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Former SYRIZA minister Giorgos Stathakis has signaled his departure from the main opposition party, leveling accusations against the new party leader Stefanos Kasselakis and his close circle of advisors for their “anti-leftist hysteria.” In an op-ed published on the News24/7 website on Wednesday, titled “Bidding farewell to a SYRIZA that …

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Almost 13 years after cremations were legalized in Greece, Environment and Energy Minister Giorgos Stathakis signed a decision to allow the construction of the much anticipated cremation facilicity in Athens. The Minister’s decision determines the place and the conditions under which the facility will operate and as designed and proposed …

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Minister for Environment and Energy, Giorgos Stathakis, has signed a decision that new building permits are temporarily suspended in the area south of the Acropolis and Makriyanni-Koukaki. Furthermore, the Minister has asked for the immediate legality control of the hotel on Falirou Street No 5, which construction triggered the public …

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Energy producers and suppliers will benefit from the abolition of two fees imposed on electricity, Environment and Energy Minister Giorgos Stathakis told the Athens-Macedonian News Agency on Monday. Stathakis said that the move will also benefit consumers and the Public Power Corporation (PPC). PPC stands to gain at least 200-250 …

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Public Power Corporation (PPC) stands to gain roughly 300 million euros from the measures for a special renewable energy sources account. This will create significant room in terms of pricing policy and put an end to any discussion of rate hikes for electricity, Environment and Energy Minister George Stathakis said …

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The market test for the sale of the Public Power Corporation’s (PPC) lignite fired power plants has been completed “with absolute success,” the environment and energy ministry announced on Sunday. Fifteen investors expressed interest in acquiring at least one of the plants up for sale (in Florina and Megalopolis), the …

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Environment Minister Giorgos Stathakis is confident that the unemployment rates will keep falling in fast pace as perspective of the clear exit from the fiscal adjustment program is clear and the increase of investment is certain. “By the time of elections in September 2019, the unemployment rates will have returned …

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Minister for Economy, Infrastructure, Shipping and Tourism, Giorgos Stahakis said on Friday that Greece had indeed money to pay the International Monetary Fund but chose not to do so. Speaking to BBC Radio 4 Today, Stathakis said that Greece had the money to pay the IMF on June 5th but …

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Greece’s Economy Minister Giorgos Stathakis has warned that Greece did not have the resources to repay two loans to the European Central Bank loans, amounting to some €7.6 billion, which fall due next July and August. However he underlined that a Greek default on loans to International Monetary Fund was …

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