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  "title": "Greece today: catch-up child benefit, November pension dates and a planned heating-oil subsidy",
  "dek": "Five dates for households: a child-benefit payment on Friday, pensions on 26 and 29 October, a planned heating-oil subsidy from 15 October, a new e-EFKA channel and a primary-school strike on 21 October.",
  "description": "Catch-up child benefit on 9 October, November pension dates, a planned heating-oil subsidy from 15 October, e-EFKA's new platform and a school strike.",
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      "verdict": "corrected",
      "claim": "Greek outlets reported that the catch-up child benefit would go to about 40,000 beneficiaries.[S6][S7]",
      "finding": "ΟΠΕΚΑ's own announcement gives 49,545 beneficiaries and €7,671,724.02 in total. We used the official figures.[S3]"
    },
    {
      "verdict": "missing",
      "claim": "How much the heating-oil subsidy would be per litre.",
      "finding": "The amendment sets no amount. A joint ministerial decision would fix it, so we did not repeat figures that were not in the text.[S13]"
    }
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    "How many cents per litre the heating-oil subsidy will be. The joint ministerial decision had not been published on 8 October.",
    "Whether Parliament has voted the heating-oil amendment, and whether the subsidy will run beyond 31 October.",
    "The web address and login method for e-EFKA's new questions and complaints channel. The announcement gives neither.",
    "The date of the November child-benefit payment, and whether new applicants will receive back-dated instalments.",
    "DOE's own announcement of the 21 October strike was not yet on its website when we checked on 8 October."
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