pensioners

A series of measures to support low-income families, unemployment benefits in Greece, and pensions, announced by Greek PM Kyriakos during his TIF address last week were detailed on Thursday.

More specifically, around 400,000 pensioners pay a double and arguably unfair tax through the solidarity contribution, which, due to its fiscal cost, will not be restructured.

As he noted, under the previous regime, 36,000 retirees were employed, while up to now, 78,000 retirees have registered on the relevant e-EFKA platform, and this number is increasing daily.

The government's policies to attract foreign property buyers to boot the economy is working, reports German newspaper Handelsblatt

The French paper reminded that Athens has unveiled an annual tax rate of 7% for 15 years for EU pensioners who move their tax residence to the country.