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Stournaras in firing line for arguing Greeks can pay more taxes
PoliticsGreek Politicsand 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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‘We’re dying to pay our taxes’
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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Coalition adopts court ruling that restores judges' pay, others poised to follow
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe 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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Retail sales recorded 3.7 pct rise in 2023, but volume dropped by 3.3 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyof 12.3 percent in 2022. Volumes in 2023 dropped by 3.3 percent in 2023. Retail sales had been growing... percent. The inflationary effects are reflected in volumes, with fuels up by 3.3 percent, a 5.4 percent
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Tsipras travels to China hoping to fulfil ambition of closer Sino-Greek ties
PoliticsForeign Policyauthority. Under this deal, COSCO will pay 280.5 million euros to buy 51 percent of OLP and 88 million... of Chinese companies operating in Greece, including COSCO, Huawei, ZTE, and Air China point
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Newsletter 371 - 24/02/2023
for pensioners who did not benefit from a retirement pay increase, which will cost close to 300 million... of Hellactor with Motor Oil and the sale of National Insurance to CVC Capital. It is indicative
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Athens launches drive to pre-pay part of IMF loan, bringing budget benefits
EconomyProgrammeGreece 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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After pay rises in armed forces, PM faces calls for broader wage increases
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat members of Greece’s armed forces would see their pay increase by between 13 pct to 20 pct over... sector pay scale mean that civil servants’ wages have increased by 2.1 billion euros, which
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Mitsotakis unveils major defence package against backdrop of forces pay rise dispute
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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Tax chief's departure brings coalition revenue plans under scrutiny
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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