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  1. Mitsotakis unveils major defence package against backdrop of forces pay rise dispute
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    . The announcement comes after a week of upheaval in New Democracy, as ministers called for pay rises... on the introduction of modern warfare tools including drone warfare and anti-missile defence systems... following the PM’s announcement of pay rises for armed forces personnel. Several prominent politicians

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  2. Study casts light on unusual export profile, identifies areas for improvement
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    EconomyFeatures

    exports. The report noted that Greece’s export profile was unusual in that exports represented a small

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  3. Greek pensions laid bare
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    Agora

    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. For Greek banks, it's business as unusual
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    Agora

    for front-page photo shots in newspapers or social media. * Citizens and businesses proceeded to pay down

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

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    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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  6. In bid to polish SYRIZA's image, Tsipras visits Mount Athos monks
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    is an atheist, meeting monks was indeed unusual. It was the first such visit by a leftist leader since... triggered an embargo on Union imports by Moscow. There is a connection between the two in the sense... about SYRIZA’s criticism of the EU’s approach to Russia. The embargo could cost Greece as much

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  7. Stournaras in firing line for arguing Greeks can pay more taxes
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    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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  8. ‘We’re dying to pay our taxes’
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    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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  9. Greek primary budget surplus eases to 1.95 bln on back of lower revenues in Aug
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    Economy

    to 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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  10. 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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