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SYRIZA goes on offensive over Covid-19 and economic reforms, but internal rifts persist
PoliticsGreek Politicsby the economist Sir Christopher Pissarides on how to revive the Greek economy has provided an opportunity
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RRF proposals and Pissarides report chart direction of travel for post-pandemic Greece
PoliticsGreek Politics, Nobel laureate Sir Christopher Pissarides who chaired the expert committee said that the aim
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Newsletter 275 -27/11/2020
by economist Sir Christopher Pissarides, which was commissioned to produce a roadmap for the Greek
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Productivity developments in the Greek public and private sector
AgoraLaureate Sir Christopher Pissarides 2020) commissioned by the Greek government in 2019 and published
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New Democracy seeks to counter with marine parks and migration policy, rhetoric
PoliticsGreek Politicsyounger voters and urban professionals. The references made by the Greek PM to Sir David Attenborough
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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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How the pension fund that invested heavily in Attica Bank lost half its reserves
AgoraThe 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
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Self-employed paying less for social security contributions, Labour ministry reports
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
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Coalition's moves on public sector hirings under scrutiny
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMinister Pavlos Polakis said that the government has replaced contractors in catering, cleaning
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