Operation “Paper Dragon”: 287 retail stores of Chinese interest active in Greece were found out to have committed big scale tax evasion The international organized tax evasion ring involving Greek and Chinese businessmen, accountants and technicians was supplying companies with cash registers, specialized algorithm mechanisms and software to avoid paying …
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Retail stores in Greece open on Sunday, Nov 26
Retail stores in Greece will open nationwide on Sunday, November 26, 2023. According to Athens Trade Association SELPE, the stores will be open from 11 a.m. until 8 p.m. It is unclear whether some supermarkets chains will follow. Stores in Greece are closed on Sunday with some exceptions on pre-Christmas …
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Greek Public Power Co. (PPC) buys Kotsovolos electronics retailer
Greece’s Public Power Corporation (PPC/DEH) announced on Friday the acquisition of electronics retail company Kotsovolos for 200 million euros. The PPC noted, among others, that the acquisition of Kotsovolos will bring savings of approximately 100 million euros which, according to the investment plan, was intended for the creation of a …
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Ermou street in Athens among 15 most expensive retail in the world
Ermou street in downtown Athens is the 14th most expensive shopping street in the world, up one spot compared to pre-pandemic levels. The most expensive shopping street in the world for 2022 is New York’s Fifth Avenue, The rent in the biggest Greek commercial square for high-end shops is currently …
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Retail shops will open on Sunday, Nov 27, says SELPE
Retail shops throughout the country will be open on Sunday, 27 November, from 11:00 to 20:00, the Association of Retail Businesses (SELPE) said in an announcement on Tuesday. SELPE announcement comes a day after retail workers had announced that shops will not open on Sunday, Nov 27, 2022. Additionally, on …
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Retail stores will not open on Sunday, Nov 27
Retail stores in Greece will not open for business on Sunday, November 27, the Federation of Private Sector Employees (OIYE) announced on Monday. In its announcement, the federation said that the government is pushing for Sunday trading on this specific date “only out of favoritism for the big franchises.” According …
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Stores in Thessaloniki to operate on energy saving hours from Oct 10 (POLL)
Retail stores in Thessaloniki are proceeding with the cutting of operation hours in order to save energy and operational cost, even though this is a local initiative and not implemented across the country. The energy saving operation starts on Monday, October 10, 2022. The measure is not mandatory and retailers …
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Supermarkets, retail stores opening hours Good Friday-Easter Monday 2022
Retail stores, supermarkets, butchers and small food stores are operating with a special schedule on Good Friday and Holy Saturday due to the religious services in Greece. The opening hours may differentiate form region to region. It should be recalled that all stores and supermarkets are closed on Easter Sunday …
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Shopping hours during the Greek Orthodox Easter Week
The shopping hours for retail stores in the country during the Greek Orthodox Easter Week were announced on Monday. In 2022, Easter in Greece falls on April 24.The scheduled opening hours are the following: – Sunday (April 17) shops open from 11:00 to 20:00 (11 a.m. – 8 p.m.) – …
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Retail sector: Restrictions for unvaccinated will harm stores ahead of holidays
Retail store and trade representatives said the government’s announcement on Tuesday to require rapid tests from unvaccinated citizens in order to enter stores is impractical and adds more of a burden to the sector. “From the start of the pandemic, the retail sector has met economic and health challenges very …
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Supermarkets, retail opening hours on Good Friday, Holy Saturday
Supermarkets and retail stores in Greece will operate with specific opening hours on Good Friday and Easter Saturday, April 30 and May 1, the Development Ministry said on Thursday. Note that supermarkets and retail stores are closed on Easter Sunday and Monday, May 2-3, 2021. Good Friday April 30 Super …
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Retailers in 3 cities symbolically open their stores in protest against gov’t decision
They opened their stores and hanged black flags, banners and funeral announcements. They turned on the lights and stood at the entrance doors of their empty shops. Retailers in Thessaloniki, Patras and Kozani did not accept customers as this would risk a 3,000 euros fine for them and 300 for …
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Retailers in Thessaloniki, Achaia up in arms after last minute decision to suspend opening on Monday
Friday evening, Greek television channels were showing retail store owners in Thessaloniki zealously preparing their shops for the re-opening on Monday. Friday night, the smiles disappeared and optimism was replaced by anger. At an extraordinary meeting a couple of hours in between, the country’s epidemiologists had decided that the virus …
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Greece loosens 2 lockdown restrictions: Retail stores & personal exercise
Head of Civil Protection Nikos Hardalias announced on Wednesday evening the loosening of two lockdown measures to revive the economy and allow citizens more space in their recreation time: Opening of retail stores from Monday, April 5, 2021, and movement with car to another municipality for personal exercise on weekends …
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Greece’s Dev Ministry proposes retail opening on April 5 with time limit
Greece’s Development and Investment Ministry proposed the reopening of retail stores on Monday, April 5, with a time limit for shopping trips. An SMS will be send to the special phone line <13032> set up only for retail shopping, Development Minister Adonis Georgiadis told Skai TV on Wednesday morning. The …
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Retail impossible to open again on March 29, says Minister
Given the health circumstances, it is impossible for retail to open again on March 29, deputy Interior Minister Stelios Petsas said on Tuesday morning. “The government priority is the public health and currently the opening of stores is impossible to happen,” Petsas told Skai TV. he estimated that things will …
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Greece’s Gov’t mulling the gradual opening of the economy as of March 22
The government is examining the gradual opening of the economy as of March 22, starting with the retail trade sector, Finance Minister Christos Staikouras said on Monday in an interview with ‘Proto Thema’ FM radio station. “Our basic scenario is that from next week the economy will start operating normally. …
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Retail could open again sometime in mid-March, says Minister
“The retail sector could open again sometime in mid-March,” Alternate Interior Minister Stelios Petsas said over the weekend. Speaking to Skai TV, he said “we are nearing the end of an unprecedented drama,” and noted that “this year’s Easter holiday will be different to last year.” If Greece proceeds with …
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PM Mitsotakis sees extension of lockdown due to infections increase
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis sees an extension of the lockdown, especially in Attica, due to the spike of coronavirus infections. The infections increase changes plans to open the retail sector, the months of February and March are critical because we have not built a wall of immunity. This is what …
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SMS to <13032>: New five-digit phone number for retail shopping in Greece
Greece’s government has found a new tool to enable citizens to do their shopping in retail stores with sms to a different five-digit number, other that the one they usually use to exit their homes. The new number will be used exclusively for shopping in retail, Digital Governance Minister Kyriakos …
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