strikes
Economy
Greek Parliament Discusses More Austerity Amid Strikes
Greece halted to standstill with a snap 48-hour public-sector strike on Friday and Saturday ahead of a vote by the country's left-led SYRIZA government on proposed tax changes late on Sunday. Amid the strike action, a bill discussed in...
Economy
Government Minister Seeks to Reassure Angry Greek Farmers Pension Reform is Beneficial
As the country is at present in the grips of strike over the government’s plan to proceed with further cuts in pension benefits and impose additional austerity, senior level government officials are pulling all the stops to reassure angry...
Australia
Australia Issues Travel Advice on Banking for Greece
The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade issued a warning for potential problems in banking services for travellers to Greece.
According to the instructions, visitors to Greece must have with them at least two means of payment such as...
Greece
Greek Civil Servants’ Confederation to Strike Next Wednesday
There's no end to strikes in Greece. Along with the 48-hour strike that the Panhellenic Pharmaceutical Association has announced for Monday 10 and Tuesday 11 of March, the Greek Civil Servants’ Confederation (ADEDY) has also called strikes to protest...
Education
Pelegrinis Supports the Administrative Employee Strike
Earlier this morning, the Rector of the National Kapodistrian University of Athens Theodosis Pelegrinis, spoke at Propylaea, the location of the university’s main building. Pelegrinis is the Rector who was being handed over to the Supreme Disciplinary Council by...
Education
Crucial Meetings in Effort to Reopen Greek Universities
Today a crucial general meeting took place between the rectors of the University of Athens and Minister of Education, Kostantinos Arvanitopoulos, who are making efforts to reopen the Higher Educational Institutions (AEI).
The administrators of universities are on strike for...
Education
Athens History Museum Remains Closed
The staff of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens History Museum, released a letter to the media informing the public, that the museum will remain closed because of the employees strike against lay-offs. They also made it clear that...
Education
Teachers Start Striking on September 16
The Greek Federation of State School Teachers of Secondary Education, (OLME) has already announced five-day rolling strikes starting from Monday, September 16 and the Greek Primary Teacher Federation, DOE, decided to proceed to a three-hour work stoppage and participate...
Greece
ADEDY Plans Days of Strikes
Next week will be a week of strike action, as the Public Servant’s Union (ADEDY) is proceeding to escalation of protests with “prolonged, multiform, conflictual, fighting demonstrations against the policy of suspensions and dismissals,” after the decision of the...
Education
Minister of Education and OLME Talks Break Down
A normal opening of the new school year is at risk, after the fruitless meeting of the Minister of Education, Konstantinos Arvanitopoulos, with the board of the teachers' union OLME, which was held on August 22 at the ministry,...