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  "title": "Greece today: the loan-servicers bill passes, Brain Gain rules tighten, a Commission projection of 72 by 2080, and Athens Marathon road closures",
  "dek": "Greece's Parliament passed the loan-servicers bill on 5 November 2026, with the government majority alone voting for it in principle; the same bill tightens the 50% Brain Gain tax break, and none of it is law until it appears in the Government Gazette. The prime minister announced six measures plus two for municipalities in Kalamata, the Athens Marathon's main road closures start on Saturday 7 November, and ΔΥΠΑ's teachers' call closes on Sunday 8 November at 23:59.",
  "description": "Greek MPs passed the loan-servicers bill on 5 November 2026; the Athens Marathon shuts roads on 8 November, and a ΔΥΠΑ teachers' call closes that day.",
  "language": "en",
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  "published": "2026-11-06T08:07:00.000Z",
  "lastModified": "2026-11-06T08:07:00.000Z",
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    {
      "date": "2026-11-08",
      "label": "Greece: ΔΥΠΑ Teachers' Register 14th supplementary call closes at 23:59"
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  "glance": [
    "Greece's Parliament passed the loan-servicers bill on 5 November 2026; in principle only the government majority voted for it, while the amendment on a fixed 3% out-of-court rate and €5m fines won 212 votes to 49, with 27 present. It is not law until it is published in the Government Gazette (ΦΕΚ).[S1][S1:vote][S23]",
    "The European Commission's 2027 Ageing Report assumptions volume, published on 4 November 2026, estimates Greek retirement ages of 68 (early: 63) in 2030, 70 (65) in 2055 and 72 (67) in 2080 under the life-expectancy link; these are projections, not decisions.[S5]",
    "Applications for the 14th supplementary call of ΔΥΠΑ's Teachers' Register close on Sunday 8 November 2026 at 23:59, and the Athens Marathon runs on the same day from 08:30 to 18:15, with the main central-Athens road closures from 14:00 on Saturday 7 November.[S14:dypa-deadline][S11][S12]"
  ],
  "checks": [
    {
      "verdict": "missing",
      "claim": "Fortune Greece's report of 5 November 2026, headlined as the «πλήρης «χάρτης» των πληρωμών από τον ΕΦΚΑ» (e-ΕΦΚΑ's full payments map), says December pensions «έχει προγραμματιστεί» (have been scheduled) for 25 and 27 November 2026, and cites no release.[S18]",
      "finding": "e-ΕΦΚΑ's press-release list, checked on 6 November 2026, ends at release no. 429 of 23 October 2026 and has no release on December pension dates.[S15] The dates match a proposal by e-ΕΦΚΑ's board, as Star.gr reports; a proposal is not an announcement.[S17]"
    },
    {
      "verdict": "corrected",
      "claim": "AlfaVita reported on 31 October 2026, without qualification, that the minimum 2026–27 heating allowance «διαμορφώνεται στα 130 ευρώ» (is set at €130).[S22]",
      "finding": "Article 3, paragraph 2 of joint ministerial decision Α.1230/2026 (ΦΕΚ Β' 6569/30.10.2026) sets the minimum at €100.[S20]"
    },
    {
      "verdict": "confirmed",
      "claim": "AlfaVita reported on 6 November 2026 that the heating-allowance advance will be paid by 23 December 2026.[S21]",
      "finding": "Article 5, paragraph 2(α)(αα) of decision Α.1230/2026 sets 23 December 2026 as the date by which the advance is paid.[S20]"
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  "unknowns": [
    "The law number and the date the loan-servicers bill is published in the Government Gazette (ΦΕΚ). Until then none of its provisions, including the Brain Gain changes and the 120-instalment scheme, is law.",
    "Which legal act will raise the visitors' levy (τέλος παρεπιδημούντων) to 1%, and from when; outlets also disagree on the current rate.",
    "The price of the special ΔΕΗ electricity tariff for municipalities, which municipal uses it covers, and when the energy market counts as having eased enough for it.",
    "Whether the metro and tram will run longer hours or carry runners free on Sunday 8 November 2026. We found no notice from ΣΤΑΣΥ (Σταθερές Συγκοινωνίες, Statheres Sygkoinonies), the metro and tram operator.",
    "Which teaching specialties and areas ΔΥΠΑ's 14th supplementary call covers. They are in the call document, which we did not read.",
    "When e-ΕΦΚΑ will announce the December 2026 pension dates, and on which day the €400 annual payment will arrive.",
    "When the myΘέρμανση heating-allowance platform will open; the decision sets a closing date but no opening date."
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      "publisher": "iefimerida",
      "title": "Υπερψηφίστηκε το νομοσχέδιο Πιερρακάκη για το ιδιωτικό χρέος - «Mισή» συναίνεση από το ΠΑΣΟΚ στην ονομαστική ψηφοφορία",
      "date": "2026-11-05",
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://www.iefimerida.gr/politiki/nomoshedio-pierrakaki-yperpsifistike-idiotiko-hreos",
      "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261106075647/https://www.iefimerida.gr/politiki/nomoshedio-pierrakaki-yperpsifistike-idiotiko-hreos"
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      "id": "S2",
      "publisher": "Υπουργείο Εθνικής Οικονομίας και Οικονομικών (tabled bill, via Taxheaven)",
      "title": "Σχέδιο νόμου «Ενίσχυση εποπτείας των υπό διαχείριση απαιτήσεων από δάνεια και πιστώσεις — Προστασία συνεπών οφειλετών …», as tabled in Parliament (PDF)",
      "date": "2026-10-26",
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://www.taxheaven.gr/attachment/39428",
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    {
      "id": "S3",
      "publisher": "Τα Νέα (Ta Nea)",
      "title": "Brain Gain: Πότε χάνεται η φοροαπαλλαγή 50% και έρχεται έξτρα φόρος – Στο 15% η αυτοτελής φορολόγηση για τις συντάξεις",
      "date": "2026-11-06",
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://www.tanea.gr/2026/11/06/economy/brain-gain-pote-xanetai-i-foroapallagi-50-kai-erxetai-ekstra-foros-sto-15-i-aytotelis-forologisi-gia-tis-syntakseis/",
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      "id": "S4",
      "publisher": "Insider.gr",
      "title": "Brain Gain: Πότε «σβήνει» η φοροαπαλλαγή 50% – Τι ισχύει για την επιστροφή στο εξωτερικό",
      "date": "2026-11-06",
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://www.insider.gr/tax-labour/431670/brain-gain-pote-sbinei-i-foroapallagi-50-ti-ishyei-gia-tin-epistrofi-sto",
      "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261106075636/https://www.insider.gr/tax-labour/431670/brain-gain-pote-sbinei-i-foroapallagi-50-ti-ishyei-gia-tin-epistrofi-sto"
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    {
      "id": "S5",
      "publisher": "European Commission, DG ECFIN and the Economic Policy Committee's Ageing Working Group",
      "title": "2027 Ageing Report. Underlying Assumptions & Projection Methodologies (European Economy Institutional Paper 347), Table II.A3.2",
      "date": "2026-11-04",
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      "official": true,
      "url": "https://economy-finance.ec.europa.eu/publications/2027-ageing-report-underlying-assumptions-projection-methodologies_en",
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    {
      "id": "S6",
      "publisher": "Taxheaven (reproducing ΑΑΔΕ)",
      "title": "ΠΟΛ.1162/2018 Υποβολή Δήλωσης Πληροφοριακών Στοιχείων Μίσθωσης Ακίνητης Περιουσίας - Κωδικοποιημένη",
      "date": "2018-08-22",
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      "official": false,
      "url": "https://www.taxheaven.gr/circulars/29266/pol-1162-2018",
      "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261106080230/https://www.taxheaven.gr/circulars/29266/pol-1162-2018"
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    {
      "id": "S7",
      "publisher": "Taxheaven",
      "title": "Άρθρο 53 — Ν. 5104/2024, Κυρώσεις για παράλειψη υποβολής ή εκπρόθεσμη υποβολή φορολογικών δηλώσεων και δηλώσεων πληροφοριακού χαρακτήρα",
      "date": "2024-04-19",
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://www.taxheaven.gr/law/5104/2024/arthro/53",
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    {
      "id": "S8",
      "publisher": "enikos.gr",
      "title": "Μητσοτάκης: Πακέτο 6+2 μέτρων για τους δήμους - Όλα όσα ανακοίνωσε στο συνέδριο της ΚΕΔΕ",
      "date": "2026-11-05",
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://www.enikos.gr/politics/mitsotakis-paketo-6-2-metron-gia-tous-dimous-ola-osa-anakoinose-sto-synedrio-tis-kede/2672058/",
      "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261106080808/https://www.enikos.gr/politics/mitsotakis-paketo-6-2-metron-gia-tous-dimous-ola-osa-anakoinose-sto-synedrio-tis-kede/2672058/"
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      "id": "S9",
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      "title": "Μητσοτάκης στην ΚΕΔΕ: Τα 6+2 μέτρα για τους δήμους - Οι ανακοινώσεις για χρέη και νέο τιμολόγιο ρεύματος",
      "date": "2026-11-05",
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://www.dnews.gr/eidhseis/politikes-eidhseis/620833/mitsotakis-stin-kede-ta-6-2-metra-gia-tous-dimous-oi-anakoinoseis-gia-xrei-kai-neo-timologio-reymatos",
      "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261106080836/https://www.dnews.gr/eidhseis/politikes-eidhseis/620833/mitsotakis-stin-kede-ta-6-2-metra-gia-tous-dimous-oi-anakoinoseis-gia-xrei-kai-neo-timologio-reymatos"
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      "id": "S10",
      "publisher": "CNN Greece",
      "title": "Μητσοτάκης από Καλαμάτα: «Όχι υποσχέσεις και ακοστολόγητα συνθήματα» - Οι 6+2 πρωτοβουλίες ρεαλισμού",
      "date": "2026-11-05",
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://www.cnn.gr/politiki/story/560527/live-i-omilia-mitsotaki-sto-synedrio-tis-kentrikis-enosis-dimon-elladas",
      "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261106080904/https://www.cnn.gr/politiki/story/560527/live-i-omilia-mitsotaki-sto-synedrio-tis-kentrikis-enosis-dimon-elladas"
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    {
      "id": "S11",
      "publisher": "enikos.gr (carrying the Hellenic Police announcement)",
      "title": "Μαραθώνιος: Σε ισχύ από σήμερα έως και τη Δευτέρα οι κυκλοφοριακές ρυθμίσεις - Πού δεν θα μπορείτε να πάτε και να σταθμεύετε",
      "date": "2026-11-05",
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://www.enikos.gr/society/marathonios-se-ischy-apo-simera-eos-kai-ti-deftera-oi-kykloforiakes-rythmiseis-pou-den-tha-boreite-na-pate-kai-na-stathmevete/2671808/",
      "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261106080909/https://www.enikos.gr/society/marathonios-se-ischy-apo-simera-eos-kai-ti-deftera-oi-kykloforiakes-rythmiseis-pou-den-tha-boreite-na-pate-kai-na-stathmevete/2671808/"
    },
    {
      "id": "S12",
      "publisher": "Athens Voice",
      "title": "43ος Αυθεντικός Μαραθώνιος: Κυκλοφοριακές ρυθμίσεις από την Πέμπτη - Οι κλειστοί δρόμοι, τι ισχύει με τα ΜΜΜ",
      "date": "2026-11-03",
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://www.athensvoice.gr/epikairotita/ellada/995178/43os-authedikos-marathonios-kukloforiakes-ruthmiseis-apo-tin-pebti-oi-kleistoi-dromoi-ti-ishuei-me-ta-mmm/",
      "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261106080914/https://www.athensvoice.gr/epikairotita/ellada/995178/43os-authedikos-marathonios-kukloforiakes-ruthmiseis-apo-tin-pebti-oi-kleistoi-dromoi-ti-ishuei-me-ta-mmm/"
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    {
      "id": "S13",
      "publisher": "ERTSports (carrying the ΟΑΣΑ announcement)",
      "title": "43ο ΑΜΑ: Οι τροποποιήσεις δρομολογίων από την Παρασκευή (6/11) έως την Κυριακή (8/11) και οι κυκλοφοριακές ρυθμίσεις",
      "date": "2026-11-04",
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://www.ertsports.gr/stivos/43o-ama-oi-tropopoiiseis-dromologion-apo-tin-paraskeyi-6-11-eos-tin-kyriaki-8-11-kai-oi-kykloforiakes-rythmiseis/",
      "archive": null
    },
    {
      "id": "S14",
      "publisher": "ΔΥΠΑ (Δημόσια Υπηρεσία Απασχόλησης), prosvasis.dypa.gov.gr",
      "title": "Αιτήσεις από σήμερα 5 Νοεμβρίου για τη 14η συμπληρωματική πρόσκληση του Μητρώου Εκπαιδευτικών της ΔΥΠΑ",
      "date": "2026-11-05",
      "language": "el",
      "official": true,
      "url": "https://prosvasis.dypa.gov.gr/aitiseis-apo-simera-5-noemvrioy-ghia-ti-14i-simpliromatiki-prosklisi-toy-mitrwoy-ekpaideftikwn-tis-dypa",
      "archive": null
    },
    {
      "id": "S15",
      "publisher": "e-ΕΦΚΑ",
      "title": "Δελτία Τύπου (press-release list, checked 6 November 2026)",
      "date": "2026-11-06",
      "language": "el",
      "official": true,
      "url": "https://www.e-efka.gov.gr/el/deltia-typoy",
      "archive": null
    },
    {
      "id": "S16",
      "publisher": "Υπουργείο Εργασίας και Κοινωνικής Ασφάλισης (Ministry of Labour and Social Security)",
      "title": "Homepage news list (checked 6 November 2026)",
      "date": "2026-11-06",
      "language": "el",
      "official": true,
      "url": "https://ypergasias.gov.gr/",
      "archive": null
    },
    {
      "id": "S17",
      "publisher": "Star.gr",
      "title": "Συντάξεις Δεκεμβρίου: Αλλαγή με τις πληρωμές στους συνταξιούχους",
      "date": "2026-11-05",
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://www.star.gr/eidiseis/oikonomia/732187/syntaxeis-dekembrioy-allagh-me-tis-plhrwmes",
      "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261106081025/https://www.star.gr/eidiseis/oikonomia/732187/syntaxeis-dekembrioy-allagh-me-tis-plhrwmes"
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    {
      "id": "S18",
      "publisher": "Fortune Greece",
      "title": "Συντάξεις Δεκεμβρίου: Ο πλήρης «χάρτης» των πληρωμών από τον ΕΦΚΑ ανά Ταμείο",
      "date": "2026-11-05",
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://www.fortunegreece.com/article/sintaxeis-dekemvriou-o-pliris-xartis-ton-pliromon-apo-ton-efka-ana-tameio/",
      "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261106081024/https://www.fortunegreece.com/article/sintaxeis-dekemvriou-o-pliris-xartis-ton-pliromon-apo-ton-efka-ana-tameio/"
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    {
      "id": "S19",
      "publisher": "Ministry of National Economy and Finance (minfin.gov.gr)",
      "title": "Μείωση 40 λεπτά στο πετρέλαιο θέρμανσης, 20 λεπτά στο diesel κίνησης, 10 λεπτά στην αμόλυβδη και αύξηση 30% στο επίδομα θέρμανσης",
      "date": "2026-10-14",
      "language": "el",
      "official": true,
      "url": "https://minfin.gov.gr/meiosi-40-lepta-sto-petrelaio-thermansis-20-lepta-sto-diesel-kinisis-10-lepta-stin-amolyvdi-kai-afxisi-30-sto-epidoma-thermansis/",
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      "id": "S20",
      "publisher": "Εφημερίδα της Κυβερνήσεως (ΦΕΚ Β' 6569/30.10.2026)",
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      "date": "2026-10-30",
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
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    {
      "id": "S21",
      "publisher": "Alfavita.gr",
      "title": "Επίδομα θέρμανσης 2026-2027: Οι ημερομηνίες πληρωμής και τα ποσά ανά περιοχή",
      "date": "2026-11-06",
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://www.alfavita.gr/koinonia/566452_epidoma-thermansis-2026-2027-oi-imerominies-pliromis-kai-ta-posa-ana-periohi",
      "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261106081113/https://www.alfavita.gr/koinonia/566452_epidoma-thermansis-2026-2027-oi-imerominies-pliromis-kai-ta-posa-ana-periohi"
    },
    {
      "id": "S22",
      "publisher": "Alfavita.gr",
      "title": "Επίδομα θέρμανσης 2026-2027: Πότε ξεκινούν οι αιτήσεις και ποιοι μπορούν να λάβουν έως 1.560 ευρώ",
      "date": "2026-10-31",
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://www.alfavita.gr/oikonomia/566412_epidoma-thermansis-2026-2027-pote-xekinoyn-oi-aitiseis-kai-poioi-mporoyn-na-laboyn",
      "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261106081204/https://www.alfavita.gr/oikonomia/566412_epidoma-thermansis-2026-2027-pote-xekinoyn-oi-aitiseis-kai-poioi-mporoyn-na-laboyn"
    },
    {
      "id": "S23",
      "publisher": "Υπουργείο Εθνικής Οικονομίας και Οικονομικών (Ministry of National Economy and Finance)",
      "title": "Κυριάκος Πιερρακάκης: «Το μήνυμα που στέλνουμε στις εταιρείες διαχείρισης απαιτήσεων είναι ότι οι κανόνες θα τηρούνται. Τα δικαιώματα των δανειοληπτών θα γίνονται σεβαστά. Και κάθε παραβίαση θα έχει συνέπειες»",
      "date": "2026-11-04",
      "language": "el",
      "official": true,
      "url": "https://minfin.gov.gr/kyriakos-pierrakakis-to-minyma-pou-stelnoume-stis-etaireies-diacheirisis-apaitiseon-einai-oti-oi-kanones-tha-tirountai-ta-dikaiomata-ton-daneiolipton-tha-ginontai-sevasta-kai-kathe-paraviasi/",
      "archive": null
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    {
      "id": "vote",
      "source": "S1",
      "where": "iefimerida report of the plenary vote, 5 November 2026, 17:34, second sentence",
      "greek": "Επί της αρχής, το νομοσχέδιο υπερψηφίστηκε μόνο από την κυβερνητική πλειοψηφία.",
      "translation": "In principle, the bill was voted for only by the government majority."
    },
    {
      "id": "dypa-deadline",
      "source": "S14",
      "where": "ΔΥΠΑ announcement of 5 November 2026 on the 14th supplementary call",
      "greek": "έως την Κυριακή 8 Νοεμβρίου 2026, στις 23:59",
      "translation": "until Sunday 8 November 2026, at 23:59"
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  "corrections": [],
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