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Newsletter 235 -17/01/2020
was 2.82 billion, municipalities spent 1.12 billion, social funds 166 million and 859 billion... to 50 extra MPs. According to the proposal, if the winning party passes the 25 percent threshold
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Take your seats
Agora, Greek authorities proved inept in tackling the deadly wildfire in Mati, on the outskirts of Athens... difference” (the extra retirement pay received by pensioners who stopped working before the coalition’s... was strongly criticised for the Mati disaster. To be clear, Tsipras’s goal at the next elections
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Crunch time nears for health system as Covid surge meets staff suspensions
PoliticsGreek Politicswithout pay. Official figures show that up to 20,000 hospital workers (almost 20 pct of the total) have... administration it was a botched evacuation effort which led to dozens of deaths during the Mati fire of 2018... of burnt land, in the other we counted coffins”. Mati is ND’s trump card against SYRIZA
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Neither necessary, nor good
Agoraacceptance easier”. Her remarks very much reflected the mood at the time among European politicians, several of whom made similar remarks. Of course, it is not for Merkel to become openly involved... price to pay? Tsipras has already shown that he does have progressive views on civil rights
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Opposition keeps spotlight on arms deal as coalition looks for way out
PoliticsGreek Politicssince the Saudis did not pay for the ammunition. The government appears to be trying to find a way... a resolution, following a 368 to 221 vote, to call on the EU to impose an arms embargo on Saudi Arabia
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Gov't lowers tax-free threshold, prepares for third pillar of measures worth 1 pct of GDP
EconomyProgrammethan 3 children and a monthly salary of 600-650 euros will now pay an annual tax of 100-200 euros from... percent on internet connections and 10 percent on Pay TV. Increase in the tax rate for investment... and most important relates to the tax-free threshold, which was initially lowered to 9,090 euros from its
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Parties at odds over private universities as ND faces nepotism accusations
PoliticsGreek Politicsand ministers’ compensation. In his opening remarks to the final cabinet meeting of 2023, the PM... also objected to pay increases for cabinet members contained in the omnibus bill. PASOK spokesman Haris Koukoulopoulos said that increasing the pay of ministers who were not members of Parliament
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Tsipras, Mitsotakis cast gloves aside as pre-election fight gets personal
PoliticsGreek Politicssummer, not long after the wildfire in Mati claimed more than 100 lives, Tsipras took a short break... by a helicopter owned by the media boss. “Last August you were not mourning for Mati,” said Tsipras. “You were... of the tax-free threshold in 2020. This year’s pension cuts were scrapped after Greece beat its primary
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Mitsotakis attempts to outmanoeuvre Tsipras over lower tax-free threshold
PoliticsGreek Politicson low incomes who do not currently pay income tax would start to be taxed, even though the amounts... the pre-legislated reduction of the tax-free threshold. Opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis revealed... the cancellation of the lowering of the tax-free threshold for incomes, which is due to kick in from January
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Newsletter 172 -27/07/2018
questioned The deadly wildfire in Mati, northeast of Athens, which claimed more than 80 lives has... to journalists that there is evidence which points to the fires in Kinetta, west of Athens, and Mati being the product of arson. The officials also explained that the speed with which the Mati blaze, which
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