While wages and pensions are sharply cut and the extraordinary taxes kneel millions of Greek households , the state continues to be generous with public money. This modern and yawing empty building in the North of Athens was rent by the Greek Finance Ministry in April 2010 (one month before Greece officially sought the IMF aid) for €62,000 per month with the purpose to house the printing facilities of the Ministry. Twenty two months later the building remains empty, although the Treasury has spent move than ONE MILLION EURO for its rent. The only intervention by the Finance Ministry was to raise a huge sing, and install a printing machine.
The case was revealed at the Parliament by one deputy of coalition government partner Nea Dimokratia. (source and video: NewsIt)
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You won’t believe it but under the current circumstances of austerity, 62,000 families would have a descent life with his money, month in, month out.
As long as it is tax payers’ money, nobody seems to give a dam -from his own pockets.
No wonder the fiscal sheets appear without balance no matter how many taxes are raised and how much wages and pensions are cut.
BTW: then FinMin George Papaconstantinou announced electricity hikes of 9.2%. Maybe he should go back to his old office and cancel the leasing contract.
PS I would love to know who gains from this scandal rent….
Yes, the central question. Who owns this building. That must be registered somewhere. No journalist cared to find that out? Supposed not…
that part is not very important after all…!?
Well, if journalists would feel it is important, they would mention the name of the owner. Wouldn’t they? Isn’t that the basis of their profession?