13th pension
PM Tsipras leaves open possibility for additional relief measures like Christmas benefit
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, in statements to 247 radio on Monday, pointed out that a negative
Legislation on 120 installments, VAT cuts and 13th pension passed by overwhelming majority
The labour ministry’s bill introducing 120-installment settlement schemes for debts
Cutting of the 13th, 14th pensions was illegal, funds should be returned says court ruling
A Thessaloniki first-instance court on Tuesday ruled that austerity cuts scrapping the 13th and 14th pensions were illegal and ordered the pension funds involved to return the money, amounting to 11,184 euros, in full to 70-year-old pensioner Odysseas Tsologiannis.