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Milos voted Best Island in Europe 2019

July 14, 2019 Tourism Comments Off on Milos voted Best Island in Europe 2019

The island of Milos in the Cyclades has been voted as the Best Island in Europe for 2019. According to magazine Travel and Leisure, readers have Milos with 90.50 points the highest score. “One of the Cyclades, Mílos is known as the place where the famed Venus de Milo statue …

EU Parliament adopted ban of single-use plastic, balloons “rescued” (poll)

October 24, 2018 environment Comments Off on EU Parliament adopted ban of single-use plastic, balloons “rescued” (poll)

The European Parliament voted to ban single-use plastic. With an overwhelming majority of 571 votes vs 53 against, MEPs backed the proposal aiming to reduce the estimated 150-thousand tons of plastic waste from Europe that ends up in the sea every year. Completely banned are to be plastic straws, cotton …

153 MPs approve Greece’s Budget 2018 with new austerity measures

December 20, 2017 Greece, Politics Comments Off on 153 MPs approve Greece’s Budget 2018 with new austerity measures

Greece’s parliament on Tuesday approved the 2018 state budget, which includes further austerity measures beyond the official end of the country’s third international bailout next summer. All 153 lawmakers from the left-led governing coalition backed the budget measures in a late vote, while the 144 opposition lawmakers present rejected them. …

Greek Parliament approves setting up committee to investigate bailouts and PSI

April 7, 2015 Politics 3

Greek lawmakers voted on Tuesday in favor of setting up a committee to examine the circumstances under which Greece agreed to bailouts totaling 240 billion euros with the European Union and the International Monetary Fund. The proposal was approved with 156 of the 250 lawmakers present voting in favor, 72 …

Greek Parliament indicts ex FinMin Papaconstantinou over Lagarde list handling

July 16, 2013 Politics 1

This is the Greece we know very well! While the finance ministers seize the last cent from the low pensioner and the jobless, they erase the names of their relatives from a list of possible tax evaders. And while they demand a high price for every breath you take in …

Historic decision: Cypriots vote NO to bank deposits tax

March 19, 2013 Economy Comments Off on Historic decision: Cypriots vote NO to bank deposits tax

With 39 votes against and 19 abstentions from Anastasiades’ ruling party, Cypriots said a historic NO to Eurogroup decision to charge with a levy bank deposits. Upon announcement of the rejecting decision protesters who had gathered outside the Parliament broke in to loud applaud. No one Cypriot MP voted in …

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