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Coalition's moves on public sector hirings under scrutiny
PoliticsGreek Politicsto official government data, there was a slight rise in the total number of civil servants last year... and workers on fixed-term contracts. The total stood at 71,042 at the end of 2016, rising to 78,297... at 11.9 billion euros last year. This is seen rising by 371 million euros to a total of 12.2 billion euros
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Net job hirings balance turns positive by 16,628 in February
EconomyMacroeconomyto 47.7 percent of the total. Part-time and shift work made up 41.5 percent and 14.8 percent of hirings in February, respectively. The share of males among total hirings rose to 60.1 percent in February... of the total. Just over 40.9 percent of hirings were part-time and 13.9 percent involved shift work
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Greeks show highest mistrust in newspapers, TV and online news across EU
Societynewspapers or news magazines at 19 percent against an average of 9 percent. Total mistrust was also... such news. For Greeks, the discrepancy was 10 percentage points, with a total of 74 percent of Greeks... the third highest level of perception that fake news was a problem for democracy in general at a total
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Eurosystem funding drops by 2.80 bln in February, led by ELA reduction
EconomyMacroeconomybillion euros for the month, down from the total of 29.09 billion noted in January. Since the start... that ELA funding made up around 57.3 percent of the total liquidity. In February, the collateral... fell by 571 million to 33.99 billion, the lowest total since December 2014. Banknotes in circulation
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Greece registers 42,425 asylum seekers at rising rate in two years of EU-Turkey deal
Societyperiod, a total of 39,650 final decisions were issued. The majority of full registrations took place... illustrated the process for making an application, including time frames. It showed that the total time... seekers arrived in Greece in the year so far. Of those, 2,249 arrived in March. A total of 29,718 sea
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Are hirings in the public sector out of control?
EconomyFeaturesan additional allowance of 4,644 hires remaining from 2016, bringing the total cap to 7,097... their numbers have been creeping up steadily. The total number was up to 75,810 at the end of 2017 from a low... the coalition government, to a total of 2,487 by the end of 2017. However, they were already creeping
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Eurosystem funding drops by 1.45 bln in March as ELA reduction offsets ECB rise
EconomyMacroeconomybillion euros for the month, down from the total of 26.30 billion noted in February. In the first... of the total liquidity. In March, the collateral pledged with the BoG fell by 8.60 billion euros... to 33.97 billion, the lowest total since December 2014. Banknotes in circulation have continued
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Which way to the exit?
Agoraturbulent period of recent times in international markets,. Greece needed a total of 170 billion euros... in. The repayment triples in 2021 from 700 million to 2.1 billion. Out of the total of nearly 44 billion.... As things stand, total financing needs for debt between 2019 and 2021 are just over 22 billion
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Newsletter 159 -27/04/2018
produced a total surplus of 1.45 billion euros, which translates into 0.8 percent of GDP. The primary... are broadly in line with Greece’s fiscal performance in 2016 when the latest figures report a total... remained broadly unchanged, with a small revision by 0.1 percent higher in the total balance for 2016
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Greece’s unstable and confusing tax system failing to deliver results
EconomyMacroeconomycharacterised by confusion and instability. Between 2001-2015, the report counted a total of 36... in Greece . The total tax rate for businesses when insurance contributions are factored in was 44... total revenues from legal entities. This represents revenue which companies classed as tax but did
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