Greek Armed Forces, Navy and Coast Guard are on alert after receiving information by their Turkish colleagues that two inflatable boats with coup-plotters are heading to Greece. Target of the boats with Turkish commandos is allegedly the island of Symi and/or Rhodes in South-Eastern Aegean Sea, close to the Turkish …
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Taxman chases Chinese beach masseur into the sea
The Greek Finance Ministry is determined to combat tax evasion and has launched a control operation preferably in the touristic areas of the country – which are notorious for selling goods and services without issuing receipts Devoted to combat tax evasion, police and tax controllers have joined forces for a …
Read More »Greece desperately tries to combat tax evasion but with such over-taxation… no chance!
Companies systematically evading taxes will soon see a padlock on their doors for 30 days. This new kind of fine to Greece’s tax evaders was announced today by the General Secretary of Public Revenues. The same fine will be imposed to company owners who prohibit tax inspectors from conducting inspections …
Read More »Kammenos to lease all properties of Greece’s Defense Ministry for 50-99 years
I can’t help to reckon an old Greek sales slogan: “The boss went nuts!” Retailers used it when they offered their products at ridiculously low prices. Of course, I don;t want to imply that Greece’s Defense Minister Panos Kammenos will offer all properties of the Ministry – estimated worth €35 …
Read More »Greece reaches EU cap: 50,411 refugees, new arrivals with fast-track asylum
Ships come and go and bring refugees and migrants from the islands in “accommodation centers ” in the mainland. At the same time, boats keep coming from the Turkish coast and bring new refugees and migrants to Greece. More than 1,700 people arrived in the last 24 hours. In a …
Read More »Greece’s Migration Minister publishes data & pictures of one terrorist in Paris Attacks
During a press conference on Sunday afternoon, Alternate Minister for Migration Yiannis Mouzalas confirmed that one man identified by the French as terrorist passed through Greece. Ahmad Al Mohammad, 25, was one of the suicide bombers in Stade de France, he blew himself up and the passport was found near …
Read More »How many dead refugees does Europe need to take action? (shocking pictures)
When the water is safer than the land, the choice is easy: water. Hundreds of war refugees get on board each and every day. By wind, by rough sea. Boats ready to fall apart, smugglers who abandon the boats within the Turkish territorial waters. The new boat captain can be …
Read More »The Aegean Graveyard: 17 infants & children drowned in 48 hours
More than 48 people lost their lives in the cold waters of the Aegean Sea between Turkey and Greece during the last three days. Babies, children, women and men were drowned in their struggle for a better life. Only a few hours after the tragedy with 16 dead and more …
Read More »Crazy little thing called V.A.T. & total confusion of its implementation on 6 Greek islands
The wonderful world of Greek taxes labyrinth and its implementation. Remember the measure that scrapped the reduced Value Added Tax in six Greek islands? Less than two weeks after the implementation of the V.A.T. hikes and the total confusion prevails as to what rates to implement. The measure caused dozens …
Read More »EU forces to launch anti-smugglers operations but let babies & children drown in the Aegean
A human tragedy occurred in the early morning hours of Sunday in the eastern Aegean Sea. A boat carrying refugees to Greece capsized and sunk, 3 nautical miles of the island of Farmakonisi. Several dozens people fell into the cold water, some of them were wearing life vests. But some …
Read More »Syrian Refugees flee the war together with their pets
It was a long journey, both for the humans and their beloved pet. A young man and most probably his mother landed at the beach of Eftalou in Molyvos on the island of Lesvos holding a precious luggage: Zeytun. A kitten. Zeytun mean Olive Zeytun’s “parents” are not the …
Read More »How many drown little boys does Europe need to take serious action?
A tiny little boy with tiny blue shorts and a tiny red t-shirt. His body has been washed upon a beach in Turkey. A couple of meters away lies the body of his brother. Aylan was 3 and his brother Galip was 5. Together with their parents, Aylan and Galip …
Read More »Wealthy debtors don’t pay for electricity, but the “little Greeks” can live in the dark for several months
An unidentified number of Greeks seem to suffer from heavy deficiency of “collective consciousness“. They absolutely refuse to share common beliefs and moral attitudes which usually operate as a unifying force within a society, especially in times of a crisis, and it is often expressed in form of solidarity. I …
Read More »German FRAPORT wins bid for Greece’s 14 top regional airports
Who would have though! A German company, airport operator FRAPORT won the bid to operate and maintain 14 regional airports, considered to be top of the top in Greece. With an offer of 1.23 billion euro, the consortium of Fraport -Slentel (a unit of Greek energy group Copelouzos) won the …
Read More »EU’s 10 Point Plan to tackle Migration Crisis
It needed the drowning of 1,000 people within 24 hours for the European Union to wake up and call an emergency leaders summit on Thursday in order to show that can effectively tackle the migration crisis. At a joint meeting of Foreign and Interior Ministers in Luxembroug on Monday, High …
Read More »Migration Crisis: All EU leaders in one boat cannot solve a humanitarian problem
They are shocked. The EU leaders, the EU officials. But, No, they are not shocked by the loss of lives in the deep waters of the Mediterranean and Aegean Sea on a daily basis. They are shocked by the number <700>. That is the lives that disappeared at once off …
Read More »Powerful earthquake 6.2R strikes between the islands of Crete and Karpathos
A powerful earthquake measuring 6.2 on Richter scale occurred at 9:07 pm in the sea between the islands of Crete and Karpathos in South Greece. According to first information, the epicenter was in the sea 108 km east of Agios Nikolaos, Crete, and 54 km south-east of the island of …
Read More »Shops to open 52 Sundays per year in selected Greek cities
The cities and areas where shops will be open 52 Sundays of the year have been published at the Greek Official Gazette. Among the cites and areas are the historical center of Athens and Thessaloniki, Chalkidiki, Rhodes, Kos, Syros, Mykonos and Santorini but also Pikermi and Rafina in Attica Prefecture. …
Read More »How Greece turns “competitive”: Hoteliers raise prices up to 95%
It is certainly hard to believe your eyes but it is true. Hoteliers in some popular tourist destinations raised their prices this year to even up to 95%. According to hotels search engine trivago.gr, champion in price increase for the month June was Imerovigli village on the island of Santorini …
Read More »Greece sells 110 of its best beaches in the name of “development”
One hundred and ten of Greece’s best beaches are on sale by Greece’s privatization agency, the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (TAIPED) in the name of supposed “development” and “utilization of public assets”. In fact a sale off of Greece best beaches for cash so that the debt-ridden country can …
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