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Streets turned into rivers, homes and shops were flooded, landslides occurred, vehicles were swept away form the waters of flooded rivers and streams and motorists were trapped in their cars after a heavy rain- and thunderstorm hit several islands of the Cyclades group in the Central Aegean Sea on Monday …
Read More »Greeks living abroad: Vote to affect 350,000 people with Greek tax ID
Greece’s Interior Minister, Takis Theodorikakos, made clear on Tuesday that only Greek citizens with a Greek tax number will be eligible to vote if they live abroad. The Minister put an end to speculations that the majority of Greeks living abroad, incl diaspora Greeks, would be able to vote and …
Read More »Tax-return: Greece increases requirements for e-payments to flat rate 30%
Greece’s taxpayers will need a significant volume of electronic transactions as of next year in order to be able to “build” their tax-return basis. The daft budget 2020 envisages that the rate on e-spending must be equivalent to 30% of annual income. The provision affects employees, pensioners and professional farmers …
Read More »Greece’s Draft Budget 2020: Keys points on revenues and expenditure
The 2020 draft budget was submitted to the Greek Parliament by the Finance Minister, Christos Staikouras, on Monday. The draft foresees an economic growth of 2.8% and a primary surplus of 3.56% of GDP. Key points of the draft budget 2020: It envisages a reduction in the unemployment rate to …
Read More »20% of smokers’ fines to policemen to monitor anti-smoking ban
In an effort to stifle policemen objections regarding their involvement in the implementation of anti-smoking law, the Greek Health Ministry plans to give them incentives: 20% of the fines they will impose will go to their own pockets. That is a 20-euro banknote extra for the policeman who catches a …
Read More »“No fiscal gap in 2020,” says Greek Finance Minister Staikouras
“There is no fiscal gap for 2020 and this will be shown in the draft budget to be submitted to Parliament on Monday,” Finance Minister Christos Staikouras said in an interview with “Εleftheros Typos” newspaper on Sunday. Staikouras’ assurance comes after the country’s lenders have estimated a fiscal gap of …
Read More »Proposal Crete style: With music and mantinades through Heraklio (video)
A very Cretan wedding proposal in the heart of Heraklio. With music instruments and the typical mantinades, the groom to be decided to make a proposal to his beloved darling. He, his friends and the musicians walked through the streets of Heraklio on Sunday to a cafeteria where his beloved …
Read More »Hydrocarbon exploitation in 30 plots in Ionian Sea, West & South Crete
More than 30 areas for hydrocarbon exploration have been identified in the Ionian Sea and the sea area West and South of Crete. The map of “plots” was presented by Hellenic Hydrocarbon Resources Management Managing Director Yiannis Basias at an energy conference on the Eastern Mediterranean. The Parliament has ratified …
Read More »Trumps gives Turkey the green light to invade Syria; Impact on Greece
In an unexpected move, the US has given the green light to Turkey to invade north-eastern Syria and launch an operation against Kurdish-led forces YPG that had until now received strong support from the US, which has hundreds of troops in Syria. Washington’s extraordinary move to support to Ankara’s territorial …
Read More »Refugee toddler drowns outside camp in West Peloponnese
A refugee toddler was found to have drowned in the sea outside the refugee camp at LM Village in Myrisini of the municipality Andravida-Kyllini on Sunday. Sharma, the child of a Syrian refugee family, was 2.5 years old. The body of the child was found to be floating in the …
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