Tag Archives: civil servants

Yeap! Our Greek civil servants earn good and apparently save even better! 5,620 government employees transferred a total of 1.45 billion euro to financial institutions abroad and thus amid the crisis. According to data released by the Ministry of Public Administration the average amount sent abroad was 270,000 euro, while …

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I had this comment on KTG-blog the other day asking me ‘why Greeks do not pay taxes as the rest of Europeans’. It was a comment under the post with the title “Surprised? 50% of self-employed do not pay social security contributions to OAEE “. The question could also be …

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If nothing else worth exporting,  we are at least a country that produces laughter. Controls conducted by the Ministry of Administrative Reform reportedly revealed that a good number of civil servants had submitted fake or forged diplomas either during the recruitment or during the promotion process. 10% of the controlled …

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You will be very surprised to hear the average gross monthly salary in the Greek finance ministry the moment wages in the private sector cannot feed even a single household. Responding to a relevant question about the finance ministry budget expenses, finance minister Yiannis Stournaras revealed the salaries of the …

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An employee at the Ambulance Service (EKAV) in Northern Greece had managed to stay away from work from December 1st 2006 until November 9th 2011. He didn’t not inform anyone for his leave, neither his supervisors nor his colleagues, and started to work at the cafeteria belonging to his sister. …

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A modern Greek classic: two civil servants are sentenced to jail for the intentional murder of a mayor but they still receive their salaries. Is it possible? Oh, yes, it is … in Greece where civil servants’ rights end after their death. And not even then. Then, their unmarried daughters …

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We certainly all feel with the plight of Greek civil servants and the cuts they have been exposed to due to Troika austerity. Their already hard working life spiced with benefits, allowances, part-time work but full-time payments and all possible kinds of benefits a union-government alliance could think of is getting even harder. …

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They are some 35,000 unmarried daughters across the country. When we say ‘daughters’ here, do not necessarily think of impoverished teenager girls. They are mostly -meanwhile – middle aged women, daughters of civil servants and of members of the Greek Armed Forces. Women who have remained unmarried in order to …

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AHA! Greek government found a new word to describe lay-offs in the public sector. They are not ‘lay-offs’ anymore but ‘obligatory exits’. In Greek government plans it comes even better: those 15,000 civil servants to be laid-off until end of 2014, will be replaced by 15,000 new employees! Finance minister Yiannis …

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Alea jacta est! The die has been cast for 12,500 Greek civil servants. They will be sent home as by end of September with 70 percent of their previous salary. If  the public administration won’t find a job for them within eight months, they will be kicked from the state …

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The shock of being sent to labor reserve and lose the income overnight was probably something the heart of the female teacher could not bear. On Saturday afternoon, the teacher felt unease and fainted.  The doctors of the hospital where she was transferred could only confirm their death. The teacher of Nursing …

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While thousands civil servants are confronted with the nightmare of unemployment, another Greek drama occurs every night in an air-conditioned bedroom. A man is being plagued by difficult decisions. Minister of Administrative Reform Kyriakos Mitsotakis cannot sleep. “I do not sleep well at night when I know that they will …

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A devil’s week begins today for the Greek bipartisan coalition government, with the public sector in uproar, municipalities up in arms, the controversial multi-bill in the Parliament, a voting to prosecute former finance minister Papaconstantinou … Mayors have shut down the municipalities in protest and threaten with mass resignations if …

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I am not going to talk about  the masses of municipality workers and policemen, civil servants, teachers and school guards who take to the streets every day protesting the upcoming lay-offs in the Greek public sector. I am going to talk about my friend Markos and my friend Giota. Two people …

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“There went the taxpayers’ money!” said a friend upon reading the list of organizations currently considered to close down or merged by the Greek government. “Research Center Kolokotronis? Institute for Cretan Law? Academy for Freedom? What are these? What do they do?” my friend started to read out loud down …

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They are more than two years in prison  and they still receive their salaries from the Greek state.  In December 2010, municipality employees S.S., 50, and I.M. 51, were sentenced to life imprisonment and 17 years in jail respectively  for having murdered in cold blood the mayor of Paggaios in …

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Greek coalition government decided to distribute some ‘gifts’ in order to calm down social discontent over tax hikes, income decreases and galloping unemployment. As usual, the civil servants will take it all with early retirement, while the private sector will get some crubles in form of a ‘health ticket’ for those without job …

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After several months of tough negotiations, additional austerity measures and crucial delays, the finance ministers of the euro zone approved the disbursement of 52.5 billion euro bailout funds, consisting of three tranches due in 2012. The mammoth fund will be given to Greece in three tranches: the 34.3 billion euro …

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With slogans and banners against the loan agreement, municipality workers and civil servants took to the streets on Monday, protesting the measure of ‘labour reserve’ that will forcefully sent home workers with only 75% of their salary and thus as of next month.  Municipality workers launched nationwide mobilizations protesting the labour …

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Hardly had the Eurogroup meeting ended on Monday and the Greek government took immediate action to show it is keen to keep its promises to lenders. Administrative Reform Ministry issued a circular setting the framework for the plan to send home 2,000 civil servants on 75% of their salary and …

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