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Greek Finance Ministry's Employees Accused of Tax Evasion

Greek authorities have found 143 employees of the Finance Ministry who had deposits amounting to 32 million euros in Swiss, German, British and Cypriot bank accounts. The audits began when the Minister of Administrative Reform, Kyriakos Mitsotakis requested the close examination...

New Dismissals in Public Sector

The Greek government has announced that it will proceed with new dismissals in the public sector since Greece will have to reduce its civil servants by 11,000. The Minister of Administrative Reform, Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced that about 48,910 civil servants...

Greek Reform Minister Calls for Fewer MPs, Smaller Electoral Districts in Athens

A change in the electoral law calling for fewer deputies, the breaking up of Athens into smaller electoral districts and the better management of political funding are priorities if more transparency is to be achieved in political life, Administrative...

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...

Standing Holy Synod to Control Church Property

With an Amendment brought to Parliament by ministers Yannis Stournaras, Konstantinos Arvanitopoulos, Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Michalis Chryssochoidis, all matters relating to the management and use of Greek Orthodox Church property will be governed from now on by Regulations issued...

Number of Greek Civil Servants Has Decreased

After the demand of Greece's lenders for staff reduction in the public sector, it appears that the Greek government managed to decrease the number of civil servants. Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the Minister of Administrative Reform, reported that Greece is likely to recover...

Employees of Tax Department Accused for Tax Evasion

The Internal Audit Service of the Finance Ministry, after an investigation of the income declarations of 93 employees of the tax department, revealed several cases of tax evasion. Many officials of the tax department had "forgotten" to declare expensive cars...

Protesting School Wardens Arrested

  At about 5 am on Tuesday morning, eighteen school wardens gathered outside the Ministry of Administrative Reform to protest against the dismissal and suspension measures that they are facing. Some of the wardens who managed to get to the...

Mitsotakis and Stournaras Bump Heads Over Taxation of Greeks

On Monday, the Greek Administrative Reform Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, said that he disagrees with the statements of the Greek Minister of Finances, Yiannis Stournaras -- that Greek citizens are not paying enough taxes. As a matter of fact, Yiannis...

100 Years Since Crete's Union with Greece

The 100th anniversary of Crete’s Union with Greece was celebrated yesterday with the hoisting of the Greek flag over the historic fortress Firka in the old port of Chania. Minister of Administrative Reform, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, represented the government and gave...