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Pressure from government MPs pushes PM towards resolution with farmers
PoliticsGreek Politicswhose flocks were destroyed in response to the sheep pox outbreak. These are the types of measures
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Government fails to break deadlock in dispute with farmers as SYRIZA loses MEP
PoliticsGreek Politicsagainst sheep pox. Government sources stressed that the package exhausts the bounds of fiscal space
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Farmers and government edge towards dialogue after weeks of escalation
PoliticsGreek Politicssubsidies are insufficient, particularly after outbreaks of disease such as sheep pox, which forced mass
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Farmers threaten more action after inconclusive meeting as Karystianou courts controversy
PoliticsGreek Politics, and promised special provisions for income losses linked to sheep and goat pox, which had disrupted feed
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the handling of the sheep pox crisis. Nearly half a million animals have been culled, and breeders
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Farmers roll back into Athens as government fails to resolve long-running dispute
PoliticsGreek Politicscompensation for income lost to sheep pox outbreaks, while reiterating the government’s refusal
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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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