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Newsletter 140 -17/11/2017
euros will be handed back to pensioners who were found to have had part of their retirement pay... to accessing sums transferred from overseas and doubling the amount that Greek businesses can transfer out
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EU disunity on refugees and its poisonous effects
Agora, the European commission proposed forcing countries that do not cooperate to pay a contribution... the prospect of their dithering and diunity giving more oxygen to the far-right can shake them from
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Coalition's moves on public sector hirings under scrutiny
PoliticsGreek Politicsby the coalition parties that New Democracy claims abolishes a 24-month limit on how long workers can... contributions that the state will have to pay for its employees to the unified social security fund
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Athens and creditors place immediate focus on remaining key deliverables
EconomyProgrammereturn. However, further discussions with the creditors will be needed before some of the reforms can... homeowners have to pay each year. The coalition is hoping that it will be able to limit the impact
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Multi-bill and MTFS heading to Parliament for conclusion of fourth review
EconomyProgrammewill start from 20 euros per year. Tsakalotos added that 18 percent of taxpayers would have to pay less... that an investor can buy a 49 percent stake. Regarding the retail subsidiary, the state will sell 50.1 percent
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Eurogroup agrees on significant debt relief measures for Greece
EconomyProgrammethat the final disbursement would be 15 billion euros, of which 3.3 billion euros can be used... Mechanism instalment could be used to pay off the IMF early and reduce Greece’s funding needs
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SYRIZA targets pensions boost as New Democracy builds on poll lead
PoliticsGreek Politicscause. She said that the coalition will do whatever it can to avoid the reductions to retirement pay
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Is a lack of spending hampering Greece's firefighting capabilities?
Society. Nevertheless, the increase in firefighters’ pay and pensions is more than ten times the annual cost... infrastructure than Greece, and valuable lessons can be learned from them. Money is also an issue, but perhaps
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Coalition pledges to demolish illegal buildings following Mati fire
PoliticsGreek Politicslocal authorities with extra funds to pay for the demolition work. Apart from wanting to show people... construction that has marred much of Attica also means that the government can deflect questions about its
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Question mark over pension cuts in 2019 draft budget as Athens looks to lenders
EconomyProgrammethat the final version of the economic plan can be readied in mid-November. Athens is set to include... that will target pensioners whose retirement pay is not commensurate with the social security
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