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Newsletter 517 - 11/09/2026
prepayment. GSEVEE spoke of “disappointment and anger”, farmers said tax relief is not their main
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Discipline problems cloud govt's TIF message as spotlight falls on private clinic regulation
PoliticsGreek Politicswarned that exaggeration which blends into cynicism tends to anger rather than persuade the public
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Mitsotakis facing up to challenging autumn as majority momentum fails to materialise
PoliticsGreek Politicsin Athens widespread anger among an electorate that has traditionally been one of New Democracy’s
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Pressure on Mitsotakis grows as Samaras escalates attacks and ND wrestles with identity
PoliticsGreek Politicspolitical confrontation. The case, though, remains a source of public anger, and a pending judicial
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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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Is a lack of spending hampering Greece's firefighting capabilities?
Society, which contribute seasonal contractors to the fire-fighting effort, have also enjoyed a greater
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