The Greek government offers to hire survivors of the July Athens wildfires in the public sector. With a Ministerial Decree issued on Thursday, exactly one month after the tragedy that cost the life of 96 people, the government offer jobs to relatives of victims and survivors. That is also to …
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Greece considers seeking compensation from Turkey for damaged patrol boat
Greece is considering seeking compensation from Turkey for the minor damages caused to the Coast Guard vessel after it was rammed by a Turkish patrol boat near the islets of Imia at around midnight on Monday. “We are considering whether the Turks will have to pay [for the damage],” he was …
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Gov’t to hand out social aid €500-€2,100 to islanders as compensation for the VAT increase
An extraordinary social handout from 500 to 2,100 euros, depending on the family size and economic criteria, will be given to islanders in 2018 as a readjustment offset for the abolition of lower VAT scale applied on transactions on the Greek islands. On Tuesday, the government announced that VAT rates …
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FRAPORT to claim €70million for ramshackle Greek regional airports
The German-Greek consortium FRAPORT plans to claim a compensation of 70 million euros from the Greek state citing “the miserable condition of the 14 regional airports it acquired in April. The unprecedented high amount is almost double than the amount the Greeks received for selling their national railway TRAINOSE to …
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FRAPORT strikes back, claims they found 12,000 burned out bulbs in 14 regional airports
Apparently the Greek Civil Aviation Authority had left the 14 regional airports in the darkness. Therefore, when the German-Greek consortium FRAPORT took over last April, they found a total of 12,000 burned out bulbs in the fourteen regional airports. Fraport claims come just two weeks after the Greek Transportation Minister …
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Bakari Henderson family to file for mammoth compensation, says lawyer
The last act of the brutal murder of US student Bakari Henderson will take place in the court rooms. The victim’s family plans to file a law suit and have perpetrators pay a high price. Lawyer Andreas Patsis told media that he has been assigned by the Henderson family to …
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EU Court rules airlines are responsible for flight delay notifications
The European Union Court of Justice has ruled in favor of an airline passenger denied compensation after a flight cancelation. The court ruled that airlines are responsible for informing the passengers of the cancelation. Thursday’s decision from the EU court states that an air carrier is responsible for notifying a passenger …
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ECHR rules Greece to pay €12K-€16K to each of 42 strawberry pickers in Manolada shooting
A group of strawberry pickers from Bangladesh has won a case against Greece at Europe’s highest human rights court. They were shot at by employer’s foremen for demanding unpaid wages after they had worked for 5 month sin Manolada, Peloponnese. The Council of Europe’s Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday …
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Court rules Debtors can claim Compensation from Collection Agencies
“Repeated calls from collection agencies to debtors infringe personality and debtors are entitled to compensation.” This is the final decision of a court in Athens after an attorney filed a lawsuit against two collection agencies. The court ruling opens the way for compensation to be claimed for “personality insult” when …
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Retired Navy officer takes Bailout-PM Papandreou to court for “false election promises”
Former Prime Minister George Papandreou is going on trial on January 19th 2017 after a retired Navy officer filed a lawsuit claiming the then leader of PASOK gave false promises in the elections campaign of September 2009 despite the fact that Greece was broke. The retired Navy office seeks a …
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National Bank pays up to 42 salaries compensation to have employees quit voluntarily
Greece’s National Bank pours pure gold on its employees in order to persuade them to exit voluntarily their work place forever: extraordinary generous compensation, bonuses for their children. medical insurance and fixed rates on mortgages. According to a circular sent ot the bank employees the offer for voluntarily exodus is: …
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Turkey demands conviction of Greek pilot, €1mn compensation 20 years later after incident
Ten years after? No! Twenty years later! Turkey demands life sentence for a Greek pilot over alleged jet downing during a dogfight in 1996 that cost the life of a Turkish pilot. Turkish prosecutors demand two aggravated life sentences for a Greek pilot who allegedly downed a Turkish F-16 jet …
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Greek gov’t to demand WWII reparations from Germany, may confiscate Goethe Institute
After a long debate that ended in the early morning hours of Wednesday, the Greek Parliament decided to establish a committee in order to demand World War II reparations from Germany. And if this is not enough challenge towards the country’s biggest creditor, the Justice Minister assured, he was ready …
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Life of a Greek soldier killed on duty is worth €13,000 minus €3,000 tax!!!
We have an expression here in Greece: “somebody squeezes fat out of a fly”. We use this expression in order to describe someone extremely miserly and stingy. Now the Greek state, precisely the Greek Finance Ministry shows this attitude towards the family of a 19-year-old soldier who was killed during …
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Greek Gov’t in Tax Frenzy: Up to 45% Tax for Redundancy & Lump Sum Compensations
Greek government will impose heavy taxes to whatever moves, flies, swim or stands. Compensations will undergo sharp cuts as the state’s arm will dig deep into the pockets of unemployed and grab its share. And all this despite, the promises of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras that they would be no new taxes – but …
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Compensation of Greek President to Be Cut into Half: Just €11,561/Month
The monthly compensation a Greek President receives will be cut into half. With decision of the finance ministry and effect from September 1st 2012, the monthly compensation of a Greek president will be 11,561 euro. After the cut, he monthly compensation for the President is be equal to twice the salary of …
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Greece to Decrease Compensations to PM and Ministers, But Not to MPs
Greece’s alternate Finance Minister Christos Staikouras uploaded in open government a series of compensation cuts for the high-ranking officials of the country. The Prime Minister and the Parliament speaker, Ministers and alternate ministers will see their income been cut between 468 and 1,872 euro per month. The salaries for the …
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10+1 Golden Benefits & Privileges for 300 Members of Greek Parliament
A total of 20,203 euro is spent per month by the Greek parliament for each of its elected members: MP compensation, several open and hidden benefits, additional income through participation in committees as well as operational costs for their offices make it an expensive hobby for thousands of Greeks suffering …
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Energa, Hellas Power: Private Energy Market Collapses As Greece Suspends Their Licences
Greece’s Energy Ministry suspended on Tuesday the operating licenses of private electricity providers Energa and Hellas Power, due to unpaid debts to state power company DEH and the Hellenic Transmission System Operator. The two companies owe more than 27 million euro. At the same time, the financial crime units of the Finance …
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