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 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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February 14, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
“Enough with whining and misery. I can’t stand misery anymore. I’m fed up with misery. Misery does not do good in Greece, misery harms the homeland, whoever is miserable all day harms Greece.” This was said by Development Minister Adonis Georgiadis on the price hikes during the morning magazine on …
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January 12, 2022
Economy
Development and Investment Minister Adonis Georgiadis left open the possibility of reducing the Value Added Tax on a series of products to contain price increases. Speaking to Mega TV on Tuesday, Georgiadis said that the government is considering reducing the VAT on certain products, adding that this is a measure …
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January 7, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Greece has caused a row with Cyprus after a Minister and ruling New Democracy party Vice claimed that the cheap PCR tests used in Cyprus were “Chinese” and of “very low reliability.” Development Minister Adonis Georgiadis was trying to argue in favor of expensive PCR tests in Greece and in …
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November 2, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
“No more infections counting, no lockdown even if they reach 10,000,” Greece’s Development Minister Adonis Georgiadis said on Tuesday, the day coronavirus cases are expected to reach a new record and the government is to announce new measures and restrictions across the country. In cynical statements he denied any government …
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October 4, 2021
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Development Minister Adonis Georgiadis said the obvious about the much praised Defense Agreement between Greece and France: It does not protected the Exclusive Economic Zone of the country for a simple reason: Greece has not declared it yet. A few hours before the start of the debate in Parliament on …
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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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May 24, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
If there is a sharp downward trend in the pandemic, the government will ask the epidemiologists’ committee to open up more activities, Development and Investment Minister Adonis Georgiadis said on Monday. Speaking to Skai TV, Georgiadis said that he would like to allow music in bars and restaurants restaurants as …
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May 6, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
A government minister did not rule out that Greeks will keep needing to send sms to leave their homes but not the tourists after May 15, when the country will officially open its gates to international holidaymakers. Speaking to ANT1 TV, Development Minister Adonis Georgiadis lef topen the possibility that …
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March 10, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, Economy
As long as the pandemic is ‘in full gallop’, the opening of the market will delay, Development and Investment Adonis Georgiadis said on Wednesday a day after he hinted a day earlier that retail sector would open on March 22. Speaking to Rel FM on Tuesday, the minister had said …
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February 6, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Without any previous warning, Development Minister Adonis Georgiadis, announced on Saturday morning that the take-away service is forbidden in the regional units of Athens, Thessaloniki and Halkidiki over the weekends. Apart from being another tripping up for the food sector, the ban came out of the blue, was not included …
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January 5, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, Greece
Τhe Greek government admitted on Tuesday that it ignored the epidemiologists’ proposals for early lockdown in Thessaloniki in October “out of respect for traditions and religion.” That was said on Tuesday morning by Development Minister Adonis Georgiadis. Speaking to Skai TV, Georgiadis said that “Out of respect for tradition and …
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November 23, 2020
CORONAVIRUS, Greece
“Yes, we celebrate because we are 12 times better than Belgium,” Development Minister Adonis Georgiadis shouted during a live interview on Skai TV on Monday morning. In an effort to persuade the panel and the public that Greece is doing better than other European countries, he started listing the recent …
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May 27, 2020
Economy
Development and Investment Minister, Adonis Georgiadis, has called on Greece’s hoteliers to open their facilities. “The great wager is tourism,” the minister said. But hoteliers seem reluctant to go in operation again in an unstable economic environment and uncertainty about how many tourists will come and from which countries. In …
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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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December 11, 2019
Economy
Development and Investment Minister, Adonis Georgiadis, publicly admitted that the government of New Democracy intends to privatize everything in Greece. Speaking at Capital Link’s 21st Annual Forum on Investing in Greece, the Minister did not leave room for misinterpretation. He assured the audience, US investors, that the government’s sole aim …
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December 2, 2019
Greece
The criminal prosecution against former New Democracy lawmaker Nikos Georgiadis for repeatedly paying minors for sex has been dropped due to the statute of limitations, in accordance with the new penal code. The prosecutor at the three-member court of appeals in Athens argued that she was obliged to accept the …
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November 22, 2019
Greece
Greece’s bigmouth Development Minister dared telling a farmer that if he sowed under the government of Alexis Tsipras he has to ask money from SYRIZA! Development Minister, Adonis Georgiadis, was visiting a sugar factory in Plati, Imathias, West Macedonia. A meeting was also arranged with sugar beet growers. Minister and …
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