow them... right to request information on his surveillance by the national intelligence service. Androulakis... his rivals, arguing that SYRIZA’s Stefanos Kasselakis is still reliant on party officials who have
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