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New land-zoning law...
Public Works and Environment Minister Giorgos Souflias gestures before an Inner Cabinet meeting yesterday. |
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Care needed in pension fund reform
In accordance with the Reppas law, which called for the merging of the country's social security funds, in 2006 then New Democracy Labor Minister Savvas Tsitouridis merged TEVE, the pension fund for the self-employed, with the traders' and taxi drivers' funds into one shared fund called the Social Security Fund for the Self-Employed (OAEE). Ever since, this fund has literally been locked in a battle for survival, as each month, in order to meet its pension payouts, it needs to turn to the state budget to cover its immense deficits. |
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Still time to protect Greece
When we held our meeting to decide on this week's lead story, we thought that maybe we were getting a little too negative by choosing to focus on the price gouging of tourists. People come here to have a good time, some of us argued, so maybe it gets to be a bit much to keep hearing about negative aspects to visiting Greece (or living here). In previous weeks we had already investigated how the haphazard opening times at museums and archaeological sites dishearten visitors, on the bad habits of taxi drivers, on how ferry companies are battling to control costs at a time of rising oil prices, and how prices for many goods and services are often more expensive in Greece than in other European countries (for everyone, not just visitors). |
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