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Greek primary budget surplus eases to 1.95 bln on back of lower revenues in Aug
Economyto 300 euros were obliged to pay this amount by the end of July and not in instalments, which... if all taxpayers pay their income tax as budgeted, the respective revenues target for 2014... revenue targets included revenues of 884 million euros from the first two instalments of the new
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Mati fire investigation puts spotlight on authorities and government
PoliticsGreek Politicswildfire in Mati, which caused 100 deaths, after prosecutors’ investigated how authorities dealt... they will launch a parliamentary inquiry into the Mati fire. He suggested that the prosecutors’ report has... that the Mati disaster would damage SYRIZA’s ratings last year but the first opinion polls published after
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Mitsotakis uses justice reform as election rallying cry in aftermath of Mati verdict
PoliticsGreek PoliticsWith the verdict of the Mati trial still fresh, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis sought to rally... in charge of the botched response to the deadly Mati wildfire of 2018 as an example of a lumbering... attributed the leniency of the Mati verdicts to changes to the penal code introduced by the SYRIZA-ANEL
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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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Politicians have commissioned, and largely ignored, multiple reports on wildfires
Societyin the aftermath of the deadly Mati wildfire of the previous summer, for which Mitsotakis laid the blame... the first anniversary of Mati, in no small measure thanks to the public anger stemming from SYRIZA’s... of legislation 1998. As the prime minister’s remarks imply, the report’s recommendations went largely
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Greek pensions laid bare
Agoraas a benefit for low-income pensioners rather than retirement pay, reached 721 million euros last year... assets do not have the capacity to support the retirement pay under any type of asset management... pensions amounts to 884 euros. Note, though, that for around 45 percent of pensioners their monthly
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Government bolsters aid package as questions mount over deadly fires
PoliticsGreek Politicsbe given to those affected by the blazes, particularly in Mati, where the 81 deaths recorded so far... than 1,200 homes in Mati have so far been deemed unsafe. The Greek state will initially contribute 40... in the wake of the fire in Mati, when he paid a visit to the area northeast of Athens on Thursday. He
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Is a lack of spending hampering Greece's firefighting capabilities?
Societythe Mati fire now holds the record of the deadliest peacetime disaster in Greece... week’s fire at Mati was on a different scale. It was very brief in duration, according to the most..., and the 10 whole days that the most severe blazes raged in 2007. The Mati fire burned in all 12.7
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PM's strategic bet on Israel meets domestic blowback over Gaza
PoliticsGreek Politics, underscoring the economic dimension of the bilateral relationship. The mayor’s remarks reflect a growing... Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, expressing opposition to Netanyahu’s plan for the full occupation of Gaza
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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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