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Greek Minister Warns Banks Are Unlikely to Open this Week

The extension of the bank holiday until Wednesday, July 8, which was decided on Monday, is likely to carry on for the rest of the week. In an interview to Greek radio on Tuesday, Alternate Administrative Reform Minister Giorgos Katrougalos warned that banks are unlikely to open...

Greek Doctors Suspended for Bribery and Extortion Back to Work

Doctors who had been suspended for bribery or extorting money from patients are back in the National Health System under the new law according to which all public sector employees who were suspended by the previous government, will be...

Rehired Cleaners Celebrate With Greek Cabinet Members

The decision to rehire the finance ministry cleaners was celebrated today with several cabinet members and other state officials who joined the cleaners offering sweets and praising their struggle. There was a party on Monday morning on Karagiorgi Servias street...

Greek Deputy Minister Katrougalos Faces New Allegations, Foreign Media Comment Negatively

Greek Deputy Minister of Interior and Administrative Reconstruction Giorgos Katrougalos faces new allegations as the journalist who brought to light the supposed contracts with laid off public employees said he has more evidence of the Deputy Minister's unethical activities. Vasilis Chiotis,...

Greek Deputy Minister Denies Allegations of Contracts with Laid Off Public Workers

Greek Deputy Minister of Interior and Administrative Reconstruction Giorgos Katrougalos denied allegations that he had signed dozens of private contracts for reinstating laid off public sector employees through his law office in exchange of 12% of their salary. According to a report in...

Finance Ministry Cleaners' Reinstatement Suspended

Some 400 public sector cleaning employees were suspended in September 2013, as part of the availability measures implemented by the government, and were dismissed nine months later. The Greek Supreme Court has postponed the hearing of the cleaning staff’s...

Six Month Goal for Greek Civil Service Reforms

Greek Deputy Minister of Interior and Administrative Reconstruction Giorgos Katrougalos announced that the reform process of civil services in Greece should be completed in the next six months. In a recent interview with Greek newspaper Kathimerini, Katrougalos noted that...

Greek Deputy Interior Minister Selling Ministerial Cars

Greek Deputy Minister of Interior and Administrative Reconstruction Giorgos Katrougalos announced that he is going to sell the majority of state cars provided to Ministers and Greek government officials. The Deputy Minister, who owns an old collectible MG convertible, stated that he...

Restitution of Minimum Wage, Layoffs Cancelled, Health Insurance for All, Citizenship to Immigrant Children; Some of First Reforms by Coalition

The restitution of minimum wage, granting citizenship to children of immigrants born here, the rehiring of public sector employees unduly laid off, were some of the reforms that will be implemented immediately, as reported after the first cabinet meeting. Labour...

Populous Greek Delegation in Paris Participates in Solidarity March

Heads of state and the European Union leadership, along with millions of people, attended today the solidarity march in Paris for the victims of the multiple Islamist attacks. At the same time, the security measures were draconian, as some 2,200...