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More than half of Greek households rely mainly on pensions
Societyhouseholds in 2015. Last year’s figure was slightly lower than the record 52 percent recorded in 2014... to pay an extraordinary bill or cost of 500 euros. Over half (52.9 percent) said they would only... in their tax payments, while only 16.4 percent of tax debtors had benefitted from the arrangement to pay
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Greeks dissatisfied with benefits scope and access, OECD survey finds
Societythey pay. Regarding the statement “I feel that I receive a fair share of public benefits, given the taxes and social contributions I pay”, most Greek respondents disagreed or strongly disagreed... percent said that they would be willing to pay more tax if it meant improved healthcare services
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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... and the Netherlands mark the lower margins at 8-9 percent of GDP; Sweden and Spain mark the higher
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Growth treads water as PM targets relief for households
EconomyMacroeconomypart of the PM’s package worth 280 million euros went to pay increases for uniformed personnel... in the tax reform package. Although it entails lower tax rates across the scale by 2 percentage points.... Young taxpayers up to the age of 25 will pay no tax on their first 20,000 of income, while those
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Confidence vote due amid toxic atmosphere, narrowing of opposition poll lead
PoliticsGreek Politicsof its MEPs, Manolis Kefalogiannis, showed a picture on live TV of what was purported to be Tsipras’s... lead ahead of the European Parliament elections. An Alco survey for Open TV indicated that support... undecided. An MRB poll for Star TV gives ND a slightly bigger lead but also suggests that it has been
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Opposition clashes with govt over high energy prices, cost-of-living measures
PoliticsGreek Politics, Energy Ministry sources claimed that on average in December Greece had lower wholesale electricity... told MEGA TV that the cut would result in a 3.5-billion-euro black hole in the budget compared... with the appointment of TV presenter Popi Tsapanidou as the party’s new press spokeswoman. Tsapanidou
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Newsletter 452 - 21/02/2025
around the deadly train crash and its aftermath. Some two weeks after he gave a TV interview in which he... that emerged following his TV interview and suggested that if it proved to be genuine, it confirms... to this issue compared to the more defensive stance that Mitsotakis took in the TV interview he gave
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Marked improvement for budget execution in Oct, primary surplus outperformance extended
EconomyMacroeconomyin the 9-month period. The year to date over-performance is largely attributed to lower primary expenditure (by 2.82 billion), higher Public Investment Budget (PIB) balance (by 821 million) and lower tax... led the 10-month budget deficit to 808 million euros, two-thirds lower than last year’s figure
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Newsletter 59 - 22/01/2016
) from the self-employed and farmers and the new replacement rates leading to lower pensions... not produced an agreement, despite earlier indications that both sides would agree on a lower SSC... including, among others, a request for lower replacement rates than those proposed by the government
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Alpha Bank reports net losses of 16.8 mln in Q2
EconomyBankingmillion euros as the benefit from the lower wholesale funding cost, on the back of lower reliance on ELA funding and reduced usage of pillar II bonds, was offset by lower loan NII. The latter reflects lower lending spreads coupled with deleveraging. Net interest margin (NIM) slightly improved to 2.85
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