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Newsletter 205 -10/05/2019
that the bonus would be paid out to around 2.5 million pensioners in total (around 600,000 of these earn... another 800 million euros, while the impact of the measures in 2021 is estimated at a total of 1.22 billion euros, followed by 2.33 billion in 2022. This comes to a total of 5.5 billion euros over
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Newsletter 224 -25/10/2019
, when it will be clearer if the total amount will be more or less than expected. On pensions..., in 2018 Greece ran a total surplus of 1.8 billion euros, or 1 percent of GDP. This is the third consecutive total surplus for Greece, following 0.5 percent in 2016 and 0.7 percent in 2017. The primary
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Parties take another look at granting vote to Greek expats
Societyin the country within the last 15 years, while Canadian citizens lose their voting rights after 5... of up to 15 seats in Parliament (1/20 of the total), which are not attached to a geographical... Secretariat General of Greeks Abroad estimates that roughly 5 million people residing outside Greece
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Are hirings in the public sector out of control?
EconomyFeaturesand local government and the public bodies supervised by them is subject to a strict 1:4 (previously 1:5) attrition rule laid out in the MoU, meaning one new hire is permitted for every 4 (previously 5... an additional allowance of 4,644 hires remaining from 2016, bringing the total cap to 7,097
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Concern over ICU capacity, support for business generate pressure for ND
PoliticsGreek Politics. There were 13 more deaths, taking the total to 655. Perhaps the most worrying aspect of recent... of Covid-19 patients are available and 63 have been taken up. Across Greece, there are a total..., is not imminent. Petsas added that the government could ban people from travelling between regions
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New overdue tax obligations reach 717 mln in May, total at 95.2 bln
EconomyMacroeconomyof this year’s amount, or three quarters of the total, relate to tax categories. Just under one third (1.12... to state-controlled companies and local governments. Overall, the total stock of overdue obligations... standing at 5 percent and corresponding to 27.58 million. Moreover, the collected revenues from audits
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Newsletter 48 - 23/10/2015
, and the total contribution and amount per bank should be broadly compatible with their business plans... are pointing to a total figure of between 15 and 17 billion, of which private investors would have... the bail-in is triggered. Thus, the market currently expects that 5–7 billion would have be raised
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Undecided voters could still decide crucial aspects of Greek elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA total of 9,834,970 Greeks are registered to vote in the January 25 elections but the result could...: Of 9.7% undecided voters: 22% voted ND in June 2012 9% SYRIZA 9% DIMAR 9% Ind Grks 7% PASOK 5% G Dawn... that there was a ban on opinion polls in the final two weeks of the campaign in previous elections so
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Greece's extension proposals to the Eurogroup and what they mean
PoliticsGreek Politicsban were red lines and would be implemented without waiting for the institutions’ approval... billion would be used to fund its 3-pillar programme with a total estimated cost of 11.36 billion... recapitalisation purposes. 5) “To commence work between the technical teams on a possible new Contract
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Greece needs to re-think natural gas policy, starting with demand
Agoraby the end of 2022, and total independence from Russian fossil fuels “well before 2030”. Geopolitical...” strategy – the national plan depends on an increase of gas-fired capacity from 5 GW in 2020... clearly signals a rapid phase-out of natural gas through mechanisms such as a ban on new fossil-fuel
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