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Nov 2026
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Students and teachers take to the streets as nationwide strikes hit schools and hospitals in Greece

Rallies are planned across Greece on Wednesday as teachers, hospital doctors and civil servants demand better pay, staffing and public services. Athens transport is largely unaffected, but several metro stations will close in Thessaloniki

Civil servants to use digital card from 2026 for tracking expenses and overtime

Electronic system for the observance of working hours - For the convenience of officials, the options for the hours of attendance from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. are extended

Salary increases and retroactive payments from June for 40,000 civil servants

Who wins - What applies to the personal difference - How offsetting will be applied to salary changes - See examples

Sweeping changes in the disciplinary of civil servants – A new body is created with members of the Legal Council

The involvement of the National Transparency Authority in the disciplinary procedure is strengthened - Strict deadlines are set and a control mechanism is created for unjustified delays

London Mayor Sadiq Khan orders civil servants not to call illegal migrants…illegal migrants

Yet earlier in June, Khan declared that “London needs more migrants”

Coronavirus Greece – Resumption of graduated working hours and telework for public servants

The measure aims to keep overcrowding down

ADEDY: Greece has 567,000 civil servants

Down from 936,000 in 2011!

Troika returns, demands to trim down public sector

Civil servants must go