April 7, 2023
Economy, Greece, Politics
Development Minister Adonis Georgiadis literally admitted that the quality of meat in supermarkets is low and anyone who wants good quality meat will go to the butcher. He described meat at the butcher as “Porsche lamb” implying “a Zastava or something lamb” at the super. “At the butcher, you get …
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February 17, 2022
Economy, FEATURED
Reducing the rates of Value Added Tax or Special Consumption Tax on fuels will not necessarily lead to lower prices for consumers, Development and Investments Minister Adonis Georgiadis said on Thursday. Speaking to public radio ERT 1 public radio station Georgiadis said “if you lower VAT, it does not mean …
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September 22, 2021
Economy, FEATURED
Greece’s Development Minister and Vice of ruling New Democracy, Adonis Georgiadis, unfolded the ruthless neo-liberal vision of the government and threatened small and medium size businesses that they will not have access to bank loans. In an interview with Kontra TV on Tuesday night, the Minister threatened that small businesses …
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July 27, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, Greece
Development and Investments Minister Adonis Georgiadis announced on Tuesday morning that he has tested positive to Covid-19. He said that he is fully vaccinated against the coronavirus and that he will be in quarantine. On his Twitter account, Georgiadis said he developed a fever although he had undergone a rapid …
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April 25, 2021
CORONAVIRUS
There will be no curfew violation for anyone leaving a restaurant at 11 p.m. when it closes, Development Minister Adonis Georgiadis said, referring to the planned opening on May 3. “There is no question of a fine,” he said in an interview with Mega TV on Saturday. Restaurants will close …
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April 8, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, Economy
“Τhe opening of tourism is vital for the economic growth of Greece,” Development Minister Adonis Georgiadis said on Thursday as millions of Greeks wonder why the official opening on May 14 when coronavirus infections surge, some 70 people die in average per day and many regions are at “very high …
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February 9, 2021
CORONAVIRUS
Greece’s Development Minister Adonis Georgiadis said on Tuesday said that more time should be considered before a hard lockdown is imposed Athens and Attica. He stressed that the results of the tightening over the measures since last Saturday should be awaited. “More time should be given” Georgiadis said short after …
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June 25, 2020
Greece, Politics
Development Minister Adonis Georgiadis is known to have a big mouth. On Wednesday, he went so far to threaten the head prosecutor investigating possible involvement of politicians to the Novartis bribes scandal with imprisonment. Corruption prosecutor Eleni Touloupaki, “should go to jail because she violated the Constitution” for pressing charges …
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March 29, 2020
CORONAVIRUS
Development Minister Adonis Georgiadis ruled out a lifting of lockdown measures and curfew restrictions before the Greek Orthodox Easter and sent to deep depression thousands of Greeks who were foolishly getting ready to visit their villages and the countryside and carelessly spread the coronavirus in areas free of confirmed cases. …
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February 3, 2020
Economy
“Protection of the first residence harms the economy,” Development Minister and New Democracy Vice, Adonis Georgiadis, cynically stated over the weekend triggering strong reactions from the opposition. Addressing a meeting at the Greek Chamber of Commerce, Georgiadis argued that “there is no absolute protection of first residence in any advanced …
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October 31, 2014
Politics
Former Development Minister Nikos Dendias was named new Defense Minister after Dimitris Avramopoulos took the plane for Brussels and a new post as EU Commissioner for Migration. Consequently, the cabinet needed a new Development Minister…. Kostas Skrekas, a New Dimocratia MP from Trikala. PS we could also called this a …
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March 4, 2013
Economy
Turning Greek labour forces into “Chinese workers” without rights and an as-minimum-as-possible wage seems to be the dream not only of the International Monetary Fund, the Troika and Germany but also that of multinational companies. Allegedly in the name of holy competitiveness, multinationals want to trade “peanuts” for “salary” in order to invest …
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March 15, 2012
Economy
Newly appointed Development Minister Anna Diamantopoulou took some rigorous decision: She asked 37 civil servants incl. their supervisors at the ministry’s Private Investment Department to resign and ordered the inspector of public administration to open their bank accounts and investigate their assets from 2005 until today. Greek Development, Competitiveness and …
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