(ANSAmed) - ATHENS, JANUARY 3 - Retired Greeks will see their
pensions reduced by between 5-20% depending on their pay scale
as measures to curb state spending and meet targets set by the
country's creditors start coming into effect this month. The
plan, as daily Kathimerini reports, is for pensions up to 1,500
euros to be slashed by 5%, those between 1,500 and 2,000 euros
by 10%, etc, while pensions in excess of 3,000 euros will see
20% slashed, although they will not go under 2,550 euros. The
unwed or divorced daughters of civil servants receiving pensions
will see the amount reduced to a maximum of 720 euros per month,
while they may even see a complete abolition of their pension if
they declare an income from other sources up to or above that
amount, Skai reported on Wednesday. (ANSAmed).
