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PM makes new bid to address Covid wave, speculation about restrictions
PoliticsGreek Politics, pushing the percentage of the general population that has had at least one jab up to 63.9 pct, while
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Newsletter 316 - 12/11/2021
for the booster jab, he said that the vaccination certificates for over-60s who have been double
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Authorities struggle with islanders' resistance to closed centres for migrants
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe contractors for bulldozing forested public land to build roads to one of the sites. Violence erupted...”. With protests and strikes on the islands look set to continue, the government is keen to downplay
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Are hirings in the public sector out of control?
EconomyFeaturespermanent 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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How the pension fund that invested heavily in Attica Bank lost half its reserves
AgoraThe Engineers and Public Contractors Pension Fund (TSMEDE) found itself in the spotlight over the last few days as a result of being the major shareholder in Attica Bank, which faced a number of issues related to corporate governance and lending activities, according to an investigation carried out
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Self-employed paying less for social security contributions, Labour ministry reports
EconomyFeatures-employed workers and reports of such workers deregistering from the status of “self-employed” en masse... Engineers and Public Contractors Pension Fund (TSMEDE) fund compared to 64.2 percent in 2017
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Coalition's moves on public sector hirings under scrutiny
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMinister Pavlos Polakis said that the government has replaced contractors in catering, cleaning
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Is a lack of spending hampering Greece's firefighting capabilities?
Society, which contribute seasonal contractors to the fire-fighting effort, have also enjoyed a greater
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Minister discounts lockdowns, vaccine mandate extension amid Covid surge
PoliticsGreek Politicslimited private sector activities. As such, it would have been a shot in the arm for the contractors
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Tsipras berates govt over treatment of pensioners
PoliticsGreek Politics. However, the introduction of almost 500 private-sector contractors does not seem to have contributed
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