Athens, July 20, 2015 – Greece has repaid all its debts all ‘ IMF, that is 1.6 billion euro. Athens is no longer in arrears thanks to the bridging loan of 7.16 billion that has been paid by the EU: the transaction was announced today by the Commission.
Meanwhile, bank Greek reopened today stormed after about three weeks of the closing ( Video ). There remain, however, the restrictions on withdrawals, amounting to 420 Euros per week . Still closed however the Athens Stock Exchange.
VAT INCREASE – Take today also the VAT increase of restaurants and public transport, one of the measures designed to restore confidence in and out Greece’s borders, after which Athens has signed the aid agreement with creditors. According to the website of ‘ eKathimerini ‘ VAT increases from 13 percent to 23 percent on many goods Staples , as some meats, cooking oils, coffee, tea, cocoa, vinegar, salt, flowers, firewood, fertilizer, insecticides, tampons and condoms. The services affected by the ‘new’ Iva include restaurants and cafes, funeral, taxi and language schools. Shopkeepers Greeks have had little time to adapt and are trying to put in a hurry online prices with the new rate. The Iva minimum of 6% will remain in the hands of books and medicines. According to the objectives of the reform value added tax should lead to the State greek about 1 billion euro more a year.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is trying to bring stability, also politics in the country, after his Syriza party was split on the approval of the reforms requested by the institutions. After the subsequent cabinet reshuffle, Tsipras has to regroup the ranks ahead of the start of talks on the third bailout package. Meanwhile, Interior Minister Nikos Voutsis, predicted early elections for September or October.
SOCIAL SECURITY MANAGER RESIGNS – The Secretary General of the Greek Social Security (IKA) Giorgos Romania’s announced his dimission . Speaking to the issuer private Mega Channel, he said Romania’s notifying the neo-Labour Minister Giorgos Katrougalos, emphasizing that he felt a “great humiliation” to carry on and do the exact opposite of the principles on which it was He was chosen. Romania’s said not to be able to handle the new legislation and reforms in the pension system, explaining that he “ can not give a pension of 87 euro to a disabled person, because this is what has been approved “. Romania’s concluded that the Ministry of Labour was ignored when it was devised pension reform.
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