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Deadly floods raise questions about ND's civil protection pledges as Covid-19 accelerates
PoliticsGreek Politicsaccused the previous SYRIZA government of failing to inform residents of Mati to evacuate their homes... on ND for the criticism it levelled at the previous government over the Mati fire, but also deadly... been in power. Such chronic failings were highlighted in a report produced after the Mati fire
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Athens grapples with awkward reduction of tax-free threshold
EconomyProgrammethat pay taxes on wages, or income from agriculture, self-employment and pensions to 72.7 percent...). This would mean that workers with a monthly salary above 420 euros would pay income tax, while the existing... on the large number of low-income wage-earners that would have to pay income tax for the first time
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Greek banks' equity raising could keep official support to a minimum
Economy, and hybrid securities is activated. CoCos, which qualify as Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) capital “pari passu... CET1 ratio falls below the 7-percent threshold or the bank misses the payment of the annual coupon... is registered above the minimum required for disclosure 5-percent threshold. Although media reports
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Newsletter 50 - 06/11/2015
) for the remaining 75 percent. CoCos, which qualify as Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) capital pari passu... ratio falls below the 7-percent threshold or the bank misses the payment of the annual coupon twice
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Value of HFSF participation in Greek banks falls to 17 billion
EconomyBankingof 859 million was recorded due to the drop in the valuation of bank warrants. The highest negative... core banks. In addition, since HFSF’s shareholding dropped below the 50-percent threshold, it now
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Newsletter 235 -17/01/2020
was 2.82 billion, municipalities spent 1.12 billion, social funds 166 million and 859 billion... to 50 extra MPs. According to the proposal, if the winning party passes the 25 percent threshold
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Take your seats
Agora, Greek authorities proved inept in tackling the deadly wildfire in Mati, on the outskirts of Athens... difference” (the extra retirement pay received by pensioners who stopped working before the coalition’s... was strongly criticised for the Mati disaster. To be clear, Tsipras’s goal at the next elections
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Crunch time nears for health system as Covid surge meets staff suspensions
PoliticsGreek Politicswithout pay. Official figures show that up to 20,000 hospital workers (almost 20 pct of the total) have... administration it was a botched evacuation effort which led to dozens of deaths during the Mati fire of 2018... of burnt land, in the other we counted coffins”. Mati is ND’s trump card against SYRIZA
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Opposition keeps spotlight on arms deal as coalition looks for way out
PoliticsGreek Politicssince the Saudis did not pay for the ammunition. The government appears to be trying to find a way... a resolution, following a 368 to 221 vote, to call on the EU to impose an arms embargo on Saudi Arabia
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Gov't lowers tax-free threshold, prepares for third pillar of measures worth 1 pct of GDP
EconomyProgrammethan 3 children and a monthly salary of 600-650 euros will now pay an annual tax of 100-200 euros from... percent on internet connections and 10 percent on Pay TV. Increase in the tax rate for investment... and most important relates to the tax-free threshold, which was initially lowered to 9,090 euros from its
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