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Turkey’s opposition challenges Erdogan to “take back 18 islands occupied by Greece”

November 30, 2016 Turkey-GR 2

Turkey’s government and opposition are delivering a nationalistic race targeting Greece and Cyprus. After Erdogan’s spin on the Lausanne Treaty, the “borders of our heart” and Cyprus flag, the Kemalists from CHP joined the chorus asking him to reveal when exactly he plans to “take back 18 islands” from Greece! …

UNHCR, MSF will no longer support “Hot Spots turned into detention centers” on Greece’s islands

March 23, 2016 Politics 1

First, it was the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees that declared it is moving out of the Moria camp on the island of Lesvos, a Hot Spot open access facility turned into a closed “detention center” via the EU-Turkey deal of last Friday. In a statement the UNHCR said …

EU-Turkey deal: Greece empties islands from refugees & migrants, “hot spots” turn into “detention centers”

March 19, 2016 Politics, Refugees 7

Thousands of refugees and migrants are to be transported from the Greek islands ot mainland in new camps as the EU-Turkey deal goes in effect on midnight tomorrow, Sunday, March 20th 2016. The hot spots on the islands Lesvos, Chios, Samors, Leros and Kos in the eastern Aegean Sea will …

Petition: Award residents of Greek islands with the Nobel Prize for their Contribution to Refugee Crisis

January 4, 2016 Refugees, Very Mix 5

More than 800,000 refugees and migrants passed through the Greek islands of the Eastern Aegean Sea on their way to Europe for a better future. While local authorities and the central government were too slow to react to the challenge of thousands of people stranded, the residents of the islands …

V.A.T. hikes on rich Greek islands like Rhodes, Mykonos, Santorini

September 25, 2015 Economy 15

Alea jacta est. The Value Added Tax die is cast for the richest Greek islands that attract millions of tourists each year. Mykonos, Santorini, Paros, Naxos, Milos, Syros and Tinos are reportedly on the list prepared by the Greek Finance Ministry that will abolish the low V.A.T. rates. So far, …

Value Added Tax on fire: Crazy hikes in food & tourism

July 20, 2015 Economy 86

More than 40,000 food items are been sold with a poisonous 10% Value Added Tax hike as of today and expect to burden the average Greek household with at least 55 euro per month.Beef, coffee, tea, cocoa, spices, sugar, oils – except olive oil, ice-creams, chocolates, but also condoms and …

Greece -Turkey: tension is high as Ankara tries to conduct research in Cyprus EEZ

November 4, 2014 Turkey-GR Comments Off on Greece -Turkey: tension is high as Ankara tries to conduct research in Cyprus EEZ

A new tension is high between the arch rivals and close neighbors on the west and east of the Aegean Sea, as Turkey is staging one provocation after the other, playing the game the country knows very well: claiming rights in the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Reason for …

Greek coast guards ‘catch’ boat with weapons heading to Turkey

July 30, 2013 Turkey-GR Comments Off on Greek coast guards ‘catch’ boat with weapons heading to Turkey

Greek coastal guards and anti-terror units arrested four suspects allegedly carrying weapons to Turkey. In the early morning of Tuesday, coastal guards halted a seven-meter rubber boat sailing between the islands of Chios and Oinousses, just a couple of nautical miles away form the Turkish coast southern of Izmir. The …

One-billion-euro tax evasion per year through renting luxurious villas in Greece – foreigners involved?

April 23, 2013 Economy Comments Off on One-billion-euro tax evasion per year through renting luxurious villas in Greece – foreigners involved?

I remember some months ago, when veteran politician Manolis Glezos from left-wing SYRIZA had urged tax authorities to investigate tax evasion in connection with rent-a-villa scheme via the internet and other luxury accommodation to foreigners. Glezos had claimed, that the owners of these accommodations in favorite tourist destinations like the …

Greek PM: We don’t sell our islands!

February 24, 2011 Economy Comments Off on Greek PM: We don’t sell our islands!

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou stressed that Greece will not sell any of its islands to reduce the country’s debt, according to Reuters. “Anything like that is ruled out,” Papandreou told German newspaper Bild, when asked about selling islands. “You΄ve simply got to understand how important these islands are for …

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