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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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Newsletter 111 - 17/03/2017
by 1.26 billion, mainly on the back of significantly lower than targeted primary expenditure (by 866...), who did not have to pay any personal income tax in 2016, would have to pay as of 2019, assuming...). In an interview with Skai TV on Wednesday, the head of the ECB’s Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM
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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... paid in March with a cost of 277 million euros, which corresponds to an average supplementary pension... a large part of these cases relate to early retirement, which results in lower payouts. Another 7.2
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Court ruling on pension cuts could create new problem in talks, fiscal plans
EconomyProgrammeAlexis Mitropoulos (SYRIZA) claimed in an interview with Mega TV this week that the Council of State... of pensions is retroactive. Mega TV reported that the ruling would also rule unconstitutional the zero... reductions as well as to pay only half of the retroactive amounts for the 2-year period, citing
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Newsletter 428 - 21/06/2024
Democracy’s incumbent Kostas Bakoyannis in a surprise result. In a TV interview on Monday night... of the party’s central committee which is scheduled for June 30. In another TV studio, Kasselakis..., as well as in local government and at union level. He told ANT-1 TV that cooperation would have
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Greek primary budget surplus eases to 1.95 bln on back of lower revenues in Aug
Economyto lower revenues, which stood at 3.51 billion euros, broadly in line with those posted in May and June... the target. The outperformance is fully attributed to lower expenditure (1.74 billion euros better... budget surplus is lower by 31.8 percent and the budget deficit is higher by 13.7 percent. However, last
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Newsletter 188 -21/12/2018
on Monday at the headquarters of Kathimerini and Skai TV and radio, the attack was the most serious... of the current government, which has boycotted Skai’s TV programmes over the last few months... payments showed a decline of 277 million euros to come to 5.19 billion euros. Overall expenditure from
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PM cautious about extending compulsory vaccinations
PoliticsGreek Politicsor face being suspended from work without pay would cause too much disruption and would risk pitting New... is much lower than among doctors and nurses – out of roughly 155,000 educators, 46,500 have reportedly... to pick any additional battles for the time being. Speaking to Skai TV on Wednesday, Alternate
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EU digital certificate seen as boost for tourism against backdrop of worsening pandemic
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe backdrop of the worst day of the pandemic so far in Greece. On Wednesday, the national public health
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How will Trump's tariffs affect Greece?
Agorain US factories. While the 15% levy is lower than the original 30% rate, Greek producers... steps to follow through on its commitments to lower tariffs on imported American goods, e.g....% horizontal tariff hike could reduce Greek exports by 1.7% in real terms and lower GDP by 0.4% through
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