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  1. Strike legislation, auctions present Athens with challenges in wake of SLA
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    EconomyProgramme

    Despite reaching a staff-level agreement (SLA) with its lenders a few days ago, the Greek government continues to face challenges in implementing some of the commitments it made to the institutions. Soon after submitting to Parliament on Monday an amendment introducing a new rule for strikes

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  2. First-wave champion Greece stumbles at vaccine roll-out
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    Agora

    with vaccination coverage well below safe levels. Moreover, surveys suggest that only a small fraction...After suppressing the first wave of Covid-19, Greece was regularly cited as an exemplar in tackling the pandemic. Now in its fourth wave, low vaccination coverage is proving to be the country’s

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  3. Fresh accusations against NGOs as govt hardens stance on migration

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    proving that NGOs were helping to transport Somali refugees to Turkey, paying for their visas... were also shown video testimony purporting to be from Somali migrants, who said they were told

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  4. Opposition parties continue to pursue wiretap claims, as surveillance bill passes first hurdle

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    the intelligence service EYP to the operation of the Predator spyware via a government contractor... from invoices and bank statements pertaining to the activities of EYP contractor Krikel, which..., transactions totalling 5.3 million euros linked to the government contractor appear to have escaped

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  5. Greek pensions laid bare
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    Agora

    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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  6. Sparks to fly as coalition and SYRIZA clash over electricity sell-off

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    discussion at committee level was due to begin on Wednesday. PPC workers’ union, GENOP-DEI, is opposed.... SYRIZA sees this as an opportunity to strengthen its relationship with GENOP-DEI, one of Greece’s

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  7. Electricity strike nipped in bud, leaving political loose ends

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    threatening the strikers with arrest if they did not return to work. Their union, GENOP-DEI, announced... to end the protest. This swift move to nip GENOP-DEI’s action in the bud seems to have been due

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  8. Privatisation of power transmission firm ADMIE a key challenge among prior actions

    EconomyProgramme

    unions at PPC, particularly the vociferous GENOP group, are strongly opposed to public control of the electricity production and transmission being lost or diluted. GENOP’s allegiance has switched from

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  9. 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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  10. 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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