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  1. Investigations into voter email leak continue despite denials from government

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    of separate investigations by the Interior Ministry, a Greek prosecutor and the country’s Data...-Michelle Asimakopoulou from the upcoming EP elections and the resignation of a senior Interior... that the email list was leaked from the Interior Ministry during the tenure of the caretaker

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  2. Learning the lessons of Greece's toxic decade
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    Agora

    the negotiations with the lenders and by selecting Prokopis Pavlopoulos, the interior minister during 2004-2009... seemed like the end of the MoU era. In the meantime, SYRIZA had parted ways with the radical side

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  3. Newsletter 98 - 02/12/2016

    Newsletters

    review, while Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras headed to Havana for Fidel Castro’s funeral in a trip... again. Tsipras met with Coeure and Moscovici during their visits but then departed for Havana to attend.... Rather than the criticism of his decision to fly to Havana, Tsipras will probably have been more

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  4. Tsipras berates govt over treatment of pensioners

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    ideological hang-ups. One of SYRIZA's constant criticisms of the government is that it wants to undermine.... However, the introduction of almost 500 private-sector contractors does not seem to have contributed

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

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    the intelligence service EYP to the operation of the Predator spyware via a government contractor... from invoices and bank statements pertaining to the activities of EYP contractor Krikel, which..., transactions totalling 5.3 million euros linked to the government contractor appear to have escaped

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  6. Newsletter 277 -11/12/2020

    Newsletters

    PM rebuffs Covid-19 criticism Mitsotakis defends govt stance but is forced to extend some measures until Jan After being forced to extend Covid-19 restrictions into January, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis tried to defend this week his, and his gover...

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  7. Are hirings in the public sector out of control?
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    EconomyFeatures

    . Announcing the new hiring plans, Interior Minister Panos Skourletis argued that the hirings would... 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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  8. HCAP and Finance Ministry reveal five-year strategic plan for public assets

    EconomyFeatures

    the control of HCAP, which include power firm PPC, water company EYDAP and public transport organisation OASA... and opportunities, with long-term and short-term goals for each company. Regarding OASA, for example, HCAP

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  9. Turkey maintains maritime pressure as Athens and Ankara court Haftar
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    NOC’s Foreign Minister Taher Salem Al Baour.

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  10. Tempe rail crash charges reignite debate about scrupulousness of investigation
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    representatives and employees of the contractor were charged with instigation of subsidy fraud... signalling-telecommand systems, but the contractor attempted to construct an entirely new signalling system

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