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Famous Greek Actor Arrested for Debts to IKA

The famous Greek actor and director of the National Theater of Northern Greece, Yannis Vouros, was arrested for debts to the social insurance fund, IKA. Vouros was lead before the public prosecutor of Thessaloniki and then released because his debt...

IKA Chief Charged for Exempting Company from Payment

Rovertos Spyropoulos, who heads Greece's main social security fund IKA, is facing charges of helping a major company evade its commitments to the organization. Rovertos Spyropoulos is alleged to have obstructed the seizure of assets of a supermarket company that owed more than...

Get Your Greek Arrest Scorecard Right Here!

Ho-hum, another day in Greece, another arrest. A hundred here and a hundred there and pretty soon you're talking real numbers. A quick calculation shows that at this rate, the government will have arrested every person in the country...

Greek Publisher Arrested for Debt

Greek publisher Giorgos Kouris was arrested by police for debts to the State and is now being held at the Greek police headquarters in Athens. Four arrest warrants were issued against him, one for debts to the Social Security Organization,...

Fines for Undeclared Work

The Minister of Labour and Social Insurance Ioannis Vroutsis announced that from the middle of September until the end of October they imposed fines of almost 6 million Euros for undeclared work. Specifically, from the 15th of September to the...

New Pension Cuts to be Expected After March

Troika has given a short cooling-off period to the Greek coalition government. This leaves the Greek government with only one choice. If the new measures do not bring the results hopes for, the government will have to take action...

Tough Penalties for Businesses with Debts to IKA

Social Insurance Institute (known in Greek as IKA), the largest social security organization in Greece announced on Tuesday 5th of November that the businesses that have not paid their contributions to the institute will face tough penalties from Wednesday...

Woman Collects Dead Husbands Pension Illegally

A 63-year old woman is estimated to have put over 105,000 into her account, money of which was collected over 30 years of  illegally receiving her dead husband's  pension.........even though she was remarried. As it became known, the widow after...

IKA Pensions Halted for Greeks in Egypt

One hundred and fifty Greeks receiving low pension from the Greek Social Insurance Institute (IKA) remain unpaid. Those are Greeks that live in Cairo, Egypt’s capital. According to the announcement of Cairo’s Greek Community, IKA has halted payments for retirement...

PASOK and New Democracy Debt to IKA

Extensive controls take place in the public and private sector as well as in the political parties of Greece in order to reveal the debts on social security contributions. According to these controls, the two most popular political parties of...