Pension

Head of Greek Social Security Fund Makes Controversial Bulgaria Comments

The president of Greek self-employed professionals' social security fund has argued that whoever is unable to pay his contributions in combination with the excessive taxation should take their family and move to Bulgaria.

Dimitris Tsakiritis has told Kathimerini his statement was misinterpreted, according to the newspaper's English-language website.

OAEE asks for more support

OAEE, the social security fund for the self-employed, has seen its deficit increase and is again asking for additional financing via the special reserves of the Social Security Capital for the Solidarity of Generations (AKAGE).

One in two pensioners lose money from Tsipras’s ‘squaring the circle’ speech

Despite the Greek PM Alexis Tsipras’s claim that he had managed to ’square the circle’ during his speech at the Thessaloniki International Fair, Sunday, the numbers paint a different story regarding the cuts in pensions. Half of the Greek pensioners (1.2 million) saw a cuts in their meagre incomes ranging from a few Euros to 230 Euros (abolition of the EKAS benefit).

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