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Russia is keen to supply energy to Greece and is ready to expand cooperation in the gas sector with the country, Executive Director of the Skolkovo Energy Center Vyacheslav Mischenko told reporters at an energy conference in Athens. He emphasized that “Russia is ready to expand cooperation with Greece in …
Read More »V.A.T. reduction from 24% to 13%: Which sectors and items it affects
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras announced on Tuesday the reduction of Value Added Tax on food items and catering services. The reduction from 24% to 13% is expected to contract a relief for millions of Greek households who have been paying a high price to staple food items since 2015. Which …
Read More »Greece’s weather gone crazy: Snow falls in May (video, picts)
The weather in Greece has obviously gone crazy. Beginning of May and some landscapes in the country look as if they are still in January. Heavy snowfalls were recorded in North-Western Greece on Tuesday morning in Nymphaio by Florina in West Macedonia and some mountainous villages by Ioannina or by …
Read More »Greek PM announces V.A.T reductions in food, electricity, gas and 13th pension
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras announced a package of relief measures to relieve the life of debt-ridden Greek households. Among the measure for 2019 is the generous reduction of Value Added Tax in food items, catering industry, electricity and natural gas as well as the distribution of so-called 13th pension. Value …
Read More »Censure motion filed by ND, Tsipras turns it into confidence vote
Main opposition party New Democracy filed a censure motion against Alternate Health Minister Pavlos Polakis. Reason for the motion was Polakis’ verbal attack against ND candidate for the European Elections Stelios Kymbouropoulos, a 34-year-old doctor with disabilities. Responding to ND challenge, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras turned the censure motion into …
Read More »Cyprus Serial Killer: Body of child found in suitcase in Mitsero Lake
Cyprus authorities found one more victim of the serial killer. On Sunday they retrieved a suitcase containing a fully dressed and badly decomposed human body. Based on the size of the skeleton, it is suspected that the body belongs to a child, most likely 8-year-old Elena Natalia Bunea from Romania. …
Read More »Lugman murder: Court recognizes racist motive, sentences attackers to 21 years each
A Greek court of appeals sentence two defendants to 21 years and 5 months imprisonment for the murder of 27-year-old Pakistani laborer Shehzad Lugman in Petralona suburb of Athens in January 2013. It is the first time a Greek court recognizes a racially-motivated crime against life. The court handed down …
Read More »Bill to settle debts to the state with 120 installments is out
The much anticipated bill regarding the settlements of debtors to the state was presented on Sunday. Debtors to tax offices and social security funds as well as to municipalities will have now the possibility to settle their debts with 120 installments with a minimum installment of 30 euros. The settlement …
Read More »Revolution! Modern Art Exhibition at the Archaeological Site of Delos
An unprecedented exhibition by British sculptor Antony Gormley at the archaeological site of Delos. 29 iron “bodyforms” have been scattered among the ancient columns and stones of what it once was the holy sanctuary for god Apollo and his sister Artemis. The exhibition entitled SIGHT is taking place in collaboration …
Read More »“Shrinking of the middle class cannot be tackled with tax cuts only,” says FinMin Tsakalotos
The shrinking of the middle class is not only tackled by tax cuts but by a combination of policies that, along with tax cuts, place the social problem at the center of the strategy, Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos said on Saturday. “The middle class wants better jobs, a stable …
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