Pensioners

On Thursday night, there was a party at Maximos Mansion. Alexis Tsipras called all his lawmakers and cabinet for a drink, an informal get-together since, as he claimed, he has missed these people after several hectic weeks of international...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras reprimanded Deputy Citizen Protection Minister Nikos Toskas for using tear gas against pensioners who were protesting the new pension cuts. After pictures of sad old men with swollen, teary eyes made the rounds in the...

Greek police used tear gas to push away protesting pensioners who were trying to approach the Maximos Mansion during a demonstration rally in central Athens. The new pension cuts, especially for those who receive low pensions, led about 1,000 pensioners...

Pension cuts have affected the lives of 1.2 million Greek pensioners. The organization of a network of United Pensioners (ENDISY) said that six out of 10 pensioners get less than 700 euros, and 44.8 percent of pensioners get a...

Greek pensioners who have seen their rights diminish since the start of the economic crisis took to the streets against the latest round of pension cuts in Athens. The elderly shouted slogans protesting against slashes to their pensions outside...

About 150,000 pensioners saw their supplementary pensions slashed by up to 50 percent when they went to the ATMs on Friday. This is the second category of pensioners who are seeing their pensions undergo reductions. The first category was the...

The summer of 2016 turns out to be another summer of discontent for Greek pensioners and wage earners who see their incomes slashed, as a new round of austerity begins after the imposition of the new bailout program measures. It...

About 148,000 low pension recipients saw their pensions slashed in half after the new pension cuts went into effect as part of the fiscal adjustments the government had to make. Specifically, 148,000 pensioners who were receiving the supplementary solidarity pension...

Greek pensioners might have to resort to collecting wild greens in order to feed themselves as the economy gets worse, says a BBC report. Reporter Heidi Fuller-Love sees the Greek economic crisis from the point of view of a Cretan...

Greek pensioners are privileged to receive 98 percent of their average income, a new study by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development shows. Only 7 percent of Greeks over the age of 65 live below poverty level, when the...