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Is the cost of Greece's public sector soaring again?
EconomyFeaturesof making their own appointments, both to repay political favours and to ensure a compliant civil... procedures for the higher civil service grades have left the field wide open to naked political
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Greek pensions laid bare
Agoraassets do not have the capacity to support the retirement pay under any type of asset management... pensions amounts to 884 euros. Note, though, that for around 45 percent of pensioners their monthly... and they receive on average monthly pensions of 771 euros. This is below the overall average of 884 euros since
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Some sad lessons the Western Balkans can learn from Bulgaria's EU Journey
Agorafor human rights, economic prosperity, bright future for young people, and overall happiness. In 2005... with flattering public statements attempting to persuade Bulgarians the emperor was not naked. Borissov’s
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At sidelines of UNGA, Mitsotakis talks up Greece’s prospects as energy, tech hub
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece’s pitch for human capital. A December 7 diaspora job fair in New York will connect U.S...., and with UAE Minister Sultan Al Jaber, who reaffirmed the Emirates’ commitment to expanding
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Talks on bailout review head for crucial weekend
EconomyProgramme. The key differences relate to the type of taxes that would be written-off as well as the magnitude.... Meanwhile, the Labour Ministry announced on Thursday that an amount of 859 million from the 2017
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Eurosystem funding falls by 978 mln in Nov, banknotes increase for fourth month
EconomyMacroeconomy. The declines are largely the result of Greek banks replacing this type of liquidity with interbank... figure was driven by a drop of 859 million in Emergency Liquidity Assistance (ELA) funding to 2.71
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Newsletter 483 - 07/11/2025
% of mail are now delivered directly to homes. Internal and rural discontent Yet the rollout... chaired by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. MPs from rural constituencies were particularly... tensions in rural Greece, where delays in agricultural subsidies and the ongoing sheep pox crisis have
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Our most popular stories in 2014
Agoraup in court. However, we are still some way from the government having to repay to taxpayers the 2.5.... The evolution of houses by type showed that the annual growth rate of detached houses eased by 0.2 percent in 2008-2012, apartments grew by 1 percent, while other type posted a double-digit annual growth
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Is Greece facing a new migration crisis?
Societyto mainland Greece, of grandstanding over border protection and of violating international law and human... to deteriorate and leaving the borders open to human traffickers. The Ministry of Citizens’ Protection... of proper facilities, despite a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights against the practice
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Another austerity fighter to bite the dust
Agorawith domestic, EU law and Human Rights provisions. In a number of cases, mandated measures have been judged...). Other claims are directed to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. Most cases have been... about deprivation of possession in national and European courts. The expropriation type claims have
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