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Party leaders back on road with rival election pledges after Easter break
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor a public Q&A session on Tuesday, followed by visits further afield. Brussels reverberations
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Additional public health, economic actions to counter coronavirus impact
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat Easter services could also be affected. Greek Orthodox Easter is due on April 19. Greece saw only a small... service, including the hiring of an extra 2,000 staff. After being given clearance by Monday’s... economic hit as the result of the downturn in key sectors, like tourism, food service and retail.
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Mitsotakis showcases digital successes in drive to attract inward investment
PoliticsGreek Politicsare taking more concrete form. Wednesday saw the completion of the auction of the first 5G licenses, in which... - service contract, to underpin its decision-making on Covid-19 containment measures... for its government contracts, most recently with the UK’s national health service, both for its
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Newsletter 62 - 12/02/2016
, as SYRIZA has been accused of doing with independent authorities and the civil service... fund (IKA) saw the level of contributions paid in by workers plummet by 31.5 percent between 2010... government’s wayward and naïve negotiating strategy last year, which saw the early signs of an economic
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Tracing the decline of the middle class as parties vie for its votes
EconomyFeatures, with the exception of the lowest earners who saw their tax increase threefold between 2012-2014 (though from.... Households earning 12,000-16,000 euros saw their tax increased by 21 percent in 2012-2014 and 26 percent... borrowers found it increasingly difficult to service their mortgages. In a recent survey, one in four
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Public sector staff trends survive MoU exit, change of government
Societyto rise While permanent staff levels have been kept steady overall, the total public service... in the census for the first time in 2020 skews the picture slightly, however 2020 also saw a record... in by MoU-imposed restrictions on permanent hires saw governments resorting to temporary hires, leading
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Newsletter 318 - 26/11/2021
than 1 in 5 respondents saw a significant benefit from the government’s energy support package... campaigns that saw a variety of Greek media outlets receive more than 40 million euros in total... that the government is only interested in paying lip service to concepts such as transparency
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Report on minister's surveillance ups ante for ND, as PASOK reels from MEP's arrest
PoliticsGreek Politicsby the National Intelligence Service (EYP) – a revelation that came less than 48 hours after SYRIZA... could be substantially diluted over the coming months. Kaili arrest New Democracy saw an opportunity..., Kaili had taken what many saw as an ND-friendly stance, from vehemently opposing the Prespes Agreement
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Newsletter 400 - 03/11/2023
this week, which saw the emergence of new revelations regarding the long-running surveillance... Service (EYP). If accurate, this would suggest that a central command centre may have been behind... were up by 8.4 percent. The corresponding volumes saw fuels down by 3.2 percent, a 0.7 percent drop
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Greek households continue to slash spending on goods and services
Societyexpenditure stands at 33.1 percent. Durables (-49 percent) saw the biggest fall, followed by clothing... spent an average of 1,419.57 euros on goods and services in 2015, 2.8 percent less in the previous...), miscellaneous goods and services (9.0 percent), health (7.5 percent – one of the highest rates in Europe
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