Greece will impose Value Added Tax on e-commerce parcels arriving from 3rd, non-EU countries, the Independent Authority for Public Revenues announced on Tuesday. The measure will be imposed as of July 1, 2021. The VAT will burden all parcels worth up to 22 euros regardless of the time the order …

When the city doesn’t go to the village, the village comes to the city. Greeks crowded at the inter-city bus stations in the last couple of days before Easter to receive parcels sent from the villages as the coronavirus restrictions do not allow them to travel there. Despite the government …

The Independent Public Revenues Authority AADE has cancelled the 15-euro fee imposed by the Greek Post for small parcels sent from third countries. AADE made clear that the Hellenic Post cannot design and implement customs practices policy. The Greek Post decided to raise a 15-euro fee for small parcels from …

The decision of the Greek Post (ELTA) to charge a 15-euro fee for parcels of tiny value when they come from China and the USA has angered Greeks and foreigners world wide. Especially those who take advantages of the cheap prices in China and make purchases on online Now Greeks …

Did you live to shop online cheap items from China? The times of Alibaba are over as the 40 thieves are here… Recipients of parcels from non-EU countries have to pay a 15-euro fee to the Greek Post in order to receive their package. The price increase has gone into …

Eight more suspicious parcels, believed to contain explosives, were found and seized at the assorting center of the Greek Post Service (ELTA) in Kryoneri in northern Attica.  The packages indicate as recipients officials in various European countries. First two names of recipients leaked to the press are the names of …

Six people from the small village area of Oxia have been successfully airlifted to safety on Tuesday morning. Located on the mountains by Mouzaki, the village has been cut-off since Saturday after medicane Ianos struck the area causing extensive damage in the infrastructure. Two helicopters of the Fire Service brought …

Authorities in the prison of Trikala, Central Greece, were set on alert on Saturday evening, after a drone threw parcels with drugs and mobile phones in the courtyard. The ‘drone delivery’ were destined to prison inmates. The unprecedented incident happened around 8 p.m. on Saturday night when a drone was …

More than eleven thousand properties have come under hammer since the electronic platform for e-auctions went in operation in February 2018. A total of 11,159 debtors’ properties have were auctioned, another 3,776 are expected to be auctions until the end of the year. The list includes 601 houses, 12 hotel …

Did frigate ELLI of the Greek Navy let a Turkish ship loaded with drugs go away and did not intervene? This is what opposition MP Andreas Loverdos (Democratic Alignment) denounced at the Greek Parliament on Thursday and distribute a video to the media to confirm his allegations. According to Loverdos’ …

The hell broke out in the European Union , the eurozone, the Eugroup and the European Parliament. Acting Dutch finance minister and head of Eurogroup, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, has been obviously suffering from a nervous breakdown since the Dutch elections last week. Instead of staying home and cry, he gave an …

A letter bomb containing handmade explosives went off after being opened at the offices of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Paris on Thursday. A female employee at the IMF was injured on her arms and face when she opened the letter bomb. The incident set Europe on alert as …

Anarchist terror organization “Conspiracy of Cells of Fire” claimed responsibility for the package with explosives sent from Greece to the German Finance Ministry and Wolfgang Schaeuble. In a website for the anti-authoritarian movement, the organization said that the package was “part II of the plan Nemesis” and hailed more than …

More than 2,000 refugees have been trapped in Northern Greece after FYROM authorities closed the boarders and allow only refugees from Syria, Afhanistan and Iraq to cross Skopje. Holders of passports from other countries are not allowed to cross to FYROM and from there to head towards Central and North …

The cooperation between Greece’s police and coast guard with the American Drug Enforment Administration (DEA) was a full success: 1.13 ton of heroin and 11 arrests – six Greeks, four Turks and two Iranian nationals. According to Greek media, among the arrested drug dealers is also a prominent Greek businessman, …

OK, Greece went bankrupt partly because of the tax evasion. Partly because of 1,000 reasons. But most of all because of the scandalous wages in the public sector and state-run enterprises. There is this delicious report of Greek newspaper Proto Thema  on its online edition. The report focuses on the transfer …