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  1. Labour market reforms did exactly what they were supposed to
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    Agora

    in the private sector would need to be significantly reformed, pay rates for overtime work would... allow local pay agreements to set wage growth below sectoral agreements and introduce variable pay... flexible hirings of part-time or shift work, with lower weekly hours and subsequently lower pay gradually

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  2. Court orders 2012 pension cuts to be reversed, costing up to 1.5 bln
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    Economy

    decision retroactively. This means the coalition will have to restore pensions but not pay out the amount... not have any impact on these bonuses. The government is not in a position to pay out this amount (up... with pensioners' unions regarding an acceptable way for retirement pay to be gradually raised

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  3. Property tax notices for 2016 to be issued, collection target remains same

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    or 2.4 million of taxpayers will pay less ENFIA in 2016 than in 2015, while 35 percent or 2.5 million taxpayers will pay exactly the same amount. In addition, 21 percent or 1.5 million will have to pay a slightly higher amount up to 10 euros compared to last year. This means the vast majority

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  4. Property ownership waning in Greece as renting takes over

    Society

    or probably unfair. Most respondents (38.3 percent) said that they would struggle to pay the coming year’s ENFIA property tax, while 25.4 percent did not think that they would be able to pay it at all. Around 21.6 percent said that they would be able to pay. Asked what they would do if they couldn’t

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  5. Professional liars in pandemic times

    Agora

    and evidence, which can be compared to a situation in which people are required to trust the person they are speaking to more than their own eyes. The concept of post-truth can be linked to what the famous... are in the foreground, as opposed to what is actually true. In this sense, it can be said that the post-truth era

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  6. Macroeconomic fundamentals for Greece
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    Agora

    Countries can get caught up in the hamster wheel of daily noise. The cyclical ups and downs can.... The citizens may ascertain what parties can rise above the daily shouting and present a reasoned view... that excellence in government and sustainability for young generations are considered important. If parties can

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  7. For Greek families, electricity goes from given to must for survival
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    Society

    that had been cut off from the power grid due to being unable to pay their bills. It also promised... affecting a substantial number of families who are not able to pay their electricity bills or heat... worse position to pay for expensive heating oil. Many have resorted to burning firewood as they did

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  8. Referendum call stretches state liquidity, pensioners first to bear the brunt
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    EconomyProgramme

    will open for three days starting from Wednesday to pay pensioners without cash cards. However.... The second largest pension fund - self employed (OAEE) - said it was not able to pay in full pensions... amount is due to paid at the end of this month. On top of pensions, the government has to pay the first

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  9. Cabinet act firms up details of CoCos issuance by Greek banks
    Bank of Greece

    Economy

    not 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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  10. SYRIZA fails to make any friends with new public sector wage grid
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    of a total of 567,000 civil servants receiving pay rises of between 15 and 80 euros, spread out over... that this was not the major intervention in public sector pay that SYRIZA had hoped to make “but it stops... pay increases. The government has failed to convince the public sector workers’ union ADEDY that its

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