Labor Ministry
NBG signs deal for cards to buy food
The government is planning to issue a special card to 150,000 citizens through National Bank of Greece which they will be able to use to purchase food as part of a new program to help the poor designed by the Labor Ministry.
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Over 120,000 Greeks apply for aid from government
Almost 121,000 Greeks applied for meal vouchers, free electricity and rent subsidies in the first two weeks of a new program introduced by the government to tackle what it calls the ?humanitarian crisis? in Greece.
According to the Labor Ministry, a total of 120,726 people have submitted applications since the scheme was launched.
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Another salmonella case after 5 die in nursing home
Another salmonella case after 5 die in nursing home
CACAK -- Another person with salmonella poisoning is being treated at the hospital in Cacak, central Serbia, Director Dr. Radoslav Milosevic said on Wednesday.
Early Easter boosts job hirings
The earlier-than-usual start to the tourism season ? thanks to Orthodox Easter falling in the first half of April ? helped the labor market to post a slight recovery last month, with the Labor Ministry?s Ergani hiring register showed a net rise of 22,313 jobs in March.
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Creditors see Greek weakness in finding solutions
The crucial Eurogroup meeting for Greece scheduled for April 24 is to take place in ten days. There are warnings from abroad that time is running out for a solution that would avert a "Grexident" resulting in Greece's exit from the eurozone. Negotiations are continuing now that Greek Orthodox Easter (April 12) has ended but the situation looks glum.
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Opposition puts safe rooms in workplace security package
A resolution which gives the Labor Ministry the authority to make it necessary for mine companies to build safe rooms has been put into a workplace security package with the efforts of Turkey's opposition parties.
Undeclared labor flourishing as inspections are insufficient
By Roula Salourou
Hundreds of thousands of workers remain invisible to the social security system and the state as they continue to provide undeclared labor to their employers, thereby feeding the deficits of the system and depriving it of at least 2 billion euros per year.
Cash injection from state debtors
Some 120 million euros was paid to public coffers within a week from express settlement of debts
By Prokopis Hatzinikolaou & Roula Salourou
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Majority of Greece's elderly live under the poverty line
Greek pensioners decreased by 2,865 in February, 2015, and now number 2,654,784 people according to official figures by the Labor Ministry. Pension payments were at 2,346,571,901 euros in March for 4,541,966 pensions of which 2,902,477 were basic pensions and 1,639,489 were supplementary.
Nine arrested as probes are launched into deadly ferry fire
Nine people were arrested on Monday in connection with a fire on a passenger ferry in Drapetsona shipyard, southwest of Athens, in which one person died.