February 9, 2024
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
A court in Ukraine upheld the Justice Ministry claim to confiscate the assets of Greek-Russian businessman Ivan Savvidis and his wife Kiriaki Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court upheld the claim of the Justice Ministry to confiscate the assets of Russian-Greek businessman Ivan Savvidis and his wife Kiriyaki, the Anti-Corruption Action Center …
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April 7, 2023
Economy
A bill on managing assets confiscated from criminal activities submitted to the Parliament by the Finance Ministry was voted on Thursday. In comments before the vote, Deputy Finance Minister Apostolos Vesyropoulos said the new law meant Greece follows the practices of other EU countries such as Belgium, France, and Spain. …
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December 12, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
The head of the Greek authority against money-laundering ordered on Monday morning the freezing of all assets owned in Greece by European Parliament Vice-President and MEP Eva Kaili, her partner and her immediate family such as parents and siblings. it is recalled that Kaili’s father was reportedly detained outside a …
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June 3, 2022
Society, Very Mix
Greece’s Anti-Money Laundering Authority has seized the entire inheritance of Giorgos Tragkas, a prominent Greek journalist, small media owner, published, TV and radio producer, who died in December 2021 from Covid-complications. In a 60-page report, the Authority came to the conclusion that the source of the assets he owned might …
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April 5, 2022
Politics, World
The head of Greece’s Anti-Money Laundering Authority has confirmed that seizures have been carried out on the assets of Russian individuals and companies over the invasion of Ukraine, in line with decisions of the United Nations Security Council and the European Union. Speaking to Kathimerini, agency chief Charalambos Vourliotis clarified …
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March 28, 2022
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Only 14 percent of unvaccinated Greeks aged over 60 have paid the administrative fine imposed by the government in January, according to data from the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE). Holdouts were fined 100 euros a month (in January the fine was 50 euros as the measure went into …
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May 11, 2020
Greece
The assets declarations of political leaders, lawmakers and high-ranking state officials have been published on the website of the Greek parliament on Monday. A total of 1,072 assets declarations- pothen esches ‘where from’ – have been and are still uploaded, according to provisions of the law. The declarations remain posted …
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January 22, 2019
Economy
Greek households have lost 27.9 percent of their assets in the crisis decade 2008-2018. According to an analysis by Alpha Bank, the drop was the biggest in the eurozone and is followed by those recorded in Spain, Italy and Cyprus. Germany recorded significant gains during the same period. Portugal also …
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December 18, 2017
Greece, Politics
Greece’s supreme administrative court, the Council of State, ruled the content of wealth and assets declarations as invalid. The CoS practically dismissed the relevant Joint Ministerial Decision signed by Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos and Alternate Justice Minister Dimitris Papangelopoulos, saying it was invalid for all classes of individuals required to …
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December 11, 2017
Greece, Politics
Justice Minister Stavros Kontonis and the President of the Council of State Nikolaos Sakellariou clashed on Sunday over the wealth statements of Greece’s judges who are supposed to disclose their assets. Recently the Council of State had frozen the Law requirement for judges to submit wealth statements. Kontonis attacked saying …
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September 13, 2016
Economy
Are you a curious citizen who loves to sniff in other people’s lives? Are you a thief or do you plan career change into burglary? The Greek government is dedicated to fulfill the desires of thieves and bored citizens. How? It will provide online access, free for all, to the …
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August 10, 2016
Economy
Greece’ financial crimes prosecutor ordered the freezing of moveable and immovable wealth of powerful businessman Giannis Alafouzos on Wednesday. The order for the freezing has been sent by the same prosecutor to the banks. Cause of the measure apparently in the context of “tax control” are the difficulties to justify …
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May 20, 2016
Economy
The “Hellenic Company for Assets and Participation” (EDIS) is the name for the new Privatization Super-Fund that will claim ownership of all assets of the Greek state including 70,000 real estate properties, all major state-run enterprises like utility companies (electricity, water) and public transport (buses, metro etc), state shares in …
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April 4, 2016
Economy
Appointment of a Special Liquidator for all the credit and financial institutions under special liquidation The Bank of Greece, in implementation of a relevant provision of Law 4336/2015 and by virtue of Credit and Insurance Committee Decision No. 182/1/4.4.2016, has appointed PQH Single Special Liquidation S.A. as Special Liquidator for …
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January 3, 2014
Economy
State debtors will be given a deadline of 30 days to repay their debts or make installment arrangements in order to escape seizure of their homes, cars, assets and bank account deposits. The threatening circular was issued by Secretary of Revenues Haris Theocharis on the third day of the new …
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December 19, 2013
Politics
No Greek politician has suffered such a public castigation, taunting and humiliation before like the former Transportation Minister Michalis Liapis, 62, who was caught driving a luxury jeep with counterfeit license plates. As if the public humiliation was not enough, his party, conservative Nea Dimokratia, expelled him on Thursday by …
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March 20, 2013
Economy
Banks will open again on Tuesday, March 26th 2013, Central Bank of Cyprus said Wednesday evening in a statement. This regulation will affect also the Cypriot banks subsidiaries in Greece: Bank of Cyprus, Popular (Laiki) Bank and Hellenik Bank. Also Greek Finance Minister Yiannis Stournaras confirmed that the Greek subsidiaries …
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February 1, 2013
Economy
Approximately 1,000,000 small debtors owing the state up to 3,000 euro will be called to settle their obligations either with one time payments or installments. Applying the usual method of catching the small fish and letting the big one happily keep swimming around, the Greek state will seize income, assets and bank …
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December 11, 2012
Politics
Greek Parliament published on Tuesday the assets of 508 politicians for the financial year 2011 (2010). The so-called “πόθεν έσχες” (literally: whence did you acquire it?) contains the asset means of MPs and party leaders according to their declarations to tax offices. According to the πόθεν έσχες lists uploaded on the website …
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February 23, 2012
Economy
Hardly did the signatures ink dry on the new loan agreement and the anger over the new bailout comes not only from the Greek citizens over the additional austerity they will experience in the decades to follow. Also members of the Greek Parliament are upset. Not only those from the left parties. Louka …
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