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  1. ND doubles down on stricter migration policy, riling opponents
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    and the tiny island of Gavdos, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) expressed “serious concern” on Thursday

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  2. Authorities struggle with islanders' resistance to closed centres for migrants
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    the contractors for bulldozing forested public land to build roads to one of the sites. Violence erupted...”. With protests and strikes on the islands look set to continue, the government is keen to downplay

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  3. Are hirings in the public sector out of control?
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    EconomyFeatures

    permanent 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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  4. How the pension fund that invested heavily in Attica Bank lost half its reserves

    Agora

    The 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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  5. Self-employed paying less for social security contributions, Labour ministry reports
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    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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  6. Coalition's moves on public sector hirings under scrutiny
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    Minister Pavlos Polakis said that the government has replaced contractors in catering, cleaning

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  7. 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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  8. Minister discounts lockdowns, vaccine mandate extension amid Covid surge
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    limited private sector activities. As such, it would have been a shot in the arm for the contractors

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  9. Tsipras berates govt over treatment of pensioners

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    . However, the introduction of almost 500 private-sector contractors does not seem to have contributed

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  10. Parties rehearse arguments on social policy as labour law comes to vote
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    is that the RRF funds channelled through the new organisation will end up profiting private contractors rather

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