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Greek PM Commits to Unbind Greek Regions' Reserves

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has made a political commitment to proceed as soon as possible to change the legislative act binding the Greek Regions and Municipalities’ cash, to the Union of Greek Regions representatives during a meeting on Saturday,...

Greek Municipalities Oppose Govt Plans to Use Their Funds

Greek municipalities held an emergency meeting earlier today in Athens after the government ordered the country's public sector operations to transfer excess funds in a common account to the Bank of Greece (BoG) in a dramatic attempt to cover its...

Bike Sharing System in Greek Municipalities

Bike-Sharing Systems are electronic, automated systems that offer short-term bike rental. The bikes are provided from special automated stations which are located in various public spots and are operating with an electronic sharing system. The citizens, after filling out an...

Municipalities Halted Amid Worker Action

Greece's local authority employees on Friday continued sit-ins at city halls and municipal buildings across the country to protest a scheme aimed at puttng thousands of them into a fast-track redundancy scheme. In Attica, as daily Kathimerini reports, all city...

Wave of Strikes Over Austerity Start to Hit Greece

Municipal services across Greece will be closed on Sept. 12-13 after workers called a 48-hour strike to protest budget cuts, joining teachers, judges, doctors, military staff and others who walked off the job, with more set to come. The...