Ministry of Administrative Reform

Final decisions regarding layoffs in the public sector have Greece's state-employed laborers worried. Over the next two months, 4,000 public employees will be laid off in a bid to streamline government finances. Apart from those who have committed a criminal...

A total of 562 public employees have been fired in 2014 for gross misconduct, the Ministry of Administrative Reform announced Tuesday. In 2012 and 2013, a total of 351 public employees were laid off for similar reasons. Some of the...

Greek Administrative Reform Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday pledged that “as of 2015 there will be no layoffs” in the public sector. “We want a public sector that operates with less money, but more effectively,” he said on Greece's ANT1 TV...

With the Troika due to return to Greece immediately after the European elections, the Ministry of Administrative Reform in Athens is trying to catch up with the 11,000 public sector dismissals slated for 2014, lest bailout funds be withheld. Hundreds of contracts expire within months, but thousands more...

ADEDY staged a 24-hour strike today, paralyzing the whole country and disrupting the operation of all public services. The strike took place to protest against the deal that the Greek government is trying to make with international creditors which...

A few hours before Troika arrived at the Greek Ministry of Administrative Reform to meet with the Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, members of the Greek Federation of Secondary Education State Teachers (OLME) gathered outside the ministry. It wasn't long  before...

The mobility scheme for public servants will proceed “even by force, if necessary," the new Administrative Reform Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis said according to the German magazine Focus. Focus creates the portrait of Mitsotakis and presents the challenges he faces in...