MacroPolis

Show/Hide Search

Search

Results 261 to 270 out of 777. RSS

  1. PM offers more fuel relief as path to TIF pledges becomes more treacherous

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    pension or cutting VAT, citing fiscal constraints. Behind the scenes, officials are exploring

    4%

  2. Newsletter 515 - 31/07/2026

    Newsletters

    such as reinstating the 13th pension or cutting VAT, though officials are exploring whether a partial 13th pension

    4%

  3. Tsipras sets out ELAS economic programme as government and PASOK launch criticism
    Image: https://www.myelas.gr/el

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    power. On cost of living, he proposed cutting VAT to 6 pct on basic food and hygiene items

    4%

  4. Are hirings in the public sector out of control?
    Photo by MacroPolis

    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

    4%

  5. Public sector staff trends survive MoU exit, change of government
    Photo by MacroPolis

    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

    4%

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

    Agora

    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

    3%

  7. Self-employed paying less for social security contributions, Labour ministry reports
    Photo by MacroPolis

    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

    3%

  8. Coalition's moves on public sector hirings under scrutiny
    Photo by Panayotis Tzamaros/Fosphotos

    PoliticsGreek Politics

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

    3%

  9. Authorities struggle with islanders' resistance to closed centres for migrants
    Photo by MacroPolis

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    the contractors for bulldozing forested public land to build roads to one of the sites. Violence erupted

    3%

  10. Minister discounts lockdowns, vaccine mandate extension amid Covid surge
    Photo by MacroPolis

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    limited private sector activities. As such, it would have been a shot in the arm for the contractors

    3%