social dividend

Online applications for the "social dividend", or Christmas bonus, will be available next week for recipients on a special online platform set up by the government. The distribution of the bonus totaling 1.3 to 1.4 billion euros, will take place...

The Greek government on Wednesday tabled the first budget drawn up since the country exited the bailout era last August. The 2019 budget projects a GDP surplus of 3.6 percent, against a target of 3.5 percent, and a growth rate...

One of the (vague) election pledges of Alexis Tsipras was that his administration would restore the lost dignity of Greeks. That was also one of his slogans when he was negotiating with creditors before he brought back more of...

Data from the finance ministry show that foreign residents of dozens of different nationalities receive the social dividend in Greece, with one in ten recipients being non-Greek. Specifically, 97,000 recipients are of Albanian, Bulgarian and Romanian nationalities; 9,700 recipients are from India,...

The Greek parliament approved with a large majority on Monday a government draft bill on the financial aid the government will distribute to low-income earners and pensioners in December. The bill was approved by all the parties except Golden Dawn. Despite...

The recent government decision to use its primary budget surplus in order to distribute a “social dividend” comes with yet another class-oriented policy spin. In the three years it has been in power, the SYRIZA-led government has a string...

Greece's Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos on Wednesday said that a family of four with an annual income of 12,000-18,000 euros is middle class, and they qualify for a social dividend of 500 euros. Speaking in parliament, Tsakalotos said that the...

The Greek government has frozen the Public Investments Program in order to pay the social dividend worth 1.4 billion euros promised by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, a Kathimerini newspaper report says. Based on figures for the January-October period provided by...

The Greek government announced its plans to offer aid worth 1 billion euros to poor Greeks who have suffered during the seven-year debt crisis, after beating its budget targets this year. "The surplus out-performance which will be distributed to social...

A new social program called “Digital Solidarity Cheque” will allow free internet access to people receiving the social dividend, as well as a laptop or tablet, to help them learn computer skills. The program will be officially announced in November and aims to reduce...