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Mitsotakis steps up pressure on coalition over wildfire deaths
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the accounts of survivors of the Mati fire have more value and are more truthful than the explanations... for the deaths in Mati. One of the survivors has already filed a law suit and other legal action... knows that the muddled handling of the Mati disaster by the government means that he has to simply
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Stournaras in firing line for arguing Greeks can pay more taxes
PoliticsGreek Politicsand indirect taxes should increase, in fact what he meant was that Greeks as a whole do not pay enough tax. He... had already been done. His original comment was interpreted as a suggestion that Greeks should pay... Antonis Samaras described 2013 as the worst year on record in terms of the taxes Greeks had to pay
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‘We’re dying to pay our taxes’
Agora, in Thessaloniki, Greece’s second city, to pay the first of six instalments of Greece’s new property tax... to pay our taxes even if it’s the last thing we do,” he said. This month marks the anniversary... of a pensioner while queuing to pay another austerity-related tax could be seen as a metaphor for how
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Greek primary budget surplus eases to 1.95 bln on back of lower revenues in Aug
Economyto 300 euros were obliged to pay this amount by the end of July and not in instalments, which... if all taxpayers pay their income tax as budgeted, the respective revenues target for 2014... revenue targets included revenues of 884 million euros from the first two instalments of the new
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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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Govt unveils affordable housing scheme, but struggles to shunt wiretapping aside
PoliticsGreek Politicspresented by the government, Greeks pay out 37 pct of their income to cover housing costs, while the EU... euros of EU funding to renovate properties that are currently lying empty so they can be rented
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Housing tops government plans for policy reset in autumn
PoliticsGreek Politicsto their retirement pay because of the so-called “personal difference” created by the pension reform carried... “Renovate-Rent” programme from September with the aim of assisting property owners with the upgrades
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(Dis)Integration of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the European Union
Agorathe Balkan reality, in which it is possible for the leaders of political groups to satisfy their special... who are the most determined to escape the Balkan nightmare, are certainly the young people..., pay with their own lives. The institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina are paralyzed by corruption
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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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After pay rises in armed forces, PM faces calls for broader wage increases
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat members of Greece’s armed forces would see their pay increase by between 13 pct to 20 pct over... sector pay scale mean that civil servants’ wages have increased by 2.1 billion euros, which
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