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Rival parties interpret Novartis settlement differently, serving own ends
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe decision taken by drugs giant Novartis to pay 347 mln dollars to US authorities for corrupt... of graft allegations. Novartis will pay the penalty to the US Department of Justice and the Securities... statement, the opposition party noted that 310 mln dollars from the settlement, the overwhelming
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Newsletter 310 - 01/10/2021
challenge to deal with now. The producer price index released this week by ELSTAT captures the challenges... pct year-on-year, followed by the manufacture of petroleum products at 58.2 pct, fully capturing..., manufacture of petroleum products was up by 51.5 pct, followed by mining of coal and lignite that also jumped
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Greece and the euro: The flight of Icarus
Agoraof citizens pay without fail some of the highest taxes in Europe, whose black economy was not even... ($310 billion) from its bailout is going towards repaying existing debt means the amount Greece owes... at making Greece an easier place to invest and start a business are starting to pay off. In the World
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Government commits to uniformed personnel pay rises amid clamour for higher incomes
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has been forced to commit to pay rises for all uniformed..., coast guard and fire service to be awarded more pay following the recent announcement of wage... that more pay increases would be announced in due course but “under the right conditions and at the right
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Farmers threaten more action after inconclusive meeting as Karystianou courts controversy
PoliticsGreek Politicspay the special consumption tax on diesel fuel nor the VAT on this reduction. The government also... this as part of her party’s commitment to transparency and citizen involvement. However, the remarks were... independence from mainstream parties may appeal to disillusioned voters, but her remarks on abortion have
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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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Economic diversification vital to Greece's post-coronavirus future
Agorawas acquired by Daimler, or Nanoradio acquired by Samsung), targeted tax breaks aimed at significant... in some countries could be advantageous to Greek food producers in terms of trading with new... from consumers and firms about the origin and quality of products they buy– a consequence
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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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Govt prepares ground for unvaccinated to face penalties
PoliticsGreek Politicsto table legislation that will penalise public servants who do not get the Covid-19 jab The authorities... without pay for as long as the pandemic remains a threat. This requires an alteration to the civil... with respect to some public servants potentially being suspended for long periods without pay in the months
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