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New court verdict adds to concern about impact of backpay on fiscal balance
EconomyProgrammenewspaper put the possible total cost to public coffers for all the appeals pending at more than 6... takes the potential exposure on an ongoing basis and for backpay claims to more than 2 billion euros... will have to be faced by the next government rather than the current one. Nevertheless, the possible
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Small parties suffer as Parliament edges towards vote on name deal
PoliticsGreek Politicsto vote on Thursday night, when the government expects that more than 150 MPs will back the pact...-left grouping seriously weakened. KINAL is now in danger of becoming PASOK by another name, rather than... on the matter. All of this threatens to put KINAL in a disadvantageous position ahead of the next election, when
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Our daily bread
Agoracomes at us faster than we can absorb it and there is a surplus of mistrust and rancour, moments... than the negativity that threatens to sweep us away. That is why Dionysis Arvanitakis, the baker... make bread every day and take it to them. “Anyone who hasn’t felt hunger in their life cannot put
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Leaders present voters with stark choices as campaign reaches climax
PoliticsGreek Politicsto the electoral register since 2015) than the opposition. SYRIZA is hoping that it will be able to match... between the two leading parties is slightly wider than the 6.7-point lead for ND published in a poll... that the gap between the governing party and the opposition has narrowed. The poll put the difference
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PBO highlights budget, recovery risks in latest report
EconomyMacroeconomyis 2.1 billion euros lower than during the same period last year. The PBO notes that although part... tax by 205 million euros more than had been legislated by the previous government will add... reaching 31.8 percent, which is 3 percentage points lower than the previous figure and even more
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Vital economic legislation lined up as ND seeks compromise over diaspora vote
PoliticsGreek Politicswere able to reach an agreement, including over a fiscal gap that the lenders estimated to be more than... it will be clearer if the total amount will be more or less than expected. In his meetings... criticised by SYRIZA, which argues that it will put future retirees at risk. The proposal is set
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ND looks to asylum bill, strong rhetoric to ease pressure from migration flows
PoliticsGreek Politicson the economic front. However, the increased flow of refugees and migrants to the Greek islands has put... in the flow, with reports suggesting more than 500 people arrived in dinghies on Lesvos since Tuesday... that Greece is facing a migration, rather than refugee, crisis and that most of the arrivals
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Energy bill also unveiled as legislative activity intensifies
PoliticsGreek PoliticsOn the same day it unveiled its much-trumpeted second tax bill, the government also put to public... reaction to the draft law, arguing that big business and individuals earning more than 100,000 euros per year, in other words less than 1 percent of taxpayers, would be the beneficiaries of the government’s
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Amid hiring controversy, ND focusses on new round of tax cuts in latest bill
PoliticsGreek Politicscontroversy. The bill was tabled late on Tuesday after more than a dozen changes were made to the draft that was put to public consultation earlier. The most significant changes include a ceiling.... One-off debts, such as inheritance tax, can be paid off in up to 48 instalments, rather than
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Pension bill to be unveiled as govt prepared for fifth post-MoU review
PoliticsGreek Politicsthis week and even though the upcoming review is set to be less stressful than previous ones... will have higher growth rates than initially thought. He added that the government has already made... new pension bill, which is set to be put to public consultation this week. Speaking to Sunday’s
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