Tag Archives: Mardas

Three more ministers of the SYRIZA-ANEL coalition government, one active and two former ones, have requested rent subsidies, private Skai TV reported on Tuesday just hours after two ministers were shown the exit door for the same reason. According to documents seen by Skai, alternate energy and research minister Constantinos …

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It sounded really strange on Sunday morning. Deputy Foreign Minister Dimitris Mardas revealed a plan Greek government has under consideration to offer refugees and migrants “residence permission if they invest 250,000 euro in Greece.” Mardas told Skai TV, that the government is styding a project to examin ethe economic profile …

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Greece is full of many little “cunning Odysseus” who manage everything once they have the right connections, are in the right position at the right time. Allegedly, they can even violate the capital controls and send money abroad or withdraw large sums from the banks despite bank holidays and other …

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Remember when you were a kid with not much money? Remember what did you do,  when you and the other kids on the block wanted to pay for ice cream or movies for all? Each kid would empty its pockets and do its share throwing some coins to the common …

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An “explosion” in revenues in March 2015 created a Primary Surplus of 1.7 billion euro, Deputy Finance Minister Dimitris Mardas announced on Thursday. “The primary result is a surplus of 1.735 million euro,” The Greek Finance Ministry said in a statement adding that “the Primary Surplus target was 119 million …

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Germany’s economy minister, Merkel’s vice chancellor and leader of Social Democrats (SPD) Sigmar Gabriel branded Greece’s demand for 278.7 billion euros in reparations from World War Two as “stupid“, Reuters report on Tuesday. Gabriel’s diplomatic reaction comes a day after Greek deputy Finance Minister Dimitris Mardas said that Germany had …

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