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Greece scraps extra holiday for civil servants using computers

Greece's austerity drive has cost public sector workers a privilege they have enjoyed for more than two decades - six extra days of paid holiday every year if they use a computer.

The decision to scrap the bonus was a "small, yet symbolic" step in modernising an outdated civil service, said Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the administrative reform minister who has taken on the challenge of overhauling public institutions.

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