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Greece Launches AI-Powered Tax Evasion Crackdown
Greece's Independent Authority of Public Revenue (IAPR) will launch targeted electronic cross-checks in 2025 to combat tax evasion using AI and big data, aiming to collect €1.7 billion this year, focusing on taxpayers with 10,000-20,000 EUR incomes and disproportionate spending.
Greece Launches AI-Powered Tax Evasion Crackdown
Greece's Independent Authority of Public Revenue (IAPR) will launch targeted electronic cross-checks in 2025 to combat tax evasion using AI and big data, aiming to collect €1.7 billion this year, focusing on taxpayers with 10,000-20,000 EUR incomes and disproportionate spending.
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40% Bias Score
Germany Releases Emergency Funds for Failing Health Insurance System
Germany's statutory health insurance faces a financial crisis, forcing the government to release an emergency 800 million euro fund and raising health insurance contributions by 0.8 percent due to rising healthcare costs; a commission is tasked with finding long-term solutions by 2027.
Germany Releases Emergency Funds for Failing Health Insurance System
Germany's statutory health insurance faces a financial crisis, forcing the government to release an emergency 800 million euro fund and raising health insurance contributions by 0.8 percent due to rising healthcare costs; a commission is tasked with finding long-term solutions by 2027.
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44% Bias Score
Greece's Tech-Driven Crackdown on Tax Evasion Yields €22 Billion
The Greek government's initiative linking POS systems to tax machines resulted in a 103.1% increase in declared income from freelancers in 2024, generating an additional €22 billion in tax revenue, exposing a significant gap between declared income (€80 billion) and consumption (€140 billion) in 202...
Greece's Tech-Driven Crackdown on Tax Evasion Yields €22 Billion
The Greek government's initiative linking POS systems to tax machines resulted in a 103.1% increase in declared income from freelancers in 2024, generating an additional €22 billion in tax revenue, exposing a significant gap between declared income (€80 billion) and consumption (€140 billion) in 202...
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60% Bias Score
Jordan's New Property Tax Bill: Automated System Sparks Debate
Jordan's government submitted a new bill to parliament to revise property taxes, replacing a 1954 law with an automated electronic system. While officials claim it increases fairness, critics warn of unintended consequences due to potential misalignment with market values.
Jordan's New Property Tax Bill: Automated System Sparks Debate
Jordan's government submitted a new bill to parliament to revise property taxes, replacing a 1954 law with an automated electronic system. While officials claim it increases fairness, critics warn of unintended consequences due to potential misalignment with market values.
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44% Bias Score
French Commune's Net Contribution to State Budget Exceeds Received Subsidies
The commune of L'Union, France, contributed €57,900 more to the state budget than it received in subsidies in 2024, directly contradicting the common perception that local governments are costly to the state.
French Commune's Net Contribution to State Budget Exceeds Received Subsidies
The commune of L'Union, France, contributed €57,900 more to the state budget than it received in subsidies in 2024, directly contradicting the common perception that local governments are costly to the state.
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52% Bias Score
No Extra Taxpayer Cost for Thuringia's Ex-Mayor Appointments
Three former Thuringian mayors—Katja Wolf (Finance Minister), Andreas Bausewein (Interior Ministry Secretary of State), and Julian Vonarb (Finance Ministry Secretary of State)—will not receive additional taxpayer funds because their pensions are offset by their current salaries.
No Extra Taxpayer Cost for Thuringia's Ex-Mayor Appointments
Three former Thuringian mayors—Katja Wolf (Finance Minister), Andreas Bausewein (Interior Ministry Secretary of State), and Julian Vonarb (Finance Ministry Secretary of State)—will not receive additional taxpayer funds because their pensions are offset by their current salaries.
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36% Bias Score
Turkish Treasury Communication Spending Soars, While Representation Expenses Fall
Turkey's Treasury communication spending increased drastically from 3.1 billion TL in the first four months of 2024 to 5.3 billion TL in the same period of 2025; specifically, payments to news agencies rose from 546.57 million TL to 986 million TL, despite a decrease in representation and promotion ...
Turkish Treasury Communication Spending Soars, While Representation Expenses Fall
Turkey's Treasury communication spending increased drastically from 3.1 billion TL in the first four months of 2024 to 5.3 billion TL in the same period of 2025; specifically, payments to news agencies rose from 546.57 million TL to 986 million TL, despite a decrease in representation and promotion ...
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48% Bias Score
SPD Defends Inclusion of Civil Servants in German Pension System
German SPD deputy Dagmar Schmidt defends Labor Minister Bärbel Bas' proposal to include civil servants in the statutory pension insurance, citing Austria as a successful model and referencing the coalition agreement for a pension commission to study the proposal; the German Pension Insurance support...
SPD Defends Inclusion of Civil Servants in German Pension System
German SPD deputy Dagmar Schmidt defends Labor Minister Bärbel Bas' proposal to include civil servants in the statutory pension insurance, citing Austria as a successful model and referencing the coalition agreement for a pension commission to study the proposal; the German Pension Insurance support...
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40% Bias Score
Thames Water's Financial Crisis Forces UK Government into Difficult Decision
Facing potential collapse, Britain's largest water company, Thames Water, is in a desperate race to find a private buyer, with the US private equity firm KKR in pole position; however, should that fail, the government may have to spend up to £4 billion to temporarily nationalise it, stretching Defra...
Thames Water's Financial Crisis Forces UK Government into Difficult Decision
Facing potential collapse, Britain's largest water company, Thames Water, is in a desperate race to find a private buyer, with the US private equity firm KKR in pole position; however, should that fail, the government may have to spend up to £4 billion to temporarily nationalise it, stretching Defra...
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44% Bias Score
Naples Transfers Municipal Properties to Invimit Amidst Debt Crisis
The city of Naples is transferring municipal properties to Invimit, a 100% Mef-owned company, as part of the "Patto per Napoli" agreement to manage its debt; however, critics argue this is effectively privatization of public assets and a short-term solution with long-term risks.
Naples Transfers Municipal Properties to Invimit Amidst Debt Crisis
The city of Naples is transferring municipal properties to Invimit, a 100% Mef-owned company, as part of the "Patto per Napoli" agreement to manage its debt; however, critics argue this is effectively privatization of public assets and a short-term solution with long-term risks.
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60% Bias Score
California's Affordable Housing Land Program: Limited Success and High Costs
California's program to use surplus state land for affordable housing has yielded limited results, with only 19 of 44,000 assessed parcels currently under development; the Sugar Pine Village project in South Lake Tahoe, while using discounted land, shows per-unit costs nearing $1 million, highlighti...
California's Affordable Housing Land Program: Limited Success and High Costs
California's program to use surplus state land for affordable housing has yielded limited results, with only 19 of 44,000 assessed parcels currently under development; the Sugar Pine Village project in South Lake Tahoe, while using discounted land, shows per-unit costs nearing $1 million, highlighti...
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44% Bias Score
No Extra Taxpayer Cost for Thuringia's Ex-Mayor Officials
Three former mayors in Thuringia—Katja Wolf (Finance Minister), Andreas Bausewein (Interior Ministry Secretary of State), and Julian Vonarb (Finance Ministry Secretary of State)—receive no additional taxpayer funds because their pensions are offset by their current salaries.
No Extra Taxpayer Cost for Thuringia's Ex-Mayor Officials
Three former mayors in Thuringia—Katja Wolf (Finance Minister), Andreas Bausewein (Interior Ministry Secretary of State), and Julian Vonarb (Finance Ministry Secretary of State)—receive no additional taxpayer funds because their pensions are offset by their current salaries.
Progress
44% Bias Score
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