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Three benefits from OPEKA (Organization for Welfare Benefits and Social Solidarity) are set to increase in the coming months as part of the family support measures announced by the Prime Minister at TIF:

The Interior Ministry has put two pieces of legislation to public consultation that, among other provisions, seek to boost efficiency in the civil service by introducing bonuses for state departments which achieve annual targets that have been outlined in the relevant online platform.

PASOK celebrates 50 years of existence today, having been founded by Andreas Papandreou on September 3rd at the Capital Hotel in Syntagma. Protothema.gr marks this anniversary with five articles by Pantelis Kapsis, Nikos Felekis, Dimitris Pagadakis, Dimitris Danikas, and Stefanos Tzanakis.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis outlined his government's goals in various sectors following the cabinet reshuffle in a lengthy Facebook post, on Sunday.

After noting that the message of the European elections has been received, Mitsotakis mentioned the permanent reduction of VAT on taxis and coffee delivery, while he promised more labor inspections.

One in two people who currently hold an administrative post in the public health services did not pass the tests for re-employment in the same or a similar position through the new appraisal system that came into effect in November 2023. 

With restoration efforts now complete in the historic Rumeli Han, nestled on Istanbul's iconic İstiklal Street, visitors are flocking to explore the mysterious tunnel that has come to light beneath its neoclassical facade.

According to an announcement made by the Supreme Council for Civil Personnel Selection (ASEP) on Tuesday, there was significant interest in filling the Health Ministry's regional director or deputy director positions, and a lower interest in filling hospital director or deputy director positions.

While there is growing interest on the part of potential employees to apply for local authority positions, when it comes to the time of appointment, it is estimated that one in two turn their backs on the public sector.

"The public sector does not attract," wrote president of the state's Supreme Council for Civil Personnel Selection (ASEP) Thanos Papaioannou in a post.

A 61-year-old man arrested as the prime suspect behind several bombs planted outside the freemasons' Grand Lodge of Greece in central Athens has also been charged with additional bomb and arsonist attacks in and around the Greek capital, the Hellenic Police announced on Wednesday.

It comes at a moment of great uncertainty and heightened tensions between Tiraspol and Chisinau stemming from Russia's war in neighbouring Ukraine.

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A famous photo of a striker guarding a factory in Tiraspol