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New cabinet meets with focus on fire fallout, policy roadmap Kyriakos Mitsotakis presided over the first meeting of his new cabinet on Thursday, although the gathering was overshadowed by ongoing search for someone to head the Civil Protection Ministry after a botched attempt to create the new government department earlier in the week.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
Govt ploughs on with reform bills as politicians' wealth declarations draw attention Parliament has been voting on some of the government’s reform bills but the political and media attention has mostly been focussed on MPs’ annual derivation of wealth declarations.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
Vaccination scheme gaps identified as Greece prepares to discard masks Health experts are expected to recommend this week that Greeks no longer wear face masks outdoors as part of the further loosening of Covid restrictions, while Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has identified the reluctance of some people to be vaccinated as the key challenge that needs to be overcome in the weeks ahead.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
PM looking to build on RRF approval to augment profile as moderniser Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is beginning today a series of visits to various parts of the country to present the government’s Greece 2.0 recovery plan as he tries to build on the momentum of Thursday’s approval by the European Commission.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
Parties gear up for confrontation over labour bill The government’s proposed labour reforms will be at the heart of a political battle in Greece this week as the draft law moves to Parliament’s full assembly ahead of a vote that is likely to take place on Wednesday.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
Left pulls together against ND's labour reform bill Opposition to New Democracy’s labour reform continues to harden as the legislation makes its way through the parliamentary process. A 24-hour general strike against the bill on Thursday was backed Greece’s largest unions and all the parties of the left.
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EconomyProgramme
Creditors give thumbs up for 10th post-MoU review, underline pandemic legacy The Greek authorities overcame one more hurdle in the post-programme surveillance process as the European Commission released on Wednesday the tenth report since the final programme was completed in the summer of 2018.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
SYRIZA lays out alternative vision to counter government's RRF plan Government ministers have been offering more details on the first stages in the implementation of the national recovery plan, in anticipation of the first disbursements of RRF funds from Brussels this summer.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
After submitting RRF plan, govt turns to challenges of delivery After officially submitting its national RRF plan to the European Commission this week, attention in Greece is turning to the challenges of implementation.
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Economy
PM unveils 'Greece 2.0' plan to use EU recovery funds, transform economy Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday unveiled the government’s plan for how it will use of the European Union’s Recovery and Resilience Facility funds to remake the country’s economy after the damage wrought by the coronavirus pandemic.