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PM announces more voter-friendly measures ahead of polls
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor pensioners whose retirement pay did not increase this year due to the so-called “personal difference... million euros in total. The move is designed to appease tens of thousands of pensioners, a section... with the 72- and 120-instalment schemes to pay off their dues to the state will be allowed to rejoin
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Where are the Conservatives?
Agorawant something, we must be willing to pay for it). In this world, I would advise against placing... constraints to be ignored as long as possible. If you can get somebody else to pay for your deficits and debt...? This accords with a refrain that the Greek public emits in surveys—"we don’t want to pay taxes
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Newsletter 3 - 14/11/2014
. It also expressed its opposition to a law passed last month allowing taxpayers to pay off their debts to the state, which now total about 85 billion euros, in up to 100 instalments. The new legislation... allowing taxpayers to pay off their overdue taxes in up to 100 instalments will create an additional
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Greek funding needs add to pressure in talks between Athens and lenders
EconomyProgrammefor Athens. Starting from this month, Greece has to pay a total of 1.6 billion euros, which comprises 0.7..., obligations rise to 2.5 billion, mainly due to another payment to the IMF of 1.42 billion. Overall, total... to pay 17.2 billion euros until the end of August, with the bulk stemming from Eurosystem bond
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Newsletter 159 -27/04/2018
produced a total surplus of 1.45 billion euros, which translates into 0.8 percent of GDP. The primary... are broadly in line with Greece’s fiscal performance in 2016 when the latest figures report a total... remained broadly unchanged, with a small revision by 0.1 percent higher in the total balance for 2016
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Newsletter 186 -07/12/2018
from their so-called “personal difference” being removed from their retirement pay. Meanwhile, some.... Out of the bonds total, close to 5.8 billion euros is bonds held by the Eurosystem while 2.5 billion... billion euros from the cash buffer to pay off part of Greece’s debt to the International Monetary Fund
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ELSTAT shows decrease in material deprivation, poverty risk, while education mobility remains static
Societyfor children and 16.2 percent overall. In 2009, the rate was 11.9 percent for children. Among the total... be 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
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Labour bill controversy dents plans for announcements of new measures in Sep
PoliticsGreek Politicsthem to fire the worker during that period without having to pay compensation or being bound by any... already legislated for pay rises in the civil service from January, along with increases in pensions... contributions. There are 10,168 individual and 16,839 companies that owe a total of 142.6 billion
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Greece stands on fault line between vicious and virtuous cycles for 2016
AgoraTsipras himself, that Greece would pay pensions and salaries rather than the IMF if it was forced... interest bill is below 6 billion. In total, Greece needs 13.2 billion euros to meet all its debt... the largest IMF installment of the year at 876 million, which leads to a total figure of IMF obligations
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Unpaid social security contributions hit 15.35 bln at end of 2015
Economy1 billion. From the total overdue contributions of 15.35 billion euros at the end of 2015, 11.31... and 30,000 euros each for a total amount of 1.26 billion. On the other side of the spectrum, just 1,028..., corresponding to more than a fifth of total debt. The largest debt bracket involves those owing between 50
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