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PM Tsipras Meets With School Cleaning Staff; Announces Ten Percent Salary Raise

Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras met on Thursday with the cleaning staff of the country's public schools at the Maximos Mansion, where he announced a series of positive measures for their profession. Tsipras received a large number of cleaning ladies...

Greek PM Tsipras Holds Meeting With Laid-Off Finance Ministry Cleaning Staff

Fifty members of the Greek Finance Ministry’s cleaning staff who were laid-off last year took a group photo along with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras at the steps of Maximos Mansion after their meeting, on Thursday May 7. Last year...

Finance Ministry Cleaners' Reinstatement Suspended

Some 400 public sector cleaning employees were suspended in September 2013, as part of the availability measures implemented by the government, and were dismissed nine months later. The Greek Supreme Court has postponed the hearing of the cleaning staff’s...

State's Rehiring of Cleaning Staff Decision Postponed Until February

The final decision regarding the Finance Ministry cleaning staff's rehiring will not be made until February 24th, announced the Greek Supreme Court this morning. The statement comes after an appeal to postpone the ruling from the attorneys representing the cleaning...

Philosophy School in Athens Closed Due to Trash

The head of the Philosophy School at the University of Athens has decided to prove a point by closing down the School due to too much garbage. The University Dean, Theodosis Pelegrinis, said that the images he was faced with...

Greek Supreme Court Clears Finance Ministry Cleaners

The on-duty Greek Supreme Court judge dismissed late on Friday the case brought by the Greek Finance Ministry concerning the immediate implementation of a First Instance Court’s decision on the reinstatement of the fired cleaners working in various buildings...

Finance Ministry's Cleaning Staff Suspensions Deemed Unconstitutional

The First Instance Court of Athens has annulled the dismissal of 397 cleaning staff from the Greek Ministry of Finance, as their suspension was deemed unconstitutional. According to the court's decision the cleaners must be reinstated in their positions immediately,...