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Spotlight falls on public hirings as PM pledges more health staff
Hirings in the public sector are in the spotlight this week due to confusion over whether the government will persist with the university police founded in its first term and following comments by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday about unveiling his hiring plan imminently.
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Health at focus of government priorities as PM presses ahead with reform agenda
Having secured a strong mandate for a second term, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is due to pay a visit to the Health Ministry on Tuesday as part of a schedule of engagements designed to underline his commitment to reforms in key sectors.
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Mitsotakis seeks to banish health system concerns with reform pledge, candidate removal
Kyriakos Mitsotakis has stated that reforming Greece’s health service will be one of his main goals should New Democracy return to power for a second four-year term, but his party has encountered some rare turbulence over this issue.
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SYRIZA attempts election reboot through new manifesto
In an attempt to reboot its election drive, SYRIZA presented its revised manifesto to voters on Wednesday, which was immediately dismissed by New Democracy as lacking any useful ideas about how to grow the Greek economy.
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Government in firefighting mode as opposition seizes on sleaze and shortages
The start of the parliamentary season finds the government fighting fires on several fronts, while denying accusations from the opposition that it is exploiting sensitive issues for political gain on the road to elections.
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PM signals April elections as MP at centre of latest sleaze scandal resigns
At the new year’s first cabinet meeting, PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis gave the strongest signal yet that he does not plan to call elections before April.
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Opposition parties vow to reverse public healthcare reforms
SYRIZA and PASOK have vowed to repeal the healthcare bill that New Democracy was expected to vote through Parliament on Friday.
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Government determined to push through hospital reforms in pre-election legislative sprint
Hospital doctors and healthcare staff are striking over the latest raft of healthcare reforms tabled by the government. The New Democracy administration shows no signs of wavering on the unpopular legislation, keen to demonstrate in the final months of its term that it is delivering on its pledges.
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Govt Covid record questioned, as report highlights disparities in hospital death rates
A scientific paper on Covid mortality in Greece’s hospitals has prompted a fresh round of questioning of the government’s claims of success in handling the pandemic, as well as allegations of concealment over access to official statistics.
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Authorities say no new measures on the way despite surge in Covid-19 cases
Health Minister Thanos Plevris has dismissed the prospect of a return of Covid-19 measures after a rapid rise in infections and hospitalisations in recent weeks put Greece on course for a sixth wave of the pandemic.