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30% of Greece’s workers earn monthly just €385 gross, i.e. below unemployment allowance

May 30, 2018 Social 1

Thirty percent of Greece’s workers, that is more than 620,000 people, in private sector earn just 385.83 euros gross. Their net income is below the unemployment benefit.This has to do with the increasing rates in part-time jobs and the low salaries and wages in austerity and bailout agreements Greece. According …

Commission to register Citizens’ Initiative to ‘reduce wage and economic differences within EU’

May 16, 2017 Economy 2

First of all, a warning! A warning about the comprehension of the European Commission press release and of the initiative of the European Citizens’ Initiative entitled “Let us reduce the wage and economic differences that tear the EU apart.” Commission Press release Commission registers European Citizens’ Initiative entitled ‘Let us …

Greece’s President Papoulias Has Waived His Salary

February 15, 2012 Economy, Politics 3

The President of the Greek Republic Karolos Papoulias will stop receiving compensation for the performance of his duties. Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos announced this important decision after a meeting with Papoulias on Wednesday morning. “The President asked me to initiate procedures to make this happen” Venizelos told reporters. Newspaper Ethnos had …

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