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Posted by keeptalkinggreece in Economy, Very Mix on 17. May, 2013 | 16 Comments
EU-Absurd to ban olive oil jugs & dipping bowls from restaurants tables
Sometimes I sit there and I wonder what weird committees must be sitting in Brussels wasting the money of taxpayers for issuing absurd orders. An European Union Common Agricultural Policy directive “will ban olive oil jugs and dipping bowls from restaurant tables as of 1. January 2014 for reasons of
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Posted by keeptalkinggreece in Economy on 17. May, 2013 | No Comments
EU Commission Greece’s report: end of recession in 2014 and unemployment at 21% in 2016
Recession in Greece is likely to end in 2024 but unemployment will remain above 20 percent for another three years. That would be …ehm… let me count… in 2016! Nice perceptive for the more than 1.3 million jobless. In a report published on Friday, the European Commission predicted the possibility
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Posted by keeptalkinggreece in Politics on 17. May, 2013 | 4 Comments
UPD Greek Parliament: Neo-nazi MPs shout “Heil Hitler” after ejection of fellow MP for cursing?
An unprecedented incident occurred at the Greek Parliament on Friday morning with Golden Dawn MPs cursing “trash”, “gang” and “sheep” at other lawmakers and reportedly shouting “heil Hitler”, while leaving the plenary hall. The incident started when GD MP Panagiotis Iliopoulos spoke in disdain about a party leader (Tsipras) and
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Posted by keeptalkinggreece in Economy, Society on 13. May, 2013 | 12 Comments
Fiction meets reality in surreal Greece: “Deemed Income” taxes also people without income
Are you alive and happen to live in Greece? You will be taxed even if your income is zero for the sole reason that you are alive. For the exclusive and amazing Greek air you are allowed to breath, so to say. The financial ministry has calculated that every person
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Posted by keeptalkinggreece in Society on 30. Apr, 2013 | 1 Comment
That’s the real Greek anti-austerity protests.
Head of EU Task Force, Horst Reichenbach, expressed his surprise about the fact that Greeks do not demonstrate against austerity. He described the Greeks’ reaction as “very moderate” apparently watching only a few hundreds fro civil servants union protesting outside the Parliament last Sunday. When lawmakers were voting a multi-bills
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tagged: business, freelnacers, Greece, new taxation system, overtaxing, self-emlpoyed, slaughterNo comments
Overtaxing Greeks: freelancers 42% tax; self-employed & businesses to pay 90% tax in advance!
Posted by keeptalkinggreece in Economy, Society
On the way to the new taxation system, several details have been given to the press in order to do the usual of the last three bailout years: scare the people, test reactions and finally present the ‘worse’ as less bad than the ‘worst’. I mean, I hope it will
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Dijsselbloem: “Greek debt may lighten in 2014″
Posted by keeptalkinggreece in Economy
Oh oh oh. I’m not sure this is a good news. Given the efforts of Eurozone to use bank accounts money for bailouts, like in Cyprus. Nevertheless, Greek public debt seems to be a hopeless case, as in the first quarter of 2013 it was almost as high as in
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May
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US Journalist Greg Palast meets “Big Fat Greek Minister” – an OMG piece!
Posted by keeptalkinggreece in Politics
Investigative US journalist Greg Palast writes about his experience meeting the “Big Fat Greek Minister”; that is high ranking socialist PASOK member, elected lawmaker for almost three decades and aspiring businessman, Theodoros Pangalos. The man who was in the middle of the Greek nomenclatura and who provoked Greeks claiming the
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SBS: Golden Dawn wants to be as charitative as “Hezbollah in Lebanon”, says MP
Posted by keeptalkinggreece in Politics
Greece’s neo-nazi party has apparently a noble cause. Only to help people in need, “like the Hezbollah does in Lebanon”. That was said by GD MP Ilias Panagiotaros to Australian network SBS “Dateline” program. Furthermore, the lawmaker suggested that instead of people committing suicide, they should rather “kill those responsible for
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May
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tagged: Eurostat, Greece, regional unemployment, Spain, Western Macedonia, youth unemployment 72.5%No comments
Youth unemployment in West Macedonia tops EU27 list with 72.5% !
Posted by keeptalkinggreece in Economy, Society
A Greek record nobody should be proud of: Youth unemployment in Western Macedonia tops the EUROSTAT list with 72.5%. That is only one out of four of young people aged 15-24 has a job. According to EUROSTAT , “Regional Unemployment Data for 2012″, released on Wednesday, Western Macedonia is followed
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May
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2 bailouts + 1 haircut = Greek public debt at €309.4 billion in 1Q 2013, as much as in 2010
Posted by keeptalkinggreece in Economy
Two bailout agreements, total aid of 240 billion euro, and one bonds’ ‘haircut’ later…. Greek public debt remains as high as it was in 2010 – the year in which Greece sought the ‘rescue’ by the International Monetary Fund. In the end of first quarter of 2013, the total debt
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May
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tagged: bailout agreement, Finance Ministry, Greece, installments ot pay taxes, overtaxing the poor, Stournaras, taxing the poor, TroikaNo comments
What a shame! Greek FinMin to collect taxes even by those with €300 monthly income
Posted by keeptalkinggreece in Economy
Do you owe money to the Greek state? You have a debt to the tax office? A new circular regulates the installments that make it easier for you to pay your debts. The generosity of the Greek finance ministry and the Troika set an unprecedented example on how the poor
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May
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Russell Crowe in Greece tweets “Yassou Mykonos”
Posted by keeptalkinggreece in Tourism
Famous Hollywood actor Russell Crowe spent a few days in Greece and thus on the island of Mykonos. Excited about the colors of the sun and sea in, out and around the Greek islands, Crowe tweeted on Tuesday afternoon: Russell Crowe@russellcrowe 3h “How is it that I’ve lived 49 years
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Attention investors, Greece is calling: 5-year residence permit for real estate worth at least €250K
Posted by keeptalkinggreece in Economy
Greece repeats its formal invitation to investors granting residence permits for five years. Development Minister Costis Hatzidakis proudly announced the real estate incentives on private Mega TV on Tuesday morning. “[non-European] citizens who buy a real estate worth at least 250,000 euro will be granted a visa and residence permit for 5 years.”
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May
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tagged: controversial comment, Croatia, Greece, Gulag, internal politics, Nea Dimocratia, Samaras, Slavoj Zizek, Tsipras, ZagrebNo comments
Zizek’s “Gulags” turn Greek politics into …”Gulash”
Posted by keeptalkinggreece in Politics
There is Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek. He is apparently known for controversial comments triggering strong reactions. Whether Zizek has a weird sense of provocative humor or he believes what he says, I really cannot tell. And then there is Alexis Tsipras, leader of left-wing SYRIZA, leader of main opposition party
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