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  1. Greece takes first round against Covid-19 but fight continues
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    Agora

    . We start by considering the capacity of the Greek health service, before looking at the political.... In addition, only about a third of registered doctors work in the National Health Service (24,636... support functions. Permanent appointments, however, barely made up for departures from the health service

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  2. Scepticism greets govt denials of involvement in surveillance, as communications missteps snowball
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    The confirmation hearing on Wednesday for the new head of the national intelligence service kicked... in the course of the closed hearing to reiterate their call for an immediate inquiry into the service’s... from surveillance” lends credence to their suspicions that the service’s phone-tapping programme

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  3. Newsletter 179 -19/10/2018

    Newsletters

    he helped negotiate is hanging in the balance. Kotzias resigned after a stormy cabinet meeting... term indices for 2015-2017 and balance of payments and employment data for the year 2017. According... on EU co-financed projects fall short The budget primary balance came to a surplus of 4.81 billion

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  4. Unemployment in Greece falls to 19.5 pct in May, below 20 pct for first time since Sept 2011
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    33,620 more hirings than departures during the month, the second highest balance recorded for the month of June since records began in 2001. Ergani noted that the balance of 298,171 for the first six months of the year was the highest on record since 2001. The respective balance for the same period

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  5. Newsletter 203 -15/04/2019

    Newsletters

    part of its bailout programme. 2 Primary surplus at 1.46 bln in Mar Budget balance for first three months records a deficit of 750 million The budget primary balance recorded a surplus of 1.46... to 12.75 billion, landing 1.01 billion lower than target. Furthermore, the PIB balance posted

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  6. Prior actions, pending actions and milestones along the bumpy road
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    Agora

    limits in the coming weeks. The civil service is tasked, with no time to lose, with the execution... July 2015 the Structural Reform Support Service for Greece (SRSS) has replaced the former Task Force for Greece of the European Commission. The new service is not exclusive to Greece. It also operates

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  7. ND, SYRIZA clash over public sector reforms ahead of vote on second govt bill
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    and for the conservatives to have the public administration at their service. Tsipras said that the new provisions... the civil service, suggesting that SYRIZA held back on more appointments because it was looking... that there is no central record of the number currently employed in the civil service and that the number varies

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  8. Minister's clash with catering sector highlights pitfalls ahead as pandemic squeezes economy
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    to Kathimerini, the food service sector – one of the worst hit by the lockdowns – is poised to seek compensation... to direct some of the extra relief funds it is currently working on amassing towards the food service... and representatives of the food service sector. The backlash forced the usually unapologetic Georgiadis

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  9. Opposition parties continue to pursue wiretap claims, as surveillance bill passes first hurdle

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    for the missteps which it claims led the national intelligence service to eavesdrop on PASOK leader Nikos... by the national intelligence service (EYP), the authorities’ failure to afford Androulakis the opportunity... the intelligence service EYP to the operation of the Predator spyware via a government contractor

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  10. Mitsotakis seeks to banish health system concerns with reform pledge, candidate removal
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Kyriakos Mitsotakis has stated that reforming Greece’s health service will be one of his main goals... service after several people lost their lives following long waits for ambulances. In a TV interview... ambulance staff were hired, while under New Democracy 560 employees left the service without being replaced

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