The institution and the reality

The notion that all public servants should be subject to performance evaluations – especially when they are protected by permanent status – is essential to the reform of the civil service. Source link

Cartoon (06/03/2025) | eKathimerini.com

Cartoon (06/03/2025) | eKathimerini.com

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30-somethings: The generation that refuses to grow up

30-somethings: The generation that refuses to grow up

In a cafe in central Athens, Maria sits facing her laptop, with a coffee that has already gone cold next to her. As a freelancer in advertising, she works endless hours, chasing deadlines and salaries that are never enough to cover her real needs. “I don’t have my own house, nor a steady salary, and …

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Concerns – and some praise – of Turkey’s role as a US, NATO ally voiced at congressional hearing

Concerns – and some praise – of Turkey’s role as a US, NATO ally voiced at congressional hearing

Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as they are flanked by Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, on February 24, 2025. [Murat Cetinmuhurdar/PPO/Handout via Reuters] Serious concerns -and some praise-regarding Turkey’s role as a US and NATO ally were voiced during a congressional hearing, …

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Greece must adjust to Turkey’s growing importance for European security

Greece must adjust to Turkey’s growing importance for European security

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks at the Malaysia-Turkey Business Forum during his working visit to Malaysia, in Putrajaya, Malaysia, Tuesday. [Hasnoor Hussain/Reuters] During the Crimean War, Great Britain and France formed an alliance with the Ottoman Empire against Russia and Greece. A similar shift in the European balance of power is now under way. …

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Environment minister suspends new building permits in special areas on Milos

Environment minister suspends new building permits in special areas on Milos

The minister of environment and energy has suspended the issuing of new building permits in areas with special protection on Milos, where an unprecedented hotel construction boom has led to fears that the island’s unique landscape could be changed irrevocably. In a written statement, Thodoros Skylakakis said that the suspension of new permits would apply …

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Greece investing in public trust of AI, minister tells conference

Greece investing in public trust of AI, minister tells conference

For Greek people and businesses to truly embrace the capabilities of new technologies like artificial intelligence, they first need to experience how they can have a meaningful and positive impact on their lives, Digital Governance Minister Dimitris Papastergiou told the EmTech Europe 2025 conference in Athens on Thursday, outlining how the government is investing in …

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Alexandroupoli: An essential regional hub for Greece, the US and NATO

Alexandroupoli: An essential regional hub for Greece, the US and NATO

Last week, a fake news report claiming the US was going to ditch Alexandroupoli put the northern Greek port city in the spotlight. This report even reached the Oval Office, where President Trump quickly shut down the story. In the wake of the story, Kathimerini recently took a deep dive into the numbers, looking at …

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Public sector evaluation a Sisyphean task

Public sector evaluation a Sisyphean task

Greece’s public sector evaluation system, though legally established, remains largely unimplemented. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced in Parliament on Wednesday that “the institutional and constitutional enshrinement of public sector evaluation will be proposed by New Democracy in the next constitutional revision,” raising questions about the system’s actual application. “It’s not a legal issue; it’s a …

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