Greece will subsidize power bills of households and businesses with 1.9 billion euros in September, Energy Minister Kostas Skrekas announced on Tuesday. For households, the subsidy is 63.9 cents per KWh, meaning that consumers will pay 15-16 cents of the average price at 0,80 euros. The subsidies will be incorporated …
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Hospitals in Greece start administering “monoclonic antibodies” to Covid-patients
Hospitals in Greece will start administering monoclonic antibodies to Covid-19 patients with top priority to high-risk Covid-19 patients who belong to vulnerable groups, the Health Ministry announced on Thursday. the country has so far received 2,000 doses of monoclonic antibodies. According to Deputy Health Minister Mina Gaga, the administration will …
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Vote for Greeks abroad: Political parties agree on strict eligibility criteria
No postal vote, eligibility for those who have been living abroad for maximum 35 years but who had lived in Greece for two years and can prove it with public documents. The inter-party committee of the Greek Parliament has reached an agreement on the vote of Greeks living abroad, Interior …
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Greek Gov’t considers Traffic Fines according to income criteria
Greek government considers to change the traffic fines and imposed them according to the income of the driver who causes an accident. Speaking to radio Sto Kokkino FM, Deputy Transport Minister, Nikos Mavraganis revealed the plan that traffic fines are imposed according to the financial status of the driver violating …
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Scraping ‘poverty allowance’ for low-pensioners, ask them to pay back retrospective for 6 months
Scrapping the “poverty allowance”, a social aid for low pensioners, is one of the conditions of the summer 2015 agreement between Greece and the European troika. The cuts would be initially start in March 2016 for several thousands of beneficiaries and the aid would be totally scrapped as of 2019 …
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Greek Migration Minister: “Some European countries asks us not to send them Black Refugees”
Greek Migration Minister made a revelation of important significance about the criteria according to which European Union member states ‘choose’ from a pool of refugees whom they are obliged to accept in the context of “refugees share quotas” agreement. Speaking to Parapolitika FM, Minister Yannis Mousalas said that 930 refugees …
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How many signatures needed to approve “heating oil benefits”?
Deputy Finance Minister Tryfon Alexiadis announced on Thursday the income criteria for those eligible to receive the “heating oil allowance” for winter 2015/2016. Trying to justify why the criteria have been announced late, Alexiadis said underlined that “dozens of signatures were needed” for the approval of this decision and therefore …
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Greece’s agreement protects only 25% of mortgages – Foreclosures just outside the door
Three in one mortgage receivers are most likely to lose their homes after Greece and creditors agreed on the measures to “protect the first residence”. Income criteria for first residence protection are set extremely low, the state is willing to subsidize and help the banks and the poor borrowers with …
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Are you Alive in Greece? Lenders will tax you as “free-lancer” with 26% & tax in advance
I cannot believe that such a tax legislation can be true. The 3.bailout agreement “prerequisites” will reportedly tax people without or very low income as if they were a profit-bringing enterprise and will even ask tax payment in advance. This absolutely incredible and almost criminal and human rights violating over-taxation …
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Greece writes off debts to state and banks up to €20,000
Greece will write off debts up to 20,000 euro to tax office, insurance funds but also consumer loans and credit cards to the banks. The measure targets the debt relief of allegedly some 35,000 people and the criteria are very strict: absolute poverty, not possession of property, no income at …
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Greek FinMin criteria: You are suspect of tax evasion, if you’re nervous and change your appearance
Are you nervous? Did you change your appearance with a radical haircut or a weight loss (or even gain) of 30 kilos? Did you cut off your telephone connection? Do you often change address? You could be suspect of tax evasion… This is being clearly stated in a circular issued …
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PM Papademos: These Elections Decide About Greece’s Future
Caretaker prime minister of Greece and ex-banker Lucas Papademos made a crucial statement, just a few days before Greeks rush to voting booths. “The elections willl decide on the future of the country,” Papademos told to his government cabinet ministers on Wednesday. “In a few days we will hand out …
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Greek Fin Min Gives Wrong SMS Number for Property Tax Exemptions
That’s a true …Greek planning! Glorification of Sloppiness. The SMS number <54160> given public by the Finance Ministry for those who are entitled to be exempted from the Emergency Property Tax …belongs also to one or even two other subscribers! The ministry tries to correct the issue and there will …
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Greece’s Exemptions Criteria to Emergency Property Tax
Parents with more than three children, long time jobless and people with heavy disabilities are exempted form the emergency Property Tax or they will pat reduced prices per square meter. More specifically: Reduced prices of 0,5 euro per sq meter will pay a) Parents with more than 3 children, when …
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