February 6, 2018
Greece, Politics
The revelations of Novartis-Gate and the publishing of the names of two prime ministers and eight ministers from New Democracy and PASOK have set the Greek political landscape on fire. One after the other those former ministers and prime ministers denied any involvement with statements to the media, some spent …
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February 5, 2018
Greece, Politics
The names of two prime ministers and eight ministers of Health, Finance and Development are involved in the Novartis bribe scandal, media report Monday afternoon, after the prosecutor decided to forward the investigation findings to the Greek Parliament. The scandal is estimated to be worth 85 billions euros. According to …
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November 25, 2017
Uncategorized
An Athens Appellate Court Prosecutor has found 36 people guilty for the infamous “Athens Stock Exchange Crash of 1999” that caused thousands of small investors to have lost their life savings. It has taken 18 years for an Athens Appellate Court Prosecutor, Athina Theodoropoulou, to find guilty 36 individuals implicated …
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November 17, 2017
Greece, Politics
The European Court of Human Rights has ordered Greece to pay damages to relatives of Vodafone executive Costas Tsalikidis who was found dead on the eve of the government’s discovery of a major illegal wiretapping operation that had targeted the country’s political and military leadership. In a statement, the ECHR …
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November 5, 2017
Greece, Politics
Corruption prosecutor Eleni Touloupaki ordered on Friday a preliminary investigation into the Greek link of Brazil’s so-called Car Wash graft scandal, involving the country’s state-controlled oil giant Petroleo Brasileiro SA, commonly known as Petrobras. According to amna.gr, the investigation concerns allegations made by Petrobras’ former director of refining and supply, Paulo …
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August 31, 2017
Very Mix
You want a picturesque Greek scenery with the church, but you’re bothered to see a cross, claiming reasons of falsely understood political correctness? Then you just remove the cross – in this case: several crosses… It sounds unbelievable but it’s true. It happened in Belgium and the photoshop was done …
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June 10, 2017
Economy
An international group of bankers, lawyers and stockbrokers appears to have fiddled the German tax system at 32 billion euros over a period of 15 years. Right under the nose of the German finance ministry. A report by German media state broadcaster ARD and weekly DIE ZEIT claims that the …
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April 27, 2017
Economy, Social
The yearly tax discount will be reduced by 650 euros as of 2020, according to a draft agreement submitted to the government by the European Commission and the International Monetary Fund. The tax-free basis will be lowered from €8,636 currently to €5,685. In simple words this means: taxed will be …
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April 10, 2017
Sports
Hidden cameras and microphones with direct audio and video monitoring. Greece football federation ‘spied on players and staff for years using hidden cameras and listening devices’. A committee appointed by FIFA accused the Greek Football Federation EPO of monitoring employees, players and coaches in what it calls a heavy blow …
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February 17, 2017
Economy
Greece’s dairy producers reacted angrily to reports that Greek feta cheese is no longer on the list of Protected Designations of Origin (PDO) in the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreemetn (CETA) between the European Union and Canada, The Federation of Greek Dairy Products Industries (SEVGAP) described the development as “scandalous”and warned …
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January 10, 2017
Very Mix
Unbelievable. But not surprise. The Shelter for Homeless run by the Athens Municipality threw homeless out in the coldest and snowy night in the Greek capital. On Tuesday night, the shelter closed its doors at 11 p.m. amid heavy snow fall and temperature below the freezing point. The denouncement was …
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January 4, 2017
Very Mix
Corruption prosecutors raided the offices of Swiss drug maker Novartis in Athens a few days ago as part of an ongoing investigation over bribery allegations, sources told Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA) on Tuesday. According to the same sources, the prosecutors requested a thorough search to gather electronic data and documents …
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January 2, 2017
Very Mix
New Year’s day around 5 pm in the afternoon. A man is sitting at the Galaxy Bat at the 13th floor of Hilton hotel in Athens. Greek media report that the man had suddenly started to threaten that he would jump. The hotel personnel called the police. The suicide was …
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December 19, 2016
Politics
Christine Lagarde, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, was found guilty on Monday of criminal charges linked to the misuse of public funds during her time as France’s finance minister, a verdict that could force her out of her post. Ms. Lagarde, who began her second five-year term …
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December 15, 2016
Very Mix
Greece’s Justice Minister Stavors Kontonis sent to Supreme Court prosecutor media reports according to which a big pharma company bribed doctors and public officials in order to boost prescriptions and the companies sales. The prosecutor should investigate media reports that two executives of Novartis in Greece had told US authorities …
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November 4, 2016
Politics
Sixteen former European commissioners are currently receiving monthly payments from the commission’s coffers, even though several of them have already found new, well-paid jobs. The list of who receives the so-called transitional allowance of at least €99,996 per year was acquired by German weekly newspaper Die Zeit. A letter to …
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October 20, 2016
Society
When it comes to escape the nightmare of unemployment, one may grab all possible and impossible opportunities and even accept jobs with wages that let you come home with a loaf of bread, two tomatoes and a tiny piece of cheese. The data released by the Labor Ministry are shocking: …
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October 19, 2016
Politics
The prosecutor of Athens ordered urgent investigation, after the e-mail content and private data of the vice president of the Council of State were partly published in the press. As the Council of State currently deals with constitutional conformity of the TV licenses law, many judges see an attempt to …
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September 22, 2016
Politics
A cache of 1.3 million leaked files from tax haven Bahamas revealed that former EU Commissioner Neelie Kroes responsible for Europe’s antitrust watchdog was named as director of an offshore company. She was recruited by United Arab Emirates, which intended to snap up the international assets of the energy company …
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August 29, 2016
Economy
A new bomb shell is expected to explode in the heads and pockets of Greece’s business owners: they will be called to pay social security contributions not according to the number of employees but according to “deemed criteria” – in common English: according to employees they ought to have. Who …
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