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Labor Institute: Real Unemployment at 30%, monthly salary of €1,000+ in public sector

March 14, 2017 Social, Society 4

Real unemployment in Greece is at 30% and the salary gap between the private and the public sector is growing. These are some of the findings of the annual report 2016 conducted bu the Labor Institute of the Confederation of Greek Private Sector Unions (INE-GSEE) about the state of laborers …

Greece is eurozone champion when it comes to consumer goods vs salaries

February 10, 2014 Society 2

Νo, Greece is not the most expensive country in the European Union, when it comes to comparison of salaries and prices of goods and services it sure is. This is the result of the Detailed Average Price Report November 2013 published by the European Commission. With the minimum wage at …

Survey: Six Out of Ten Greek Households Unable to Pay Utility Bills

January 11, 2012 Society 16

…and soon they will not be able to pay even for their daily food. According to a survey conducted by the Institute of Small Enterprises (IME/GSEVEE), six out of ten Greek households have difficulties in paying monthly utility bills (electricity, water), taxes and repay bank loans. The survey was conducted among …

Greece: Unemployment at 17.5% – 20K New Jobless Every Month

December 8, 2011 Economy, Society 1

I should have started this post with a sentence like “Shocking data” or “Dramatic increase” but I don’t. I am neither shocked nor surprised about the new unemployment rate. Greek Statistics Authority ELSTAT issued the new data for September 2011. Unemployment is at 17.5% which translates into 857,656 people without a …

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