Yesterday’s News Wrap-up includes the following:
While the government instituted an additional 40-euro pay rise to employees earning the minimum wage in Greece last April, roughly one in four businesses have not paid the mandated pay increase, according to the independent authority for labor inspection.
Four Greek public servants have been called to return over €600,000 in total earnings to the state coffers, after it was deemed they had used fake education degrees and doctored certificates throughout their duties, following an audit by the National Transparency Authority (NTA).
The threat of poverty in Greece is on the rise, while the gap between rich and poor continuing to widen, according to figures based on a study conducted last year – based on declared incomes and questionaires – by the country’s statistical authority.
Greece is experiencing its worst performance in attracting and utilizing talented workers in recent years, according to the World Competitiveness Center. These data come in contract with the Greek government’s claims that its “brain regain” strategy, the “repatriating” of young professionals to Greece, is bearing fruits.
Two teenagers suffered minor knife injuries in the latest incident of school violence in Greece that occurred outside a vocational high school (EPAL) at Lavrion, a town located in the southeastern part of Attica.
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