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OECD: Greek families with kids are taxed higher than singles

It doesn’t worth to be married with kids in Greece. Tax-wise. While taxes and social security contributions swallow 43.4% of the salary of a taxpayer without family, families with children are taxed with 3 percentage points more. According to a survey conducted by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development …

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Poll: 25% of Athens school children going hungry

Thousands of Greek school children face one of the toughest aspects of the economic crisis: starvation and hunger. Last week, teachers complained for one more time about pupils who faint in the class room due to starvation. The issue of children going hungry was raised for one more time during …

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Survey: Greek households trapped between poverty and debts

More than one-third of the Greek households are trapped and squeezed between poverty and debts as the disposable income dramatically decreased, a survey conducted in December 2014 found out. According to a the survey conducted by the Institute for Small Enterprises of the Greek Federation of Craftsmen and Merchants (IME-GSEBEE), …

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Greece’s €300-Generation: 1:3 workers earn a piece of bread

One in three workers in Greece’s private sector earn a monthly salary of €300 net -up to  €440 gross. This shocking revelations comes from a survey conducted by the Labor Institute (INE) of private sector union GSEE. The survey reveals that wages in greece have shrunk significantly through the so-called …

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Greek PM hails the end of summer with optimism over economic recovery

The month started with an ascertainment: That the “unemployment is a treacherous and tough opponent of the society, undermining the dreams of the youth” – so said Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras on Monday September 1st, stressing that in order to tackle unemployment “we need to take action now that we enter …

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Greek households survey: economic suffocation under the shining “success story”

Four in ten Greek households have at least one unemployed member, one in three fears to lose its home, one in ten had to sell assets in order to pay obligations, one in three cannot pay utility bills and mortgage installments. The list of so-called “Greece’s  success story” is long …

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Survey: 4:10 Greeks borrow money to pay their bills

Four out of ten Greeks borrow money in order to pay utility and other bills. Also 40% states that they have not enough money to live a decent life due to lay-offs, unemployment, wage cuts, increased taxes and the price of heating oil, and declare that utility bills -electricity, telephone, …

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The Expat Survey 2013 – Enter and get a chance to win £1,000 cash

Are you a happy expatriate? Did you move away from your country for a better quality of life, for a career opportunity or just because you loved the scenery of your new home?  i-world Research, the research division of the London based agency, MaxMedia International, has launched three surveys for …

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Here comes the “Euroflush”! EU Commission directive on standardized toilet flush!

The European Commission has real concern about the well-being of its citizens. Our Eurocrats stoop with sincere prudence over the problems of their subservient. They look down to the poorest citizen in the most remote EU village and try their best to help him out of a deadlock situation and …

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Survey: 51% of Europeans believe austerity politics have failed

51% of Europeans believe austerity politics have failed. Greece, Portugal and Cyprus have expressed the greatest degree of dissatisfaction with austerity policies According to a study by the Gallup Institute for the “Debating Europe” platform, 51% of Europeans believe that the austerity policies implemented to combat the crisis have failed, …

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90% of Greeks want government to pursue Germany over WWII reparations

That’s an interesting public opinion survey result that will increase pressure for the Greek government to carry on with the WWII demands from Germany. Eight in ten Greeks believe, the government should pursue Germany over the reparations for damages during the 2. World War. Even if some compensation was given …

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