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  1. Are hirings in the public sector out of control?
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    EconomyFeatures

    . Announcing the new hiring plans, Interior Minister Panos Skourletis argued that the hirings would... permanent public sector staff and 15,000 contractors, at a cost of 600 million euros. These accusations... contractors. Their numbers have swelled from 3,413 in 2012 to 15,601 at the end of 2017. By far the largest

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  2. Newsletter 310 - 01/10/2021

    Newsletters

    PoliticsFull speed ahead for warship, defence deal with FranceGreece believes that it took a significant step this week to upgrading its defence capabilities but also bolstering the country’s geopolitical standing after agreeing to purchase at least thr...

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  3. Is a lack of spending hampering Greece's firefighting capabilities?

    Society

    fire prevention and suppression of all types of fire, urban and rural) grew steadily from 2001 onwards..., which contribute seasonal contractors to the fire-fighting effort, have also enjoyed a greater

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  4. Authorities struggle with islanders' resistance to closed centres for migrants
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    into a corner. Images in the media of riot police confronting citizens in rural communities are causing... the contractors for bulldozing forested public land to build roads to one of the sites. Violence erupted

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  5. OPEKEPE hearings ruffle feathers in New Democracy as party waits for Samaras’s next move

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    to the inquiry, in which he claims that he was pressured into resigning by the then rural development... clashed with private contractors appointed by Voridis when he refused to approve fraudulent claims

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  6. Storm fallout sweeps PM to crucial juncture early in second term

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    in Thessaly as only four of the 12 Super Pumas that Greece possesses are in a condition to fly

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  7. On eve of leadership elections, SYRIZA slips from main opposition slot
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    2023, was not made available to the investigating authorities. PASOK took credit for alerting

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  8. Tempe rail crash charges reignite debate about scrupulousness of investigation
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    representatives and employees of the contractor were charged with instigation of subsidy fraud... signalling-telecommand systems, but the contractor attempted to construct an entirely new signalling system

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  9. Last-minute labour amendment, university asylum law fuel political row as third bill passes
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    employees’ compensation rights. Also, firms are no longer responsible for ensuring that sub-contractors abide by labour regulations. The sub-contractor is responsible for ensuring workers’ rights...-contractors they use and employees having the right to take legal action against employers even

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  10. Of symmetry and adjustments in the eurozone

    Agora

    and at the Jakarta School of Public Policy, Indonesia, where he is also head of the Economics Concentration. He

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