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Corruption Down But Still Rife in Greece

According to the annual report by “Transparency International – Greece”, corruption decreased in Greece in 2013, with 15% fewer cases reported than in 2012. An encouraging 30% of the people asked said that they refused to give any kind...

Latest Greek Doctor Scam

Ten public hospital doctors, also members of DePuy company, have been charged with fraud. The case concerns the supply of highly priced orthopedic products to the Greek State, supplied by the company Johnson & Johnson group. The Greek judicial authorities uncovered...

4,000 Lay-Offs to Close Deal With Troika

Greece's Administrative Reform Council decided to proceed with a permanent mobility mechanism for public sector employees, at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Antonis Samaras at Maximos Mansion Thursday. The reform initiatives and actions set out by the Greek Ministry of Administrative Reform will...

Public Sector Strikes Paralyze Greece

ADEDY staged a 24-hour strike today, paralyzing the whole country and disrupting the operation of all public services. The strike took place to protest against the deal that the Greek government is trying to make with international creditors which...

Public Sector Employee Permanency Needs to be Discussed

The Greek Minister of Administrative Reform and e-Governance, Kyriakos Mitsotakis responded to questions about whether Greece will be able to fulfill its commitments to the Troika, concerning the number of public sector employee suspensions and lay-offs. “We will fulfill every goal...

Another 1,000 Civil Servants Under Threat of Suspension

Any final decisions concerning potential suspensions and the mobility scheme program in the Greek public sector will be made on Monday. The Greek Administrative Reform Minister, in an interview on Mega Channe'sl morning show, stated that interventions must be made...

Greek Unions Start 48-Hour Public Sector Strike

Greek civil servants (ADEDY) have walked off the job at the start of a 48-hour public sector strike, the second in two weeks, to protest job cuts required for the country to continue receiving international rescue loans. State school, tax...

Greek Union Calls for 2-day Public Sector Strike

Greece's main public sector trade union, Adedy, launched a call Friday for a two-day strike next month in protest against job lay-offs included in an economic overhaul demanded by the country's creditors. Adedy, in a statement, criticised the government's "submission"...

Greece Will Tell Troika: No Public Firings

Inspectors from Greece's international lenders who returned to Athens on March 3 to assess progress on reforms to meet fiscal targets are going to be told that the government will not begin firing of public workers as ordered because...

Greece to Begin Review of Public Sector Entities

Greece's prime minister Monday said the government would begin an immediate review of the country's bloated public sector with the goal of closing and merging state entities as part of its efforts to cut government spending and slash red...