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Greek gov’t says to raise pensions as compensation for scrapping of poverty allowance

January 5, 2018 Social Comments Off on Greek gov’t says to raise pensions as compensation for scrapping of poverty allowance

The Greek government plans to raise pensions to low-pensioners as a compensation for scrapping the poverty allowance (EKAS) to thousands of people as demanded by the country’s lenders. Speaking to Sto Kokkino FM, deputy minister for Social Security, Tasos Petropoulos, said that low-pensioners of less than 700 euro per month …

Sharp austerity cuts turn poverty allowance for low-pensioners into a pocket money of just 35 euros

December 11, 2017 Social 2

Thousands of low-pensioners will have to further tighten their belt as poverty allowance will be either completely disappear or cut to a thin pocket money of just 35 euro per month. Eligible to poverty allowance EKAS will be only those with a monthly pension of up to 585 euro gross …

Scraping ‘poverty allowance’ for low-pensioners, ask them to pay back retrospective for 6 months

May 17, 2016 Society Comments Off on 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 …

Absolute absurd! Greece’s creditors leaked proposals with €11bn measures

June 24, 2015 Economy 36

The five-page creditors’ proposals to Greece have been leaked to the press and it is all over the Greek and international internet. The proposals that bear the signature of the International Monetary Fund demand from austerity in form of VAT hikes, sweeping changes in to pensions system, including raising of …

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