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Coalition adopts court ruling that restores judges' pay, others poised to follow
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe coalition passed an amendment through Parliament this week which means it will have to pay... pay scale means that Supreme Court judges will be paid 4,134 euros per month gross. At the other end.... On top of that, the coalition has to pay them an extra 69.6 million euros per year. The amendment adopts
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SYRIZA's move to aid small parties puts spotlight on Kammenos leverage
PoliticsGreek Politicsmore than 3 percent of the total votes, to not be recognised if some of their MPs decided to depart...) of the European Parliament’s Directorate-General for Communication with the help of Kantar, showing
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Athens launches drive to pre-pay part of IMF loan, bringing budget benefits
EconomyProgrammeGreece has launched the formal process to pre-pay part of the loans it has received from the International Monetary Fund after Finance Minister Christos Staikouras officially requested clearance from..., Greece is due to pay 2.1 billion euros per year up to 2021, dropping to 1.9 in 2022 and 1.4 in 2023
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Mitsotakis unveils major defence package against backdrop of forces pay rise dispute
PoliticsGreek Politics. The announcement comes after a week of upheaval in New Democracy, as ministers called for pay rises... following the PM’s announcement of pay rises for armed forces personnel. Several prominent politicians
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Greek gg primary cash surplus at 2.2 bln in 2014, arrears down to 3.75 bln
EconomyMacroeconomysettling at 1.77 billion making up 47 percent of total arrears. Tax refunds were the only subsector... percent of total. Hospitals’ arrears are the third key contributor with the outstanding figure at 606 million at the end of 2014 corresponding to 16 percent of total. The other three subsectors make up
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Newsletter 16 - 20/02/2015
percent of total, corresponding to 73.7 billion. Another important conclusion mostly related... stands at just 9 billion or 11.6 percent of total. Of this amount, the Finance Ministry aims... framework to allow those owing more than 15,000 to pay the debt in 100 instalments (as opposed
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After signing EastMed pipeline pact, Athens aims to tackle Turkey challenge
PoliticsForeign Policymemoranda with the Tripoli-based government in Libya. Officials in Athens stress, however... following Turkey's intervention in Libya, the message to Ankara in the joint statement they issued... in Libya presents a dangerous threat to wider regional stability.” The statement also noted
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Quiet summer in Greek-Turkish relations not seen lasting
PoliticsForeign Policy, in the upcoming EU Summit. Libya Libya is another issue that is of major concern to Greek diplomats. Libya’s Prime.... Even though the meeting focused more on Turkey’s economic “return” to Libya for the country’s... from the international community. The political situation in Libya will remain fluid and it is quite
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Newsletter 389 - 14/07/2023
an omnibus bill that ranges from the new pay scale in the public sector to the extension of some... the end of its new term, but it was quick to shut these claims down with a new pay scale that has a fiscal cost of some 500 million euros annually and intends to reward low pay civil servants and those
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No let-up in tension with Turkey as MPs prepare to approve maritime boundary deals
PoliticsGreek Politicsas Turkish provocations in the East Med, including its own maritime agreement with Libya... “it is willing to pay the price.” “Turkey will get what it has a right to in the Aegean, East Med and Black Sea... this, inferior, deal. The opposition party is trying to find a way of criticising ND’s handling
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