January 13, 2025
FEATURED, Lifestyle, Society
Media reports over the weekend upset Greeks as the reports claimed that the government plans to impose fines of up to 5,000 euros for those transporting olive oil without proper documentation. Initially it was said that the fines would affect transport of olive oil in 5-liter tins and later in …
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December 12, 2024
Economy, FEATURED
Greece’s Tourism Ministry is initiating a new draft bill that brings extra charges and stricter requirements for short term rental properties, such as those listed on the Airbnb accommodation platform. The additional cost is estimated to range from 500 to 600 euros. Properties rented out for short-term leases are obliged …
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November 29, 2024
Economy
Greece’s Development Ministry has fined a total of 2.2 million euros on 14 companies for misleading advertising in the run-up to Black Friday. The business’ evasive practices were identified by the ministry’s auditing service using a digital tool. Five of the 14 companies have been named as Kosmos Sport SA …
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July 8, 2024
environment, FEATURED
Authorities received over 1,000 citizens’ complaints about zoning violations on beaches within five days, it was reported on Monday. The complaints were filed by citizens through telephone (400 calls) and the MyCoast app. Authorities reportedly conducted inspections of 14 beaches across the country that received most of the complaints and …
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May 28, 2024
environment, FEATURED
New Fire Protection Regulations with heavy fines have set around one million of plot owners “on fire.” Not only because they will be burden with several extra cost but also because the government is late in The regulations affect plots within the urban fabric that have not been cleaned of …
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March 14, 2024
Economy, FEATURED
The Municipality of Iraklio on Crete has of its own accord put a freeze on the imposition of fines for illegal structures in the city. Iraklio Mayor Alexis Kalokairinos said the aim of the decision is to pressure the Environment Ministry to once again allow the legalization of buildings without …
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January 10, 2024
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
The fines imposed to elderly who were not vaccinated against COVID-19 in 2022 will be written off, Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis said at a press conference on Wednesday. “We have recommended the withdrawal of the fines imposed on the elderly who were not vaccinated during the pandemic period,” the minister …
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November 15, 2023
Economy, FEATURED
Greece’s Development Ministry imposed a total fine of 1,672,000 to multinational companies Johnson & Johnson and Colgate for unfair profiteering. These are tow more multinationals fined since the start of the month. The fines were imposed after the Interagency Market Control Unit (DIMEA) had completed the relevant audit. The fines …
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November 14, 2023
Economy, FEATURED
Two Cretan producers of traditional tsikoudia, a clear spirit made by distilling grape pomace that is also known as raki, face hundreds of thousands of euros in fines after being caught without the proper permits. The two producers were arrested in separate operations in the region of Iraklio, where one …
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November 7, 2023
Economy, FEATURED
The Consumers’ Institute (IN.KA.) in Greece has called for a boycott of the products of the two multinational companies Unilever and Procter & Gamble after Greek authorities heavily fined them with one million euros each for excessive profit. “After the fines imposed by the government on two multinationals for excessive …
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November 2, 2023
Economy, FEATURED
Development Minister Kostas Skrekas has imposed the maximum fine of 1,000,000 euros to each of the Greek subsidiaries of two multinationals groups after inspections by Interagency for Market Control (DIMEA) units showed that they had violated recent laws on curbing phenomena of unfair profit-taking, a ministry announcement said on Thursday. …
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April 27, 2023
Economy, FEATURED
Police has arrested two men for conducting illegal construction work inside an archaeological site at the western coast of the island of Mykonos. Police has reportedly said they detained on Wednesday afternoon a 21-year-old Egyptian and a 20-year-old Romanian national who were working in a plot of land where building …
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February 16, 2023
Economy, FEATURED
Five leading supermarkets chains have been fined a total of 382,497 euros for over-pricing their products, Development Minister Adonis Georgiadis announced on Thursday thus making public the names of law violators. The biggest fine, which is also the second-largest on record in Greece, was imposed to the Dutch-owned AB Vassilopoulos …
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December 1, 2022
Economy, FEATURED
The Market Control Unit has imposed fines on supermarkets for the violation of the legislation regarding the profit margins on the prices of products included in the household basket, Development and Investments Minister Adonis Georgiadis said on Thursday. He added that these are fines below the 50,000 euro threshold and, …
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October 7, 2022
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Greece’s health minister Thanos Plevris announced on Friday that the 300-euros fines to unvaccinated citizens over 60 years old will be cancelled if they vaccinated against Covid-19 later. Speaking to ANT1 TV, Plevris said that “those 300,000 citizens, who paid the fine and were vaccinated later, the money will be …
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October 4, 2022
FEATURED, Social, Society
A so-called “unemployment police” to implement the new penal code is underway together with fines of up to 10,000 euros and deletion from the unemployed registers is the latest attempt of the conservative neo-liberal government not only to decrease the numbers of unemployed from the official statistics but also to …
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September 29, 2022
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
Greece’s Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport has issued clarifications regarding the mandatory use of anti-skid chains and similar means in vehicles. According to the ministry decision, motorists should have anti-skid chains in their vehicle from October to April every year, when they are driving on national or regional roads. The …
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September 1, 2022
FEATURED, Social, Society
The platform where citizens in the regions of Attica and South Aegean can register with a personal doctor opens on Thursday afternoon, September 1, 2022. The platform for all other regions has been available since August 1. The Personal Doctor program entails that a single doctor will constantly monitor a …
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March 24, 2022
Economy
Greece has enough stocks in flour, cereals and vegetable oils “for months ahead”, Development Minister Adonis Georgiadis reassured the Palriament, while introducing a new stock registry for food and farming supplies. Speaking of the draft amendment for the registry, Georgiadis said it would provide the government with quick sense of …
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January 16, 2022
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Thousands of unvaccinated over 60 years old will see a fine of 50 euros booked into their tax office account as the deadline for vaccination against Covid-19 expires at midnight on Sunday, January 16. € From Monday morning, the relevant registry authorities will cross check tax numbers (AFM) and social …
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