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Survey highlights strain on mental health in Greece amid financial pressure
Societybecause they could not pay for it. In 2016, only one in four Greeks who needed primary healthcare.... At the same time, Greeks on average pay 21.10 euros a month out of their own pockets to pay
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Athens grapples with awkward reduction of tax-free threshold
EconomyProgrammethat pay taxes on wages, or income from agriculture, self-employment and pensions to 72.7 percent...). This would mean that workers with a monthly salary above 420 euros would pay income tax, while the existing... on the large number of low-income wage-earners that would have to pay income tax for the first time
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Since 2010, declared income has plummeted but tax due has risen
EconomyFeaturesover the past few years. Specifically, more than one quarter (26.3 percent) of taxpayers did not pay... not pay any personal income tax in 2016, would have to pay tax as of 2019, assuming that their declared
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Getting to the church on time
Agoraand that, in recognition of this, the government will pay priests’ wages as a form of recompense... church does not pay its way), especially if their wages can eventually be covered by the commercial.... Mitsotakis opposes the appointments but insists taxpayers should continue to pay priests salaries
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Newsletter 185 -30/11/2018
euros, as measured by the tax authorities, will see a 30 percent reduction in what they have to pay... specifically, the level of exposures that are unlikely to pay and those in delay between 1 and 90 days are important indicators for the direction of credit risk. Unlikely to pay exposures stood at 27.8
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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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All eyes on Piraeus as share price tumbles amid coupon payment concerns
EconomyBankingthat took place in 2015, Piraeus Bank had issued 2 billion euros of convertible bonds (CoCos) that pay... Central Bank regulations as part of the pandemic-related framework, banks are not allowed to pay out... on the ability or not of Piraeus Bank to pay the CoCos coupon. The bank has set aside 165 million
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