ATHENS – Greek Finance Minister Christos Staikouras on Monday categorically denied that the government was considering cuts in wages and pensions.
In comments made to "Parapolitika" radio station, Staikouras said: "We are not discussing cuts to wages and pensions." He added that all tax cuts envisaged in the current state budget were implemented as scheduled. The finance minister noted that "what we were not able to do was extra tax cuts, for example, of the solidarity contribution, but as soon as the situation stabilises the government will proceed with focused tax and contribution cuts."
Staikouras defended the government's plan to subsidise part of the workers' wages for part-time employment, saying that "we choose to support work and not subsidise unemployment".
ATHENS - Under Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ pro-business agenda, Greece is accelerating a recovery, outpacing even Germany - on which it had relied for backing international bailouts during an economic crisis.
FALMOUTH, MA – The police in Falmouth have identified the victim in an accident involving a car plunging into the ocean on February 20, NBC10 Boston reported.
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