July 26, 2022
Economy
Mid-season sales are to be abolished, according to a draft law submitted by the Development and Investments Ministry to the Parliament. Once mid-season sales are abolished stores can offer special discounts throughout the year on more than 50 percent of the items they have on sale. The following periods are …
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July 6, 2022
Economy
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced on Wednesday that the so-called “solidarity levy,” an extra surcharge tax on incomes, will be abolished from January 2023 and that pensions frozen since 2010 will be allowed to increase again. “It is a double resounding signal that the country’s growth must benefit everyone without …
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April 11, 2022
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Greece’s top court, the Council of State, has been called to decide whether the 100-euro monthly fine imposed to unvaccinated citizens over 60 is legal and conform with the country’s Constitution and the European Convention of Human Rights. Several citizens over 60, unvaccinated against Covid-19, appealed to the CoS demanding …
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March 23, 2022
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Alternate Health Minister Mina Gaga said on Wednesday that the fine of 100 euros for unvaccinated citizens over 60 years old will be abolished next month. The fine was practically making mandatory the vaccination against COVId-19 for citizens over a certain age. Speaking to Skai TV on Wednesday, Gaga confirmed …
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March 3, 2022
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, Tourism, Travel
The condition to complete the Passenger Location Form (PLF) by those visiting Greece will be abolished by mid-March, Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias announced on Thursday.The country also increase capacity for touristic buses and implements new health protocols for touristic accommodation. “Following the recommendation by the Experts’ Committee of the Health …
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June 7, 2021
Politics, World
Germany’s foreign minister said on Monday the European Union should abolish the right of individual member states to veto foreign policy measures as the 27-nation bloc arguing that could not allow itself to be “held hostage.” “We can no longer be held hostage by those who paralyse European foreign policy …
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August 8, 2019
Greece
Τhe debate on the bill about the abolition of the university asylum and changes in the regional administration continues ended in a sharp confrontation not only between the Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and main opposition leader Alexis Tsipras but also with the rest of opposition parties. And at the end …
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August 5, 2019
Economy
“Unless the full prepayment of business tax is abolished, the recession, the migration of people and businesses will not stop and real investments will not arrive,” former finance minister and leader of MeRA25, MP Yanis Varoufakis has said. H epointed out that “New Democracy and SYRIZA are tied up to …
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July 16, 2019
Greece
“With a single phone call by a citizen or a student, police can enter universities and uni campus,” Education Minister Niki Kerameos said on Tuesday about the hot potato of the so-called “university asylum” the new conservative government wants to abolish. Speaking to private ANT1 TV on Tuesday morning, Kerameos …
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October 22, 2018
Economy
Energy producers and suppliers will benefit from the abolition of two fees imposed on electricity, Environment and Energy Minister Giorgos Stathakis told the Athens-Macedonian News Agency on Monday. Stathakis said that the move will also benefit consumers and the Public Power Corporation (PPC). PPC stands to gain at least 200-250 …
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September 4, 2018
Economy
The Council of State has ruled in favor of the cancellation of Special Consumption Tax on wine. The ruling of Greece’s highest court No. 1793/3-9-2018 was published by the Greek Wine Association on Tuesday. The judicial ruling comes as the government has repeatedly said since summer 2017 to abolish this …
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April 30, 2018
Greece, Politics
The government intends to abolish the laws that made non-payment of road tolls a criminal offence and led many people to court, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Christos Spirtzis said on Sunday, speaking at an event in Oropos. He also promised to arrive at an agreement with the Nea Odos concessionaires …
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March 30, 2018
animals
Famous music composer Mikis Theodorakis made an intervention ahead of the Greek Orthodox Easter and described the tradition of roasting lamb as a ‘national shame.” In a blog post, 93-year-old Theodorakis said the tradition was “barbaric” and needs to be stopped. “Easter is coming again. The days of the massacre …
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March 29, 2018
Greece, Politics
The Greek government has submitted an amendment that abolishes rent subsidies to ministers and deputy ministers that do not have seats in the Parliament. The amendment has been submitted on Wednesday evening and will be voted later on Thursday. The abolishing of the rent subsidies will go into effect retrospective …
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January 30, 2018
Economy
The government will abolish a duty on wine introduced in 2015 after the completion of the third program review, Agricultural Minister Vangelis Apostolou said at an event organized by the National Interprofessional Organization of Vine and Wine of Greece (EDOAE) in Athens. “After the completion of the third review we …
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September 8, 2016
Very Mix
Turkey will stick to summer time all year round and clocks will no longer go back in October due to measure introduced to make better use of winter daylight. Turkey’s clocks will stop going back in winter, official decree rules. Photograph: Turkey will stop turning back its clocks this winter, …
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December 7, 2015
Economy
The end of cash money. Or something in this direction. Although we’ve heard of similar measures in the recent past, this time Greek tax authorities and financial ministry authorities are serious: they will accept only electronic receipts so that taxpayer will build the amount of the expenses needed to enjoy …
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February 2, 2015
Economy
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and EU Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs Pierre Moscovici signaled that they want to scrap the Troika, the representatives of International Monetary Fund, The European Union and the European Central Bank, dealing with the Greek bailout programs, the austerity time table and the so-called …
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July 17, 2013
Economy
Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding called on Tuesday for the “troika” of the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to be dissolved, Reuters reported. “The time of the troika is over,” Reding said in a text of the main messages she gave at a citizens΄ …
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