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New Parliament set for fractious opening session after Mitsotakis curtain-raiser
PoliticsGreek Politicsthis is expected to bring for the economy. The prime minister told Bloomberg TV earlier this week that his government intends to pay off the remaining crisis-era loans two years early, with a view... is expected to focus on are pay increases for civil servants and a rejigging of the public sector pay
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Self-employed paying less for social security contributions, Labour ministry reports
EconomyFeaturesData from the Labour Ministry has shown that a higher percentage of non-salaried workers will pay... percent of farmers will pay the minimum contribution of 95 euros (89 percent in 2017), due to the fact.... The number of self-employed persons obliged to pay social security contributions rose by 23,588
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Government tries to contain fallout from breach of voters' data
PoliticsGreek Politicsgiven the ongoing investigation into a potential data breach at the Interior Ministry. The MEP... Data Protection Authority, the Interior Ministry and a public prosecutor. It was also announced on Friday that Interior Ministry general secretary Michalis Stavrianoudakis and New Democracy’s secretary
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Investigations into voter email leak continue despite denials from government
PoliticsGreek Politicsof separate investigations by the Interior Ministry, a Greek prosecutor and the country’s Data...-Michelle Asimakopoulou from the upcoming EP elections and the resignation of a senior Interior... that the email list was leaked from the Interior Ministry during the tenure of the caretaker
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Newsletter 459 - 11/04/2025
connecting the US with India, as a counter to China’s Belt and Road project. As he put it, “Greece... and strategic alliances with Israel, India and Saudi Arabia,” added the Greek PM. “Our role is very
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Gov't submits multi-bill to pave way for next bailout tranches
EconomyProgrammeis based on recycling wagers. This means that the new tax would result in lower columns played... impact on Kino revenues could reach 10-25 percent, resulting in lower than anticipated revenues... to pay the monthly instalment, the government will grant a subsidy that will burden budget
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Greece tax wedge rises two places to 13th highest among OECD countries, report finds
EconomyFeatureswas slightly lower at 15th overall. The OECD found that in Greece, income tax and employer social... percent of the total OECD average tax wedge. While the tax wedge for a worker with children may be lower... pps, which is slightly lower than the OECD average increase of 0.6 pps. The bulletin also looked
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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... and by another 300 euros in the second year. Another option for the government is to introduce a lower tax
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Newsletter 201 -21/04/2019
Eurogroup nod allows next move Govt aims to pay off some IMF loans early after receiving 1 bln from...) to pay off some of Greece’s International Monetary Fund (IMF) loans before they mature. Greece... of the programme. The disbursement would also allow the government to move ahead with its plan to pay
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Alpha Bank turns profitable in Q1 as last year's clean-up efforts pay off
EconomyBankingAlpha Bank reported a net profit of 125 million euros in Q1 2022, compared to a loss of 282 million euros in the same quarter of 2021. In the last quarter of 2021, the net loss was 408.1 million euros, mostly on the back of 551.8 million euros of impair...
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