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During the tripartite summit in Cairo, Cyprus, Greece and Egypt affirmed their cooperation in engergy sector. At the same time, they called on Turkey on Tuesday to “end its provocative actions” in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, including exploring for oil in Cyprus’ territorial waters, which they called “a breach of …
Read More »Greece raises €1.5billion reopening 10-Year Bond, yield at 1.5%
Greece has raised 1.5 billion euros from the reopening of a 10-year bond issue, with the yield of the bond set at an historic low of 1.5 pct. Offers exceeded 7 billion euros. What is more important is the increased participation of institutional investors in the bookbuilding process that markedly …
Read More »Helliniko Casino proposal inspired by the Acropolis & Caryatids – POLL
One of the two bidding companies for the Casino at Helliniko project, the Mohegan Gaming and Entertainment in collaboration with GEK TERNA, presented INSPIRE Athens on Tuesday. INSPIRE Athens is the idea for the first integrated touristic casino complex (Integrated Resort and Casino – IRC ) in Greece. The building …
Read More »Torrential rainfalls on Syros, Andros, thunderstorm on Cyclades (videos, picts)
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 …
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