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More than half of Greek households rely mainly on pensions
Societyto pay an extraordinary bill or cost of 500 euros. Over half (52.9 percent) said they would only...% of the total, have at least one person who is unemployed. One in five households said they were behind in their tax payments, while only 16.4 percent of tax debtors had benefitted from the arrangement to pay
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Newsletter 185 -30/11/2018
euros, as measured by the tax authorities, will see a 30 percent reduction in what they have to pay... million taxpayers, or 87 percent of the total, will see some kind of reduction, according to the data... specifically, the level of exposures that are unlikely to pay and those in delay between 1 and 90 days
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Govt offers pensioners 1.4 bln in backpay, opposition questions decision
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe long-awaited decision on compensating pensioners for retirement pay cuts ruled unconstitutional... might adopt a more generous interpretation of the ruling and award back-pay universally. These expectations were quashed by yesterday’s announcement. The total amount earmarked for the award is much less
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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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