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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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Cabinet act firms up details of CoCos issuance by Greek banks
Economynot pay the annual coupon in two anniversaries, not necessarily consecutive. CoCos holders do not have... is at the discretion of the bank’s BoD, which may also decide to pay the coupon in the form of common shares... bank share price. If a bank decides not to pay the annual coupon on CoCos, then it is obliged
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Greece and Turkey head towards crucial stage of negotiations
PoliticsForeign Policythe Greek side, deputy foreign minister Alexandra Papadopoulou, a veteran diplomat will play a crucial role... foreign ministers, Costas Fragkogiannis and his then counterpart, Burak Akçapar. In that meeting
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Meeting of Greek, Turkish foreign ministers raises hopes for constructive dialogue
PoliticsForeign Policythat there will be a direct political involvement and Greece’s Alexandra Papadopoulou is a competent, veteran diplomat, who... counterpart Burak Akçapar on October 16 in Athens and their talks will be followed the next day by yet another
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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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Tsipras invites Middle East investment at second EU-Arab summit
PoliticsForeign Policywas to overhaul the economic model that led to the crisis and that the rewards of these reforms would pay off... Anastasiades, the UAE’s Minister of Economy, Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri and the President
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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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Early IMF repayment next goal for Athens after concluding second post-MoU review
EconomyProgrammethat it can pay off early at least some of the 10 billion euros it owes to the International Monetary.... However, it had underestimated the importance and attention that the lenders would pay to the new... creditors due to the pari passu clause. “Also from the ESM perspective, it would make sense to repay
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