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Greece EU elections wipe out 3 political parties – Final Results

May 29, 2019 Greece Comments Off on Greece EU elections wipe out 3 political parties – Final Results

The European elections in Greece not only pushed conservative New Democracy to win with a margin of 9% it also wiped out three political parties with presence in the Greek Parliament. With 99.29% of the votes counted, Greek voters send 21 people from six political parties to the European Parliament. …

Greece’s shadow economy is 21.5% of GDP, says German IAW

August 30, 2017 Economy 1

Some countries have much larger shadow or unofficial economies than others. Greece’s shadow economy is worth over a fifth of its total output, and Italy’s isn’t far behind, says a research by German IAW. However, the chart refers only to selected industrialized countries. And Germany is not doing much better… …

Greece’s Price List for kickbacks: 2% – 23% for public officials

April 6, 2015 Politics 10

Greece’s public officials had apparently turned the kickbacks collection into a “science”, while an unofficial but institutionalize price list could cut a nice portion from the total pie for private pockets. Under the hand. Illegally. Tax-free. The bribes percentage was something between 2% and shocking 23% depending on the sector …

What vote percentage could give SYRIZA a majority government?

January 21, 2015 Politics Comments Off on What vote percentage could give SYRIZA a majority government?

The win of left-wing SYRIZA seems to be a fact as it secures its lead towards Nea Dimokratia with more of 4% according to latest polls. But what percentage will SYRIZA need to form a majority government with 151 seats in a Parliament of 300 and avoid to have to …

The winner in Athens and Attica is …Golden Dawn

May 19, 2014 Politics Comments Off on The winner in Athens and Attica is …Golden Dawn

The winner of Sunday’s municipality and regional elections is … extreme-right Golden Dawn. The party whose members face charges for establishing a criminal gang, doubled its rates from the last parliamentary elections in Athens and Attica region. Ilias Kasidiaris, GD spokesman who is free on bail, a mayor candidate for …

Greeks gets 1.6% of bailout loans – 98.4% goes back to Troika

July 28, 2013 Economy 7

Only a tiny 1.6% of the bailout loans goes to Greece’s state budget, the real economy and the people. The rest 98.4% goes to serve the international creditors International Monetary Fund, European Union member states and European Central Bank. For the years 2010-20124, from the 236.8 billion euro bailout money …

“Solidarity Tax”: Middle Classes to pay the bill, again!

June 15, 2011 Economy Comments Off on “Solidarity Tax”: Middle Classes to pay the bill, again!

Unbelievable! This government doesn’t get it! It is again the low incomes that will pay the bills of the huge debt! According to latest information, the special solidarity tax will be contributed by the low incomers. During the session of the Economics Committee at the Parliament, Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou …

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