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Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, in his weekly address on Sunday, pledged to shield consumers from excessive electricity price increases, announcing that a European Commission delegation will visit Athens to address profiteering in the energy sector.

The government is intensifying efforts to improve tax compliance and public sector efficiency by implementing financial penalties for state officials who fail to submit taxpayer data on time.

The cabinet on Monday approved 19,181 new hirings for different state services, of which 4,016 will bolster the beleaguered National Health Service, more than 1,000 will go to education, 1,050 will benefit the Citizen Protection Ministry, and more than 800 will be appointed to firefighting and other related tasks.

Video and photo documents of the action of organizations consisting of doctors and pharmacists and cheating the EOPYY through virtual prescriptions were secured and presented by protothema.gr.

The images show members of the organizations visiting the pharmacies involved with some of them entering them holding lists (obviously of medicines) and leaving carrying paper boxes.

The dialogues captured during the investigation by the Economic Police, which halted the group’s activities, shed light on the criminal practices of organizations made up of doctors and pharmacists who defrauded EOPYY through fictitious prescriptions.

In his keynote speech at the Thessaloniki International Fair Saturday, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis presented a total of 45 measures that will have many beneficiaries, while keeping spending under wraps, as he promised from the start.

Doctors of the National Health Service (ESY) who are posted in remote areas and places with problems will be able to earn up to 7,200 euros gross per year in addition to their basic salary, according to a joint decision signed by the ministers of health and finance, Adonis Georgiadis and Kostis Hatzidakis. 

One in seven National Health Service (ESY) permanent doctors have reportedly stated their intention to open a private practice or collaborate with a private clinic or diagnostic center, taking advantage of the new institutional framework that permits them to work privately outside of their regular duty hours.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced today that he wants to introduce new measures in the fight against smoking, which, according to media reports, could include a ban on smoking in outdoor areas of restaurants and football stadiums.

On November 30, 2024, the Thessaloniki Metro will be delivered to the people of Thessaloniki, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced during his speech at the event titled: “National Strategy for Regional Development / Presentation of the Digital Platform erga.gov.gr.”