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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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Public sector staff trends survive MoU exit, change of government
Societyin 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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Greece drafts reform multi-bill as talks catalyst but fiscal gap lingers
EconomyProgrammeto the ministry, the multi-bill relates to fiscal issues, tax administration, auctions for TV licences, TV advertisement tax and public administration reforms. Local media indicate that the draft bill... for Public Revenues. 4) Tender for TV licences with estimated revenues at 350 – 380 million for 2015
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Mitsotakis pledges tax cuts, looks for party balance and broad appeal
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor such reductions. In his interview with Skai TV on Thursday night, Mitsotakis identified two... use of electronic transactions with the aim of reducing tax evasion. TV licences The conservative leader repeated his pledge to void the recent tender for TV licences and launch a new process
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Multi-bill approved, coalition looks for positive news to fend off opposition attacks
PoliticsGreek Politicsin recent weeks as a result of potential scandals surrounding the TV licencing procedure...) and how that will sit against the demands from the institutions. TV licences In the meantime... to SYRIZA led to a bending of the rules so they could be in a position to snatch a TV licence
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Greek government risks mauling after straying off
Agoraof victory but it appears to have outdone itself with the emerging fiasco that is the TV licencing procedure... with a permit. While the opposition parties sense an opportunity, the machinations over the TV permit tender have left the Greek public smelling a rat. According to an MRB poll for Star TV (one of the channels
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Tsipras's meeting with judiciary seen crossing the line
PoliticsGreek Politicsof a Council of State hearing on the TV licence tender being postponed, the talks drew further... highest administrative court, would deem the recent TV permit auction unconstitutional. The criticism... on the back of the allegations concerning the TV tender and Attica Bank, the claims of interference
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Greece's open floodgates
AgoraKarameros (SYRIZA) appeared on a TV panel show on Saturday wearing a fluorescent jacket of the type... as he appeared on nationwide TV screens. However, the conservative politician linked Karameros’s stunt... official looked much better on TV. It should be noted that Georgiadis was forced to announce last week
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Mitsotakis urges voters to give ND clear majority amid KINAL turmoil
PoliticsGreek Politicsa coalition with anyone else. In an interview with ANT-1 TV on Monday, the opposition chief attempted... the state list of candidates for the general elections. In a TV interview on Sunday, Gennimata indicated...-right rival. Venizelos responded on Monday night with a TV interview of his own, in which he suggested
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Roadmap leading out of lockdown pondered by ND as SYRIZA takes aim at media
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMarch 23. Government spokesman Stelios Petsas provided the latest update in a TV interview on Tuesday... heard on TV and radio. He accused state broadcaster ERT of holding some discussions in which only... that the event was not covered live at all by any of the private TV stations. This is SYRIZA’s latest bid
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