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Spying scandal triggers high-level resignations, serious questions for government and PM
PoliticsGreek Politics, Grigoris Dimitriadis, and the head of the National Intelligence Service (EYP), Panagiotis Kontoleon... an MEP, revealed that a check by a European Parliament service found there had been an attempt to entrap... from within the PM’s office, and the head of the service, Kontoleon. Test of credibility However
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First head-to-head clash over spying scandal in Parliament fails to deliver decisive blow
PoliticsGreek Politicsearlier this month of the head of the National Intelligence Service (EYP) and the Prime Minister’s... on Androulakis’s phone was found during a check by a service at the European Parliament). Katrinis set out... of the intelligence service’s individual targets and challenged Tsipras to tell Parliament whether he had any
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Mitsotakis dangles promise of further tax relief but opposition questions VAT revenue bonanza
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe modernisation of the tax service and the fight against tax evasion will yield space for more... through targeted audits, and in transforming the public perception of the tax service. The event gave... Kostis Hatzidakis of downplaying the disruption caused by reforms to the tax service. SYRIZA’s
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Is VAT all you've got?
Agoraservice sector to be reduced from 23 to 13 percent. Even so, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras announcing... service sector and make the country’s tourism sector more competitive against its rivals. However... in the food service sector has over the next few months, there are thousands of Greek businesses
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Fear and loathing in Athens: an ex-minister's take on troika reviews
PoliticsGreek Politicsto discuss dismissals in the civil service. The ex-minister claims that the number of civil servants... in 2010. The ex-minister accuses the troika of going back on its word over the civil service mobility....” Manitakis said the troika’s insistence on civil service sackings, despite the fact staff numbers were
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Are politicians in Greece promoting reforms or social cannibalism?
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Agora. Government officials, for instance, have been too happy to portray Greece's civil service as bloated... up with the troika and cling to power, the civil service and the people that staff it have become... and is no longer a European Union outlier; never mind that the civil service also contains honest
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Final act in ERT closure carries significant risk for coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsbefore dawn on Thursday, almost five months after the government shut down the TV and radio service... sudden closure was the need for the government to meet the troika’s targets for civil service... to be to push for NERIT, rather than a pared down interim TV service, known simply as Public
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A closer look at planned laws for unpaid taxes and home foreclosures
EconomyMacroeconomyto support the most vulnerable households who are unable to service their loans. The government reportedly... to 25,000 euros will have to pay 10 percent of their income to service their housing loan, while for those with annual income up to 50,000 euros, mortgage service would reach 20 percent of income
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New ways to access MacroPolis
Agoraand the Greek stock exchange. We aim to keep adding to our service in the near future and will keep... and the constructive feedback we received since we launched our subscription service eight months ago, we.... Those who have already subscribed to our service will not be affected by the latest changes. Thanks
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Newsletter 45 - 02/10/2015
to ensure adequate personnel is appointed to the Asylum Service and First Reception service; put... for migration issues because it had not yet set up a service to manage these resources. If Tsipras cannot put
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