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International auditors monitoring Greece's compliance with its EU-IMF rescue programme would have failed their own evaluation, the leading Greek union said on Friday. "Their programme has destroyed us, pushing the Greek economy into recession," said Yiannis Panagopoulos, head of private...

ATHENS – Greece’s jobless lines, now with more than 1.1 million people in them as unemployment has hit 22.5 percent, could be a lot longer by the end of the year and be the world’s highest, one of the...

The financial situation in which Greece's national insurance bodies find themselves is, to say the least, very serious. The organisations are the victims not only of the serious economic crisis in which Greece finds itself but also of the...

ATHENS – Greece’s 1,033,507 unemployed – and counting – will have their monthly benefits cut by 22 percent, dropping their only source of income during the economic crisis from $604.89 to $471.89, to keep pace with a similar cut...

Greece's largest unions held protests and a work stoppage Wednesday, as the crisis-hit country's coalition government pressed ahead with wage cuts and other austerity measures. The stoppage disrupted services at tax offices and other public agencies, and a protest was...

With a three-hour long work stoppage from 12:00 noon to 3pm, Greek trade unions GSEE and ADEDY will join the Decentralized European Day of Action on February 29. At 1:30pm onFebruary 29, members of the two Greek trade unions will...

Greece's public and private sector umbrella unions, ADEDY and GSEE, Thursday called a 48-hour general strike to protest new austerity measures demanded by the country's international creditors in exchange for a fresh EUR130 billion bailout. In a statement, the two...

Greek leaders face crunch talks on Tuesday to secure a new international bailout and avoid a chaotic debt default, caught between EU demands that they accept painful reforms immediately and a national strike against more austerity. Prime Minister Lucas Papademos...

Greece's two major umbrella unions said Monday they will hold a 24-hour nationwide general strike Tuesday over new austerity measures, and warned that further labor protests might follow. The strike comes as Greece's political party leaders are due to resume...

Greece's two major labor unions plan a 24-hour strike on Tuesday against austerity measures and reforms demanded by international lenders in exchange for a new bailout package, union officials said on Sunday. "We are planning a one-day strike on Tuesday,"...