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Rise in overdue contributions slows to 310 mln in Q3, total at 16.9 bln
EconomyMacroeconomyof the total overdue stock of 16.92 billion euros, 12.23 billion (more than 72 percent) relate to main...-September figure standing at 303,821 debtors. The breakdown shows 40.3 percent of debtors owe less than... includes 122,319 debtors and recorded a drop by 1,772 from the previous quarter. In addition, more than
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Greeks full of contradictions on ideology and political beliefs, study suggests
Societybelieving “socialism” to be a more positive term than “capitalism” while, at the same time, espousing...” was more important than “equality”. This proportion was replicated among SYRIZA voters, some 30... in ten believing that the country needs “less public sector”, Greeks are generally more liberal than
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Greek households spend greatest share of income on accommodation in EU
Societyin the country spending a greater share of their income on accommodation than in any other member... than 40 percent of their income on housing (known as housing cost overburden), compared to an EU... in property arrears and they are about four times more exposed than non-poor households. Greece
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Report reveals just 0.4 pct of taxpayers owe 85 pct of total tax debt
EconomyMacroeconomyof taxpayers (3.61 million). Those taxpayers owe less than 3,000 euros each. It is also worth noting that 2.39 million taxpayers (55.4 percent of total) owe less than 500 euros each. In contrast, just 16,290 taxpayers (0.4 percent of total) owe more than 300,000 euros each for a total amount of 78.79 billion
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Govt tables 2018-21 MTFS containing 4.5 bln in measures, sees growth rising from 1.8 pct this year
EconomyProgrammepercent, lower than the recent IMF and European Commission (EC) forecasts of 2.2 and 2.1 percent... percent) higher than that for imports (+2.8 percent). For 2018, the MTFS assumes a faster GDP rebound of 2.4 percent, which is lower than the IMF and EC estimates of 2.7 and 2.5 percent respectively
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There's always next season
Agoramore than seven hours. Much of the time was taken up by arguments about unrelated issues... progressing from this point onwards. In fact, the whole debate looked backwards rather than forwards... are the leftovers, rather than a vision to feed hope for a better tomorrow. Market access, economic growth
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Parents main source of income for most young Greeks
Societyin society. In political terms, young Greeks emerged as more left-leaning than their parents... the job market, the young people surveyed still came across as more optimistic than their parents in some... worse off than their parents. Of the parents asked the same question, 55 percent thought
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Fires latest obstacle to coalition's momentum-building efforts
PoliticsGreek Politicsthan three days in the area of Kalamos, north of Athens. The Tsipras administration also said... greater than the 1,500 hectares Tsipras had suggested was affected when he visited the area on Wednesday. In fact, the SYRIZA leader highlighted that the level of damage was much less than in 2009
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Survey reveals working lives, job-finding trends of young Greeks
Societyof men working while studying was higher than that for women, and Greek citizens were notably more likely to work during their studies than non-Greeks. Age was also a factor: 29.1 percent of those... percent said that they wanted to work rather than study, 13.2 percent were put off by the difficulty
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Parliamentary inquiry to handle bribery claims as parties build differing narratives
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA debate lasting more than 20 hours ended early on Thursday with Parliament voting to set up... probed, will be sent back to the judiciary for further investigation rather than to a special court... imposed. He suggested, though, that this involved medical professionals rather than politicians. He
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