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Government meets resistance on TV permits and revenues chief
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlexis Tsipras's bid to replace the head of Greece's revenue service and launch a new tender... at a time that her service is due to take over responsibility for chasing major tax evasion cases from... service should resign for "ethical reasons." Broadcasting permits Tsipras is also running
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After criticism over public sector jobs, gov't names new revenues chief
PoliticsGreek Politicsand Independent Greeks are treating the civil service. Earlier this week, an EU official suggested that SYRIZA... to counter the impression that it is stuffing the civil service with its cronies. The European Commission welcomed the appointment and stressed that the creation of an independent revenue service is one
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Greek relief at EU-Turkey refugee deal but heavy lifting lies ahead
PoliticsForeign PolicyMaarten Verwey, the director general of the Structural Reforms Supports Service (the successor... from the Structural Reform Support Service and 12 from Europol. Tsipras did not give any details... service, which has around 250 employees, is hugely overburdened and Greece’s judicial system
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Buckling under pressure of Mati death toll, Tsipras searches for corrective actions
PoliticsGreek Politicsbeen made public. The fire service attempted to address the last issue by announcing on Sunday that 25... that the fire service and the police dealt with the situation have not convinced critics that authorities... independent. There have also been suggestions that there will be changes in the fire service. Tsipras
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Unemployment rate declines to 18.3 pct in Q3
EconomyMacroeconomyservice activities (+12,400). The three sectors displaying the biggest year-on-year decline in hires were administrative and support service activities (-6,000), construction (-5,200), and activities... (18.2 percent of total), agricultural (12.1 percent), accommodation and food service activities
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Unemployment rate up to 19.2 pct in Q1, long-term jobless still falling
EconomyMacroeconomycompared to the same period in 2018 was noted in the sector of accommodation and food service activities...), accommodation and food service activities (9.5 percent), public administration and defense/compulsory social security (9.1 percent) and accommodation and food service activities (8.4 percent).
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Amid clash over watchdog, ND expects reforms to deliver more effective governance
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the administrative tasks of each ministry passing to the civil service. He added that the new... added that the civil service itself would be responsible for arranging the hirings that are needed... Intelligence Service (EYP). The centre-right party announced recently that it intends to appoint
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PM unveils 50 more ICU beds as Covid-19 death toll passes 500
PoliticsGreek Politicsis the latest in a series of steps towards bolstering the health service and making sure that it can... service’s capacity, SYRIZA continues to be critical of the government’s approach. Shadow health... service, weakening those areas. He also accused ND of using creative accounting to give
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Health system feeling strain of Covid-19 second wave
PoliticsGreek Politicsin – the national health service’s ability to take the strain is the main issue attracting attention. In its latest... service industry earn revenues in what has been a terrible year for these sectors, as well as many... set out three conditions for such a consensus: A six-month plan to boost the health service
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Alarming Covid-19 numbers fuel opposition's criticism of ND's approach
PoliticsGreek Politicsservice over the weekend as 211 more Greeks lost their lives during the 48-hour period after contracting... to strengthen the health service to the degree necessary because of its ideological barriers. Speaking... on the lack of hirings in the public health service being responsible for New Democracy not having taken
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