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Greek teachers low paid, but work shorter hours in smaller classes
SocietyGreek teachers are low-paid by international standards, but work among the lowest hours and in some... rates which eliminate the differences in price levels among countries. In Greece, the equivalent... teachers aged 50 or older climbed by 3 percentage points on average among countries with comparable
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Newsletter 60 - 29/01/2016
the debate on pension reform held in Parliament among political party leaders on Tuesday, Prime Minister...-EU sentiment building up within the government and among voters. For the time being though, the main... on the wrong side of some city dwellers, with lawyers, engineers and doctors among the professionals
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Greek regions perform poorly in social progress index
SocietyRanking 257 out of the 272 regions in the EU, the Peloponnese region is among the weakest in terms... example. While Attica ranks 59th among the EU’s regions for GDP per capita, it is 235th in the SPI... of cooperation among the Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy of the European Commission
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Unemployment rate drops further to 24 pct in Dec, lowest since April 2012
EconomyMacroeconomy. The unemployment rate among men declined at a sharper pace compared to that among women over the last 12... percent, while slower drops were evident in the 35-44 years old to 20.4 percent and among youth to 48.9
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Newsletter 70 - 15/04/2016
-out review process boils down to a fundamental lack of trust among the parties involved, persistent doubts about execution willingness in Athens and recurring finger-pointing among the creditor... primarily in rising yields for Spanish bond issuance. Last but not least, Italy is among the “Club
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Greece tops EU tables for lawyers but also pending administrative court cases
Society. General government total expenditure on law courts was lower in Greece than among most western... only receive continuous training in judgecraft. Among the general public, 46 percent perceive... and politicians. Among companies, 53 percent perceived the independence of courts and judges to be very bad
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Club Med in Washington
Agoraprocess boils down to a fundamental lack of trust among the parties involved, persistent doubts about execution willingness in Athens and recurring finger-pointing among the creditor community. Another... but not least, Italy is among the “Club Med” delegation to the spring meetings. In many respects
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Unemployment rate slips to 24.2 pct in February
EconomyMacroeconomybe more than 70,000 in the same period. The unemployment rate among men was trimmed by 2 percentage... percent. In contrast, the unemployment rate among those aged 55-64 rose by more than 11 pp to 19.3 percent. In addition, unemployment among youth eased to 51.4 percent. The highest jobless rate
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Newsletter 76 - 03/06/2016
to tap into the discord among Greek voters, SYRIZA is going down a very well-trodden path... politicians who oversaw this sharing of the pain have when they accuse others of sowing division among... into the discord among Greek voters, SYRIZA is going down a very well-trodden path. In fact
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Adult skills in Greece lacking, indicates OECD survey
Societyamong 55-65 year-olds. In the area of problem solving in technology-rich environments, only 2.5... percentage observed among all participating countries and significantly lower than the OECD average... difference is 61 points). “The performance advantage among tertiary-educated adults is smaller than average
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