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The government is turning its attention this year to easing the burden on salaried labor. It is keeping some measures under wraps for the time being.

The National Social Security Institute announced that the average social security income for the country is BGN 1015,82 for November 2019.

The average monthly social security income for the country from 01.12.2018 to 30.11.2019 is BGN 977,60.

Cenk Uygur, the founder and host of progressive media company The Young Turks, announced his candidacy for the U.S. Congress elections in 2020.

A social security system that doesn't take into account the will of the insured person at all is neither fair not effective. It is unfair and ineffective because its imbalance makes the evasion of social security contributions very attractive.

The average monthly salary of part-timers in Greece amounts to the particularly low figure of 404.5 euros gross. This is based on the latest available data from the Single Social Security Entity (EFKA) as declared by employers.

The new system for the calculation of social security contributions for the country's 1.4 million freelancers, self-employed professionals and farmers will start applying in 2020, so until the end of this year they will need to continue paying their dues to the Single Social Security Entity (EFKA), despite this month's decision by the Council of State.

More than 310,000 pension applications to the main pension fund (EFKA) and the auxiliary pension fund (ETEAEP) remain pending, while the total number of outstanding cases regarding pension issues adds up to over 1 million, Labor Minister Yiannis Vroutsis said on Tuesday.

Elizabeth Warren repeatedly came under attack during Oct. 15's Democratic presidential debate as rivals accused the Massachusetts senator of ducking questions about the cost of Medicare for All and her signature "wealth tax" plan in an attempt to derail her rising campaign.

The experts' committee on the social security system recommends the mandatory entry of all labor market newcomers as of January 1, 2021 to the new funded auxiliary social security scheme, Kathimerini has learned.

The Labor Ministry is seriously considering the dissociation of the social security contributions calculation for 1.4 million freelance and self-employed professionals and farmers from their declared taxable income.