March 20, 2023
Economy, FEATURED
Tourism businesses in Greece will be able to hire employees from third countries to meet staff demands after a relevant bill was revised to include the sector, the government announced last week. According to media, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Syria and Egypt are the third countries to which Greece’s tourism can turn now to …
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February 21, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
Doctors are describing a desperate situation at healthcare facilities in Attica that are part of the National Health System (ESY) and are calling for staff recruitment, increased funding and pay reviews. At a press conference held on Monday, the Athens-Piraeus Hospital Doctors’ Association (EINAP) spoke of long waiting hours for …
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May 15, 2022
Economy, FEATURED
Greek hotels will be looking to staff 55,000 positions this summer, at what is expected to be a very busy summer, according to hoteliers in the country. 22% or over 1 in 5 available positions will remain unfilled, hoteliers say, speaking to state-run news agency amna. According to data provided …
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January 4, 2022
CORONAVIRUS
At least 92 members of the medical and nursing staff in Greece’s biggest hospital Evangelismos in Athens have tested positive for the coronavirus in recent days. The infected staff is sent to quarantine at home, while the management banned patients visitors for two weeks. Evangelismos Hospital has restricted visitors for …
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July 14, 2021
CORONAVIRUS
Greece’s deputy Labor minister announced on Wednesday morning that unvaccinated personnel in private nursing homes will be dismissed after the unpaid furlough. Speaking to Open TV on Wednesday morning, Deputy Labor and Social Affairs Minister Domna Michailidou has stressed that “those not wishing to get vaccinated after some time will …
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March 2, 2021
Uncategorized
The Greek state will come up for the cost of non-cleric personnel working at facilities of the Church of Greece, the Holy Synod revealed on Tuesday. What is interesting is that news came from the Holy Synod and not from the government or the conservative Prime Minister’s office who was …
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November 23, 2020
CORONAVIRUS, Greece
The private clinics requisitioned by the Greek government in the battle against Covid-19 will operate with medical staff deployed from the country’s public hospitals. This is revealed by newspaper efsyn that published also the relevant documents. Doctors in Thessaloniki, where the requisition of two clinics took place last week are …
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October 1, 2020
CORONAVIRUS
At least 40 people, elderly and personnel, have been tested positive to Covid-19 at a care home in downtown Athens in the last few hours setting health authorities on alert and enforcing a 10-day lockdown of the facility. Ambulances were seen on Thursday morning transferring elderly to various coronavirus designated …
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September 2, 2020
CORONAVIRUS
Authorities have shut down two famous beach bars on the island of Mykonos on Tuesday night after at least 10 staff members were tested positive for coronavirus. The decision to temporarily suspend the operation of Nammos and Scorpios on Paraga beach until Friday was announced by the Secretary General of …
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December 4, 2019
Strikes
Piraeus Bank staff will hold a nationwide 24-hour strike on Thursday, Dec 5, 2019, as well as a protest gathering to be held at the labor ministry on the same day.A work stoppage was held on Wednesday. The Federation of Bank Workers’ Unions (OTOE) said the actions aim to protest …
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January 27, 2018
Refugees
Greece’s Asylum Service has published its report for the work in 2017. The Asylum Service registered 58,661 asylum applications, of which 26,668 were submitted on the five Aegean islands where Reception and Identification Centers (“hotspots”) are located. The detailed report gives information about countries of origin, approved and rejected application …
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July 26, 2017
Strikes
Culture Ministry staff called off the strike scheduled for July 29-30 2017: Archaeological sites and museums in Athens and Attica will be open, media report on Thursday. The decision follows a meeting with culture minister Lydia Koniordou. On July 26, KTG reported: Archaeological sites and most museums in Attica may …
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March 3, 2013
Politics
An odd and alarming at the same time e-mail puzzled many Greeks on Saturday, when a Greek newspaper posted on its internet site the content of an e-mail allegedly issued by the EU Commission to its staff containing “safety instructions”. The e-mail was apperently forwarded to EU staff due to visit Athens …
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November 7, 2012
Politics
Unprecedented! Finance Minister Yiannis Stournaras withdrew the provision after the Parliament staff went on strike. Stournaras told the plenary that he withdraw the provision but that he will bring it up again on a later point as the strike threatened to boycott the austerity bill voting procedure. MPs reacted shouting …
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