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Mitsotakis continues balancing act with compromise EU proposal on Trump’s Peace Council
PoliticsGreek Politics. Balancing act The dual interventions highlight Greece’s strategic dilemma. On one hand, Athens... Council’s scope to Gaza, Mitsotakis is hoping to offer a way for Europe to engage without
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Ministry's actuarial study shows the devastating impact of the crisis on the pension system
Economypension system. The prolonged economic crisis had a negative impact on employment as well as on the income of self-employed reducing the pension system revenues from their contributions, while... and higher pension expenditure resulted in an increase in the main pension system deficit from 15.76
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IMF argues case for further reform of pension system
EconomyProgrammepension system and notes that the most recent reform goes in the right direction since it removes some... of making the pension system affordable and creating strong incentives for work and contributions... below the eurozone average figure of 8 percent. This is an indication that the social security system
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Mitsotakis plans cuts to pension contributions, aims to add private element to system
PoliticsGreek Politicssketched out the plans he has for Greece’s pension system. He had flagged up in a recent interview his... major changes that Mitsotakis highlighted are his intention to make the system more contributions... the pension system through the back door. This has often proved a politically sensitive issue
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Human Rights Commissioner calls for improvements to battered healthcare system
Societycrippled the healthcare system’s capacity to respond to the medical needs of the general population... system, with public health expenditure at approximately 5.2 percent of GDP compared to an EU average... healthcare system was on the brink of collapse. While funding and staff were cut, the cost of accessing
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Mitsotakis seeks to banish health system concerns with reform pledge, candidate removal
PoliticsGreek Politicssystem (ESY) is in need of an overhaul and has spoken repeatedly about a lack of resources... and a candidate in the upcoming elections, Spyros Pnevmatikos, suggested that the health system could... the difficulties of discussing and addressing the deficiencies in Greece’s health system, which lacks
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Coalition considers options for addressing pension system sustainability
EconomyProgrammepensioners currently stands at 1:1.7 compared to a target of 1:2.1 for a viable pension system. The key... the insured based on the current system of defined benefits and with a unified replacement rate applied... of the pension system, Katrougalos suggested the establishment of companies for the development
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Tsipras eyes connection with voters through changes to constitution, electoral system
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the government’s attempt to change the electoral system to one of proportional representation... a chance of securing the supermajority of 200 votes needed for the new system to apply immediately.... The prime minister showed no desire to let up in the criticism of the judicial system, arguing that some
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Greek university system out of sync with economic reality, study finds
SocietyA major study has found that Greece’s higher education system is still not focusing on degrees... university system has not adapted to the new reality of the post-crisis job market, continuing to churn out... to the survey did not think that the Greek education system adequately informs or prepares them for the job
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ND puts changes in education and justice system high on agenda
PoliticsGreek Politicsto make improvements in this area of the education system. She added that the conservatives also want..., who is considered one of the government’s bright prospects. Justice The justice system is an equally... the judicial system. The government has made no secret of its desire to make changes to the new criminal
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