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Government braces for self-employed tax protests, but insists on soundness of measure
PoliticsGreek Politics-employed based on the same dues that those earning the minimum wage would be expected to pay... to cement the view among voters that the Tsipras administration aimed to make the middle class pay more
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Budget marks return of trust, argues Mitsotakis
PoliticsGreek Politics, the first pension increases in 14 years, which will kick in from January, and pay rises for civil servants... on Sunday. He said that on-duty hospital staff would receive a 20 pct increase in their pay. PASOK
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Dispute over hospital doctor shortages rages as minister makes controversial Turkey comments
PoliticsGreek Politicsoffered to pay a 1,000-euro bonus to private doctors who volunteer to help cover emergency rotas... of enticing doctors to cooperate, while highlighting the low pay that staff at public hospitals receive
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Government moves to implement PM's pledges despite grumblings from interest groups
PoliticsGreek Politicsdoctors’ pay and improving the staffing and the national health system. On Wednesday, Health... in the performance of hospitals and in the pay and working conditions of hospital staff. Georgiadis said more
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Mitsotakis sets off barrage of legislation to shake off introspection
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMarinakis said the government was on track to deliver on its promise to increase average pay to 1,500.... Hospital doctors are set to strike on October 17, demanding better pay, more permanent hires
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New Democracy continues to court right-wing voters with defence package, identity politics
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAfter unveiling a major defence procurement programme and committing to pay rises for the military, PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis continues on his mission to win back right-wing voters. Polls show New... with a promise to look at pay rises for emergency service personnel in the autumn, and an attack on Course
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Nightmare on Democracy Street
Agoramember of the European Union, in 2013. Hopes had been building recently that Greece would soon wake... were truly awoken late on Tuesday, September 17, when a Golden Dawn member stabbed to death a 34-year
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EU Task Force sees improvements in Greece, tends to damaged ties
PoliticsGreek Politicsexpertise available in other member states as it tries to reorganise its public administration... a reminder as well as tangible evidence that Greece continues to be a fellow member of the Union
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As EU presidency approaches, poll suggests Greeks are most isolated within Union
SocietyGreece is due to take over the six-month rotating presidency of the European Union on January 1 but just days before it does so a new poll has suggested that of the citizens in all 28 member states... eurozone member states is weaker than in Greece. The survey also finds interesting differences
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Greece’s return to capital markets: Why not try a diaspora bond first?
Agorainvestment priorities in infrastructure, education and the tourism sector. Italy, a founding member... analyst for southeast Europe. From 2011 to 2013 he was a member of the European Commission Task Force
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