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  1. From pipe dreams to power cables: the changing map of Greece's energy ambitions
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    initiatives in the region. It is a motif that is likely to be repeated by projects of this scale... advisor, Nikos Tsafos, who posted recently on LinkedIn, “that’s why we are so keen to expand our

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  2. PM riles SYRIZA with remarks on EU anniversary

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    Greece marked on Thursday the 40th anniversary of its accession to what was then the European Economic Community, but remarks made in the presence of EU dignitaries by Prime Minister Kyriakos... for Greece, not a party-political gathering. SYRIZA referred to Mitsotakis’s remarks as “incendiary

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  3. Greek pensions laid bare
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    as a benefit for low-income pensioners rather than retirement pay, reached 721 million euros last year... assets do not have the capacity to support the retirement pay under any type of asset management... pensions amounts to 884 euros. Note, though, that for around 45 percent of pensioners their monthly

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  4. Government commits to uniformed personnel pay rises amid clamour for higher incomes

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    Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has been forced to commit to pay rises for all uniformed..., coast guard and fire service to be awarded more pay following the recent announcement of wage... that more pay increases would be announced in due course but “under the right conditions and at the right

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  5. Stournaras in firing line for arguing Greeks can pay more taxes
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    and 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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  6. ‘We’re dying to pay our taxes’
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    , 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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  7. SYRIZA looks to eat further into ND's poll lead in final week of campaign
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    repeated that as long as the budget continues to overperform there will be more permanent positive... of retirement pay, was taxed and subject to a 6 percent levy for health contributions. Deputy Labour

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  8. Coalition adopts court ruling that restores judges' pay, others poised to follow

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    The 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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  9. Govt unveils affordable housing scheme, but struggles to shunt wiretapping aside
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    presented 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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  10. Housing tops government plans for policy reset in autumn
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    to 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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