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Newsletter 220 -20/09/2019
’ mission chiefs due in Athens on Monday Greece also submitted an official request this week to pre-pay... activity this week centred around plans to pre-pay almost 3 billion euros to the IMF ahead of schedule... repayment schedule, Greece is due to pay 2.1 billion euros per year up to 2021, dropping to 1.9
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Athens prepares to send draft budget to Brussels, lines up next tax measures
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat it will be around 300 million euros per year. Gerapetritis, said that back-pay would be awarded... many recipients there would be. The government will try to pay the majority of the back-pay
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Government opts for modest tax relief, but who will benefit?
EconomyFeaturesand with earnings above the threshold could pay between 30 and 47 euros less tax annually thanks...-employed workers, who do not receive a personal tax credit, will pay the reduced base tax rate... to experience only a small increase in their disposable income - enough perhaps to pay for a couple
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Govt offers pensioners 1.4 bln in backpay, opposition questions decision
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe long-awaited decision on compensating pensioners for retirement pay cuts ruled unconstitutional... might adopt a more generous interpretation of the ruling and award back-pay universally.... Pension back-pay is not the only legacy of the financial crisis that the government is having
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Government determined to push through hospital reforms in pre-election legislative sprint
PoliticsGreek Politicswith an average 10 pct pay increase for hospital doctors. The reaction from doctors’ representatives has... to compensate for inadequate pay. Protesting doctors occupied the Health Ministry on Tuesday demanding... hospital doctors by offering better pay and more attractive terms. The Panhellenic Doctors’ association
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ND warns of fiscal risk from SYRIZA pledges as Tsipras takes heart from Cyprus polls
PoliticsGreek Politicsto introduce inflation-linked pay rises for public sector workers, cuts to fuel duty and VAT... to elections. On Tuesday, Mitsotakis will address Parliament in support of a special bill on armed forces pay... the measures, which include a new pay scale and special benefits for the armed forces, to the death
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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...? This accords with a refrain that the Greek public emits in surveys—"we don’t want to pay taxes
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New Parliament set for fractious opening session after Mitsotakis curtain-raiser
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat 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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Government focusses on cost of living with economy bill, push for lower ferry prices
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor food and drink rose to 12.2 pct in June. The socialists point out, for example, that the pay... is considering a new approach that will separate debtors struggling to pay and those not willing to pay
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Parties at odds over private universities as ND faces nepotism accusations
PoliticsGreek Politicsalso 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 to equal 90 percent of the salary of high court judges amounted to a 46 percent pay hike. Opposition
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