Labor

The Labor Ministry’s Ergani register has recorded almost 20,000 more hirings than sackings in February, the ministry announced on Friday.

 Lenders want public sector pay to drop and no automatic minimum wage rises A man reads the headlines of newspapers hanging from the awning of a kiosk in central Athens on Friday.

The troika has asked Greece to lower wages for new civil servants and to remove automatic pay rises for Greeks earning the minimum wage in the private sector, Kathimerini understands.

The Ministry of Social affairs said a new law will significantly up the fight against child labour by making it easier to place child beggars in care.

If a child is caught begging on the strets, social workers will first put the parents under monitoring, the new law says.

The British government published the official report on the impact of migration on unemployment among Brits. 

Women's gross hourly earnings were on average 15 % below those of men in Bulgaria in 2012, according to Eurostat data.

BELGRADE - The working group tasked with drafting a labor bill, comprising representatives of the government, trade unions and employers, discussed a minimum wage on Thursday, and trade unions proposed that it should not be below 70 percent of the average basket of consumer goods.

BELGRADE - Minister of Finance Lazar Krstic has said that the predictions about Serbia going into bankruptcy should it fail to save EUR 400 million are exaggerated and will not become a reality, but that the budget deficit has to be smaller, which is one of the goals of Serbia's economic recovery.

Lazar Krstić: Economists make drama, bankruptcy not in sight

We are inclined to apocaliptic assessments and predictions. This is comment by the Serbian Minister of Finance on claims that the country shall go into bankruptcy if it fails to save 400 million Euros.

IMF to help Albania make reforms

A loan from the IMF will help Albania undertake economic reforms. Also in business news: Turkey wants to increase its 20 percent stake in the Trans-Anatolia Gas Pipeline project to 30 percent by April.

The pension system in Albania will be reformed with the help of an IMF loan. [AFP]

Kosovo cities make teacher hiring more transparent

A lack of transparency has been the most common form of political influence in the education system.

Pristina and Mitrovica municipalities widened the pool of people who participate in teacher hiring. [AFP]