Labour Minister rules out pension cuts in reform package

Labour Minister Marinos Moushouttas has ruled out any reduction in pensions under the pension reform, after a Phileleftheros report that the government had been weighing cuts for certain categories drew a sharp response from the social partners, who said they would not even discuss it.

Moushouttas was asked yesterday to comment on the report, which said the government had considered reducing the amount paid to the category known as high pensioners. The report referred to proposals under...