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Mitsotakis seeks to appease farmers as they sow grievances on streets of Athens
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the 2027 elections. Rather than engage in direct confrontation, the Prime Minister’s office has opted
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For Greek families, electricity goes from given to must for survival
Societythat had been cut off from the power grid due to being unable to pay their bills. It also promised... affecting a substantial number of families who are not able to pay their electricity bills or heat... worse position to pay for expensive heating oil. Many have resorted to burning firewood as they did
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Greece submits reform proposals but Eurogroup unlikely to be moved
EconomyProgramme, those who will pay their full principal amount until the end of March will receive a discount in the surcharges. The law allows for debtors to pay in advance of the tax submission set date (end of May... and reward those who pay the full amounts of tax debt upfront versus those who pay in (up to 100
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Newsletter 23 - 17/04/2015
had to pay back to the IMF in March. Each of these payments brings relief that a possible default has... reserves of several general government bodies to pay its debt obligations, which include the rolling... that in order to pay salaries, pensions and lenders, the government has held back on payments
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Greece is gasping for a deal
Agorathat Greece had to pay back to the IMF in March. Each of these payments brings relief that a possible... in to the cash reserves of several general government bodies to pay its debt obligations, which include... has been that in order to pay salaries, pensions and lenders, the government has held back
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As Greek deadline looms, this is how the next days could play out
EconomyProgramme. On that date Greece has to pay 1.55 billion euros to the International Monetary Fund due to the bundling... pay the IMF, it is unclear at the moment which of them could be available on that critical date... Liquidity Assistance (ELA). The Greek government also needs to pay wages and pensions at the end
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Referendum call stretches state liquidity, pensioners first to bear the brunt
EconomyProgrammewill open for three days starting from Wednesday to pay pensioners without cash cards. However.... The second largest pension fund - self employed (OAEE) - said it was not able to pay in full pensions... amount is due to paid at the end of this month. On top of pensions, the government has to pay the first
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Cabinet act firms up details of CoCos issuance by Greek banks
Economynot pay the annual coupon in two anniversaries, not necessarily consecutive. CoCos holders do not have... is at the discretion of the bank’s BoD, which may also decide to pay the coupon in the form of common shares... bank share price. If a bank decides not to pay the annual coupon on CoCos, then it is obliged
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SYRIZA fails to make any friends with new public sector wage grid
PoliticsGreek Politicsof a total of 567,000 civil servants receiving pay rises of between 15 and 80 euros, spread out over... that this was not the major intervention in public sector pay that SYRIZA had hoped to make “but it stops... pay increases. The government has failed to convince the public sector workers’ union ADEDY that its
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A breakdown of the 5.4 bln in measures that form basis of agreement between Greece and creditors
EconomyProgrammelevies on pay TV and on bank cheques or bank transactions. Personal income tax A new unified tax... percent of self-employed with income below 32,000 euros would pay lower income tax with the new tax... retirement pay amount exceeds 1,300 euros, rise in contributions for supplementary pensions by 1
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