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ELSTAT shows decrease in material deprivation, poverty risk, while education mobility remains static
Societybe unable to pay for a week’s holiday away from home. The figure rose sharply for poorer households, reaching 79.5 percent. Likewise, nearly half of all households said that they would struggle to pay... equivalised income per person reached 9,382 euros, higher by 3.9 percent compared to the previous year
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Under-fire PM pledges civil defence improvements following summer of destruction
PoliticsGreek Politicseuro per night to 6 euros, in order to raise some 300 million euros that would be set aside to boost... not to consider a tax on bank profits, as was adopted by Slovenian authorities recently to pay for flood damage... include pension and civil service pay rises that are due to kick in at the start of next year. The PM
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Newsletter 16 - 20/02/2015
. The latter corresponds to an average of 1.15 billion per month. The second key finding is that the Of the 76... framework to allow those owing more than 15,000 to pay the debt in 100 instalments (as opposed... the new settlement, while the minimum instalment would be reduced from 50 to 20 euros per month
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European Commission evaluates impact of bailout programme
EconomyProgrammewith those islands with highest income per capita and taking into account the proximity to Athens... that the wealthier parts of the society could benefit most or pay comparatively less, a fact that would require... of these islands have per capita income above the national average (sometimes by a wide margin), while other areas
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Crumbling Greek pension system threatens big fiscal gap, budget derailment
Economycost for OAEE would rise by 296 million per year, which is an increase of 9.5 percent on the current... of GDP, or 716 million euros, per year. In the 8-month period of 2015, EOPPY collected revenues of 2.04... almost half of the unpaid 1.77 billion euros from the funds there is a high risk it could no longer pay
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Athens ticking off prior actions one by one as EU keeps close watch
PoliticsGreek Politicsper year, still leaving a small shortfall for the government to cover. Increasing VAT on beef from 13... abolition of subsidies for farmers’ diesel fuel by increasing the excise tax from 66 euros (per 1,000... in 2017. There will also be a rise in the amount of tax farmers have to pay in advance from 27.5 to 55
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Newsletter 79 - 24/06/2016
in foreign arrivals by 3.5 percent coupled with a decrease in the average spend per trip by 4.5... a modest rebound in the average expenditure per trip by 1.6 percent. The industrial turnover index fell.... The Union is synonymous with the challenges of immigration, with job difficulties, low pay and declining
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World Bank sets out savings Greece can make from streamlining welfare benefits
EconomyProgramme, with the assistance of the World Bank, to reform benefits and generate savings of 0.5 percent of GDP per... increase the amount per child under the consolidated unified child benefit, improving efficiency... increase in the share of households that pay personal income taxes from 63 to 72.7 percent. However
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Newsletter 95 - 11/11/2016
per household was enough, and one job per earner. Strong labour unions ensured adequate pay
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Newsletter 122 - 09/06/2017
days (28 billion) and those unlikely to pay (30 billion). Furthermore, more than 14 percent of 2016... million in Q1, on the back of a drop in the average expenditure per trip by 3.2 percent to 314 euros... of a drop in the average expenditure per trip to 314 euros.
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