Greece’s Finance Ministry on Thursday launched an e-platform on Thursday where economic vulnerable households can protect their first residence and settle their debts through a series of favorable measures. Vulnerable households can make : a) settlement of debt through an out-of-court mechanism in 240 tranches for arrears to the state …
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Tsiodras visits Roma settlement in quarantine, gives anti-racism lesson
Greece’s top epidemiologist and Professor for Infectious Diseases Sotiris Tsiodras and the head of Civil Protection Nikos Hardalias visited the Roma settlement under quarantine after at least 20 residents were tested positive n coronavirus. They both did not use any protection means like masks and gloves and mingled with the …
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Roma settlement in quarantine after 20 people tested positive
Greece’s Civil Protection placed under quarantine a Roma settlement in Larissa, central Greece, late on Thursday, after several residents were tested positive to coronavirus. The decision for quarantine came after a 32-year-old resident was tested positive to COVID-19 and authorities found that he had contacted at least 30 settlement residents. …
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Greek Trump: Mayor wants to build a wall to segregate Roma settlement
An elected mayor in Northern Greece wants to build a wall around a Roma settlement even if it is illegal and against the Constitution and no public servant, no matter how racist one is could ever isolate a group of the country’s own citizens. Mayor of Thermaikos in Central Macedonia, …
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Greek Parliament passes bill for “relief measures”, settlement for state debtors
The overwhelming majority of Greek Parliament approved the Labor Ministry bill introducing the 120-installment settlement for debtors to the state as well as the package of “relief measures” like the reduction of Value Added Tax and the so-called “13th pension.” The bill was voted in principle by ruling party SYRIZA, …
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Bill to settle debts to the state with 120 installments is out
The much anticipated bill regarding the settlements of debtors to the state was presented on Sunday. Debtors to tax offices and social security funds as well as to municipalities will have now the possibility to settle their debts with 120 installments with a minimum installment of 30 euros. The settlement …
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Cycladic female figurine unearthed in Akrotiri excavation Santorini
Important findings have been unearthed in the excavation site of Akrotiri on the island of Santorini. Inside a clay chests from the 16th century BC, archaeologists discovered a Proto-Cycladic female figurine made of marble. The finding delights the community of archaeologists and archaeology fans. Inside rectangular chests made of clay …
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UPD Death toll rises to 90 after Athens wildfires victims die in hospital
Two more victims of Athens wildfires died over the weekend in hospitals of the Greek capital A 55-year-old woman died on Saturday night and an 85-year-old man on Sunday noon. Both were hospitalized in intensive care units since 23. July 2018. The woman had reportedly extensive burn on 90% of …
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Menidi: Molotov cocktails in Roma houses after stray bullet kills school boy (video)
Situation in Menidi got out of control on Saturday afternoon, when a group of people wearing hoods threw molotov cocktail bombs in houses belonging to the Roma community of the area. The hoodies got mingled in a peaceful demonstration launched by locals, after a stray bullet in a nearby school …
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Coroner: Death of deaf boy, 6, due to strangulation in sexual assault
The coroner issued his finding. The details of the murder of the missing 6-year-old boy are creepy. Both victim and perpetrator were deaf. A coroner on Tuesday concluded that a 6-year-old deaf boy found dead in an abandoned house in Komotini, northern Greece, was sexually assaulted before he was strangled …
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Athens: Roma set tires on fire to protest demolition of their settlement
Some two hundred Roma set tires on fire on one of main Athens roads on Tuesday in order to protest the forceful demolition of their settlement. The protest took place at Mesogeion Avenue around Nomismatokopeio metro station where the Roma have been occupying an area for the last 40 years. …
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Theory vs Reality gap revealed by “decent living standards criteria” issued by Greek government
How much money does one need to cover monthly basic needs while living in Greece? Well, it depends…. In fact, it depends on who decides. The Troika, the government institutions, the banks, the employers or just the person concerned? The views seem to vary between the theoretical approach and the …
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UPD Virtual reality: “Family of four has to live on €1,000” says Greek government
Do you believe that a family of four can cover its needs for food, clothing, housing, children education, heating, medical care, medicine, electricity, telephone, water etc with just 1,000 euro per month? You may not believe this, but the Greek government does. According tot daily To Ethnos, the government prepares …
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It rains taxes: pay until Jan 31/2014 or get heavy fines
Hundreds of thousands of taxpayers have just three days to get their euro banknotes together and pay up to five different taxes, they might be not able to pay due to liquidity shortage. If they miss the deadline, they will be see their debts to the state accumulated due to …
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Greek TV: “Maria is between 5 and 6 years old” dental examination shows
“Dental examination showed that Maria is between 5 and 6 years old,” the reporter of private Mega TV said live from the Hamogelo toy Piadioy, the Greek NGO that currently is taking care of little Maria, the blond girl that was found in a Roma settlement in Farsala, Central Greece. …
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UPDATES Maria, the little blond girl from Roma camp: the mystery continues…
“Maria is 4 years old. Her mother, a Bulgarian woman, gave the girl as newborn, because she could not afford to raise her. The deal was sealed outside a supermarket through a third person.” This is what the Roma couple claims about the little blond girl with angel eyes that …
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Greek police searches for biological parents of little blond girl found in Roma settlement
A shock in the assumption the little girl may have been abducted by a couple. Or was it a failed illegal adoption of a new born? A blond girl, approximately four years old, was found in a Roma settlement in Farsala in Central Greece. she was kept by a couple …
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UPD: IKA Settles Company’s Insurance Debts in 4,700 Tranches – Last Payment in 2404!
No, it’s not a typo, but it’s certainly the joke of the next four centuries! Greece’s biggest insurance fund IKA found a very generous way to help a private company to pay outstanding debts in social security contributions. The company will have the possibility to pay to IKA 300,000 euro in 4,700 …
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