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Finance Ministry Cleaners Vindicated by Greek Supreme Court

Greece's Supreme Court Friday ruled in favour the cleaners suspended from the Ministry of Finance, which had appealed a previous ruling to reinstate the janitorial staff, who are continuing their sit-in outside the building while their former employer refuses to give them their jobs back for...

Dismissals Imminent at 14 Public Organizations

The Greek government is to accelerate its job-cutting measures so as to hit the Troika's target of 11,000 public sector dismissals by the end of 2014. Those at risk of dismissal are those who have been placed in the state's availability-mobility scheme and those suspected of having been hired...

Greek Teacher Layoffs End Public Job Security After 103 Years

Saturday is the last day of the eight-month period allotted for teachers to reapply for a reduced number of positions at Greek technical schools. Last summer, job cuts were scheduled at vocational and technical schools across Greece and staff were asked to reapply...

Mitsotakis' Decisions Deemed Unconstitutional

The Greek Minister of Administrative Reform and e-Governance Kyriakos Mitsotakis has received a double legal slap, from both the Council of State (CoS) and the legal department of the Greek parliament, on some critical legislative initiatives he is proposing. In...

Greek School Wardens Protest Against Availability

Tension arose midday outside the Greek Ministry of Administration Reform between school wardens and riot police officers. The police threw tear-gas in order to push away the school wardens who were protesting outside the Ministry against the availability measure. The...

Greek Church Out of S.D.O.E's Jurisdiction

The fund of the Greek Orthodox Church is out of S.D.O.E.’s (Financial and Economic Crime Unit) jurisdiction. The S.D.O.E will have access to the church fund only if the minister of finance gives such an order. Even if there are...