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Samaras Says Greeks Back Firings

Despite waves of building protests and a general strike of public and private workers set for July 16 - the day Parliament votes on a reform package to sack 15,000 state workers and put another 25,000 in line to...

POE-OTA Protests and Closes Municipalities

While the Minister of Administrative Reform, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, was informing on July 10 Prime Minister, Antonis Samaras, and Deputy Prime Minister,  Evangelos Venizelos, about the progress of the administrative reform at the Maximos Mansion, the POE-OTA (Federation of workers...

Greece Sets 4,200 Worker Layoffs

The Greek government has identified 4,200 workers, mostly teachers, school janitors, crossing guards and municipal police officers who will be the first to be fired if other positions can’t be found for them. They will be put into a so-called...

New 24-hour Strike in Municipalities

POE OTA members, the Panhellenic Federation of Workers of all specializations in the municipalities and local communities of Greece, decided a 24-hour strike on July 9 and a gathering at 11 in the morning at Karaiskaki Square. The welfare services...

Mitsotakis Denies Firings By Force

The mobility scheme for public servants will proceed “even by force, if necessary," the new Administrative Reform Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis said according to the German magazine Focus. Focus creates the portrait of Mitsotakis and presents the challenges he faces in...

Greece's Troika Deal: Fire Crossing Guards, Janitors

Greece and its international lenders have reportedly struck a last-minute deal to keep loans coming in return for the firing of public workers, mostly those in lower pay grades, such as school crossing guards, janitors, teachers, and municipal police...

Greek Bank Chief Joins Troika Talks

As the government tries frantically to satisfy international lenders it is making enough progress in reforms to trigger release of a delayed 8.1 billion euro ($10.6 billion) installment, Bank of Greece Governor Giorgos Provopoulos is jumping into the fray...

Greece Says Troika Deal In Sight

With Greece's international lenders setting a deadline for the end of July 5 for the government to show progress on key reforms or face a delay or cut-off of an 8.1 billion euros ($10.6 billion) installment, negotiations reportedly were...

Greece Plays Troika For Time

His chair's not even warm yet but Greece's new Administrative Reform Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, said he will ask the country's international lenders to give him a few more months to put together a scheme to start getting rid of...

Secondary School Teachers Move to Elementary Schools

In order to immediately implement the mobility scheme of 12,500 employees, the newly appointed Administrative Reform Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, and Deputy Minister of Education, Evi Christophilopoulou, discussed with the Troika the moving of 5,000 teachers from secondary to primary...