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Greek pensions laid bare

Wed, 17 Jun 2015 13:23:00 GMT

paid in March with a cost of 277 million euros, which corresponds to an average supplementary pension... and subsidized employment schemes. The Complementary Pension Allowance (EKAS), which serves more...) is close to 1.2 billion euros. Pure pension-related grants, excluding EKAS, from the budget were

Coalition ministers, MPs wrestle with implications of Eurogroup agreement

Thu, 26 May 2016 13:58:00 GMT

a discount until now. He was beaten to it, though, by Defence Minister Panos Kammenos, who leads... pledge regarding the EKAS benefit for low-income pensioners would be fulfilled. The Eurogroup indicated that Tsipras had overstepped the mark when he promised on Sunday that EKAS recipients would

Athens assesses new Turkish government, potential impact on imminent drive for fresh talks

Thu, 08 Jun 2023 08:04:00 GMT

controversial statements regarding the West, like Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu, have been removed... by Erdogan since new Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan is one of his closest aides. Fidan headed.... But the new foreign minister, Hakan Fidan, is well-known in Athens for being Turkey’s invisible

Government tables 2016 budget, upgrades GDP forecasts but leaves fiscal estimates unchanged

Fri, 20 Nov 2015 14:03:00 GMT

(1.3 billion), development of Hellenikon (345 million), sale of real estate and shares (277 million... due to rise in health care contribution for pensioners and reduction in EKAS beneficiaries, public

Gov't under scrutiny over relationship with judicial system

Fri, 18 Mar 2016 14:28:00 GMT

prosecutor Georgia Tsatani, who was responsible for investigating businessman Andreas Vgenopoulos... that Papangelopoulos tried to take her off the case. The deputy minister has admitted asking Tsatani to hand... and Transparency Committee to look into the issue. Tsatani is also under investigation from Thanou after her

Newsletter 68 - 01/04/2016

Fri, 01 Apr 2016 13:06:00 GMT

was beaten again. Despite the economy entering recession, Greece being monitored for its oversized public... implemented new interventions include the gradual phasing out of the EKAS solidarity payment

Greece tries to navigate through uncertainty in Western Balkans

Tue, 09 May 2017 13:09:00 GMT

Hoyt Yee also met with Xhaferi in Skopje during an official visit earlier on April 30. "We feel......to propose a government and a government programme," Yee said in Skopje after meeting with leaders on both.... Yee's meeting with President Gjorge Ivanov, who has directly opposed the formation of a government

First round of local elections leave Greek politics finely balanced

Sun, 18 May 2014 23:48:00 GMT

Democracy’s incumbent Vassilis Michaloliakos was beaten into second place by independent Yiannis Moralis... incumbent Giorgos Kaminis all the way. According to Interior Ministry projections Kaminis was expected

With eye on elections, Tsipras talks up public sector hirings

Fri, 09 Nov 2018 09:10:00 GMT

to be beaten in those ballots and it would risky to hold a national vote in the wake... with 4,500 next year. Meanwhile, the Interior Ministry estimates that there are roughly 35,000

New Democracy tries to win over voters with crackdown on bank charges, migration

Wed, 23 Jul 2025 10:24:00 GMT

severely brain-damaged after being beaten and sexually assaulted by a Pakistani migrant on the island... politician met with EU interior ministers on Tuesday in Copenhagen, where he pressed for faster