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Several Greek domestic and international flights were cancelled on Wednesday as air traffic controllers went on strike at the height of the tourism season, asking for European-based reforms to be brought in to civil aviation services. At Athens airport ...
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A strike being held by Greek flight controllers is to affect … off en route to the Greek capital at 19:55. The … ;s website. Flight controllers in Greece are calling for the introduction …
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THOUSANDS of British holidaymakers hoping to fly away on an idyllic Greek break are to face major delays and cancellations as strikes hit ALL the ...
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Public workers and pharmacists in Greece have gone on strike and launched a protest against proposed austerity measures set to be debated by parliament on Wednesday. Meanwhile, pensioners are expected to hold a separate demonstration.Read Full Article at RT.com
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Greek civil servants are expected to stage a 24-hour strike on Wednesday to protest the bailout agreement, which was reached between the government in Athens and the eurozone leaders on Monday. Greece agreed to implement strict reforms in return for a third bailout from its international creditors. The strike, which has been called by public sector union ADEDY will coincide with the first round of voting in parliament of the new austerity measures, daily Kathimerini reports. ADEDY also called on public sector workers to gather in front of the parliament building to protest the agreement. More protests are anticipated on Wednesday as pharmacists and local authority workers are also among those opposing the proposed reforms. Members of the union representing restaurant owners are also expected to stage rallies as they are against the planned increase of Value Added Tax (VAT) on their services from 13 % to 23 %. Meanwhile, the bailout bill was submitted to the Greek Parliament on Tuesday with an urgent status, Greek Reporter informs. The legislation comprises two articles – one contains the agreement reached during the Euro Summit, while the second features the new measures, which the government agreed to implement. Among the new measures are extensive taxation schemes, including VAT reforms with 6 %, 13 % and 23 % rates, depending on the type of service and product. Although the Aegean islands are set to lose their special VAT rate, some of the more remote islands will be able to keep it. Certain luxury taxes will also be increased and there will be changes in the solidarity tax ranging from 0.7 % to 8 % depending on income levels. Apart from taxation, the rest of the second article foresees reforms of the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT).
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It is really sad to see the people of a country that was on the brink of bankruptcy three days ago to go on strike and take it to the streets to demonstrate against the deal that saved them from bankruptcy. It is as if this is a strike in favor of bankruptcy. The new bailout agreement Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has managed to secure after 17 hours of hard negotiations that verged on humiliation is not a bed of roses for Greece. It’s more of a bed of nails. The proposed deal contains some harsh austerity measures and reforms that would make even diehard capitalists cringe. Yet, austerity reforms might be the shock therapy the Greek economy and Greek society need. A society that has learned to survive on tax evasion, lawlessness and corrupt practices, from the Prime Minister to the last newspaper kiosk owner, and from the hospital manager to the small tavern owner. A society with 35-year-old pensioners, blind taxi drivers, paid sinecures in the public sector, people who receive pensions 10 years after they died, doctors who declare 10,000 euros yearly income and countless other categories of happy Greeks who live splendidly while destroying the economy. Now all these people, and they are not just a few, see the new reforms as a danger to their well-being. They see the “greedy” Europeans as the ones who want to impose evil things such as tax audits, public employee evaluations, debt repayments and retirement after 60. In other words, they hate to see practices and rules that apply to normal countries apply to Greece because… “we are unique, special people.” So on Wednesday, public sector employees, municipal workers, pharmacists and doctors will go on strike to protest against the harsh reforms the Greek government is about to bring in order for the country to stay afloat and (hopefully) get on the path of economic recovery. It is natural, though. Public employees don’t want to be evaluated because many of them do very little actual work. The same applies to municipal employees. Pharmacists want to be the only ones selling vitamins and other parapharmaceuticals and the new bailout deal says that these products can be sold in super markets as well. Public doctors are a different story: They have every right to strike because their salaries have dwindled to humiliating levels. And there’s very few of them left in Greece. The strike is also for unionists and their friends who want to protect their sinecures. So, in essence, it is special interest groups that don’t want the changes the required reforms will bring. And they go on strike. The right to strike is undeniably an essential right in a democracy. However, in Greece, it is so abused that not only it has lost its sheen, it has also lost its meaning. During the economic crisis there has been a major strike almost every two weeks. Going through the motions, people rally and shout slogans that have lost their meaning. Strikes and demonstrations have become part of the Greek lifestyle. This must be the only country that has a website that tells you what strikes are on each day. And all strikes and demonstrations are essentially for the same demand: Don’t change anything, we are fine in our corrupt, clientelist, statist existence; we want to keep living on loans we refuse to pay back; we want all the privileges of a European Union membership and none of the obligations; the world owes us because we are the cradle of western civilization; we want free money because we voted so. Wednesday’s strike, which is the same repeated strike that goes on for five years now, is supposedly against austerity. But if strikers are honest with themselves, they will admit it is a strike against change. Against the changes needed so that Greece will not have to rely on borrowed money and handouts forever.
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The Greek Public Sector Union (ADEDY) urged citizens working in the country’s public sector to stage a 24-hour strike on Wednesday and express their opposition to the new 86-billion-euro bailout deal Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras agreed on Monday morning with the country’s creditors. Being the first strike under the six-month-old Tsipras administration, the initiative will be followed by a demonstration in front of the Greek Parliament later on the same day. Tsipras aims to get much of the necessary legislation through the Greek Parliament by Wednesday in order to secure the new bailout program that, according to him, will prevent the country’s exit from the Eurozone.
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Greek lenders face bankruptcy on Monday if the country fails to strike a deal with creditors over the weekend, according to senior bank executives, ...
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Greek lenders face bankruptcy on Monday if the country fails to strike a deal with creditors over the weekend, according to senior bank executives, ...
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Ferries will be operating normally on Tuesday as Greece’s seamen have decided to call of their strike due to the latest political and economic developments.
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Pharmacists across Greece will hold a 24-hour strike on Wednesday, their national union announced on Saturday.
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say 12 Russian tourists have been injured in a lightning strike at the archaeological site of Knossos, on the southern island of Crete.
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The strike was supported by members of the Greek Union of Hospital Doctors (EINAP). The Federation of Greek Hospital Doctors (OENGE) also ...
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Public hospitals were shut down in Greece as workers initiated a 24 hour strike on Wednesday to demand delayed pay and an increase in hospital ...
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Public sector doctors and nurses went on strike in Greece on Wednesday, amid the country's financial crisis. They say they are fed up with ...
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Public sector doctors and nurses went on strike in Greece on Wednesday, amid the country's financial crisis. They say they are fed up with ...
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Greek state hospital staff has decided to go on a 24-hour strike, starting Wednesday, May 20. They also participated in a rally that took place outside the Greek Health Ministry in Athens at 12:30 pm. All public hospitals, ambulances, health centers and welfare units will be operating with emergency personnel on Wednesday due to the 24-hour strike, which was announced by the state hospital workers’ union. The doctors and health workers are protesting for hospital understaffing and underfunding, while they are also demanding back pay, despite the fact that the country is facing a financial crisis. According to the official announcement, “Greece’s national health service is out of control due to underfunding and understaffing.” Meanwhile, “the course of the country’s negotiation with its creditors is not creating the requirements to solve accumulated problems and the situation is heading to a non-manageable level.” The hospital doctors’ union is demanding from the Greek government to implement immediate measures to provide public hospitals and health centers with permanent staff and strong funding from the state budget.
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ATHENS, Greece — Doctors, nurses and ambulance staff from Greece's state-run hospitals and health centers have started a 24-hour strike protesting ...
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Doctors, nurses and ambulance staff from Greece's state-run hospitals and health centers have started a 24-hour strike protesting understaffing and ...
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Doctors, nurses and ambulance staff from Greece's state-run hospitals and health centers have started a 24-hour strike protesting understaffing and underfunding and demanding back pay amid Greece's financial crisis.
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