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  1. Stournaras in firing line for arguing Greeks can pay more taxes
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    and indirect taxes should increase, in fact what he meant was that Greeks as a whole do not pay enough tax. He... had already been done. His original comment was interpreted as a suggestion that Greeks should pay... Antonis Samaras described 2013 as the worst year on record in terms of the taxes Greeks had to pay

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  2. ‘We’re dying to pay our taxes’
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    Agora

    , in Thessaloniki, Greece’s second city, to pay the first of six instalments of Greece’s new property tax... to pay our taxes even if it’s the last thing we do,” he said. This month marks the anniversary... of a pensioner while queuing to pay another austerity-related tax could be seen as a metaphor for how

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  3. Athens seeks talks with Erdogan as Turkey steps up diplomatic activity in region
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    rights of all Member States, in accordance with international law, including the United Nations... of member states remains a key prerequisite for ensuring a stable and secure environment... objections to the 2019 Turkey-Libya memorandum. The EU’s chief diplomat Kaja Kallas said the memorandum

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  4. Coalition adopts court ruling that restores judges' pay, others poised to follow

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    The coalition passed an amendment through Parliament this week which means it will have to pay... pay scale means that Supreme Court judges will be paid 4,134 euros per month gross. At the other end.... On top of that, the coalition has to pay them an extra 69.6 million euros per year. The amendment adopts

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  5. Athens launches drive to pre-pay part of IMF loan, bringing budget benefits
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    EconomyProgramme

    Greece has launched the formal process to pre-pay part of the loans it has received from the International Monetary Fund after Finance Minister Christos Staikouras officially requested clearance from..., Greece is due to pay 2.1 billion euros per year up to 2021, dropping to 1.9 in 2022 and 1.4 in 2023

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  6. Mitsotakis unveils major defence package against backdrop of forces pay rise dispute
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    . The announcement comes after a week of upheaval in New Democracy, as ministers called for pay rises... following the PM’s announcement of pay rises for armed forces personnel. Several prominent politicians

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  7. House of cards (The rise and fall of Akis Tsochatzopoulos)
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    Agora

    symbolism. It is the first conviction of a former cabinet member since the early 1990s and comes a few... a way to measure people’s units of thought, they would discover that the British think in pints

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  8. Athens ponders Syria shake-up with particular focus on Turkey

    PoliticsForeign Policy

    to a new wave of refugees. Greece, along with other EU member states, has decided to suspend asylum... chief Kaja Kallas participated on Saturday at a meeting of Arab Foreign Ministers in Jordan. “We want

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  9. Tax chief's departure brings coalition revenue plans under scrutiny
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    , increased tax collection has also been coupled with an incessant pressure on Greek households to pay mounting debts to the state. A growing inability to pay taxes and social security contributions due... 2.5 million Greeks are failing to pay their taxes, with 4.3 billion euros of new debts being created

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  10. Seven in 10 Greeks raiding savings to pay bills, two in 10 have no deposits

    Society

    into their savings to cover basic costs and pay their growing tax bills. Of course, this has a knock

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