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It’s a fact: Greek Gov’t will cut pensions over €1,000

October 8, 2015 Society 2

All signs show in one direction: pensions cuts. But whether the cuts will affect only pensions above €1,000 or go deeper and affect pensions of €800 is not clear yet. Fact is that the Draft Budget 2016 has a “hole” of €741 million that has to be filled. And the …

Greece’s die-hard traditions: outgoing gov’t hire 2,136 public servant before the elections

January 23, 2015 Politics 2

With three days to go until snap elections, the government has hired more than 2,000 additional civil servants, according to a ruling by the Council of State made public on Thursday. Of the 2,136 public staff recruited, half are contract workers for the Public Power Corporation (PPC), with hundreds more …

Inspections reveal civil servants with fake or forged high school diplomas

July 22, 2014 Society Comments Off on Inspections reveal civil servants with fake or forged high school diplomas

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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