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  1. Mitsotakis tries to move on from Samaras row but more fallout may follow
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Democracy’s disciplinary committee is due to meet this Tuesday to rubber stamp Mitsotakis’s decision

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  2. Reshuffle rumours doused as Androulakis tries to increase pressure on PM over Tempe
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    Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is trying to stamp out any speculation about an imminent reshuffle, fearing that his ministers will be more focussed on any potential changes than the tasks facing them and thereby compounding the problems the government has to overcome. The local media took note

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  3. Opposition outmanoeuvred by fast-track prosecution of first political figure over Tempe
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    to Parliament, where the New Democracy majority is expected to rubber-stamp the decision. Triantopoulos

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  4. OPEKEPE scandal remains sore point for government despite wayward inquiry

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    president is inferring that there was high-level political interference in the effort to stamp out

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  5. Greece relies on labour, VAT and green taxes more than any EU member
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    EconomyFeatures

    also undertaken a comprehensive “decluttering” of its tax code. Traditional paper‑based stamp duties

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

    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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  7. Public sector staff trends survive MoU exit, change of government
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    Society

    in early summer. In June 2019 the number of public sector contractors was 103,213 and in June 2020 it had... in the latter part of 2019, however there was no corresponding fall in the number of contractors. New record

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  8. How the pension fund that invested heavily in Attica Bank lost half its reserves

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    The 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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  9. Self-employed paying less for social security contributions, Labour ministry reports
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    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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  10. Coalition's moves on public sector hirings under scrutiny
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Minister Pavlos Polakis said that the government has replaced contractors in catering, cleaning

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