Athens Informer

A total of 218 offshore companies are currently being inspected by tax authorities in Athens, according to a document submitted to Parliament on Tuesday by Deputy Finance Minister Giorgos Mavraganis in response to a question submitted by four deputies of … … Full News here – Latest News

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Columbus man dies after being hit by tree limb COLUMBUS, Ga. — A Columbus man has died after being hit in the head by a tree limb. Muscogee County Coroner Buddy Bryan said Christopher Hartin was pronounced dead Saturday afternoon at a Columbus hospital. Hartin was cutting a tree limb at his … Full News [...]

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Public Order Minister Nikos Dendias suggested on Saturday that the government is considering measures that could lead to far-right Golden Dawn being outlawed. Speaking to Real News weekly, Dendias suggested that the next Parliament could approve such legi… … Full News here – Latest News

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Athens teacher, four students hospitalized after being caught in Tybee Island … ATHENS, GA. | Four elementary school students and a teacher on a field trip to the Georgia coast were hospitalized after being caught up in a rip current in the Atlantic Ocean. Clarke County Schools spokeswoman Anisa Sullivan Jimenez said the fifth … [...]

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Greece will discuss with the troika the possibility of reducing some taxes when inspectors return in June, according to Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras, who also told Sunday’s Kathimerini that the coalition will introduce changes in the civil service t… … Full News here – Latest News

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Over 300,000 criminal court rulings remain unexecuted, depriving the cash-strapped state coffers of millions of euros in fines and prompting the government to take measures to remedy the situation, Kathimerini understands. The government plans to… Full News here – Kathimerini English

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Euro zone finance officials acknowledged being «in a mess» over Cyprus during a conference call on Wednesday and discussed imposing capital controls to insulate the region from a possible collapse of the Cypriot economy. In detailed notes of the call seen… … Full News here – Latest News

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Four prison guards were being held hostage by convict Alket Rizai at Malandrino Prison in central Greece on Sunday morning. The prison employees were taken hostage on Saturday night. It appears that Rizai was attempting to break out of jail with two fello… … Full News here – Latest News

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The government has decided to strengthen the monitoring of the public sector by putting the general inspector for public administration, Leandros Rakintzis, in charge of the body of public administration inspectors. Administrative Reform Minister… Full News here – Kathimerini English

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beverages have slumped as a result of the financial crisis and the increase in the special consumption tax. A Hellastat study has shown that while the decline in turnover amounted to 20 percent year-on-year in 2010, the drop is estimated to have been… Full News here – Kathimerini English

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Eurozone finance ministers are considering allowing Athens to buy back up to 40 billion euros of its own bonds at a discount as one of a number of measures to cut Greek debt to 120 percent of GDP within the next eight years. Under a proposal discussed by … … Full News here – Latest [...]

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Claims made by 15 antifascist demonstrators that they were subjected to torture at Attica police headquarters (GADA) are being investigated in the context of a sworn administrative inquiry, public order minister, Nikos Dendias, has said, in a written reply to a parliamentary question from a number of Syriza MPs. The alleged torture took place on [...]

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The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has expressed its concern that the government has amended a Presidential Decree that extends the administrative detention of asylum seekers to 12 months, instead of the previous three, or six in exceptional cases…. Full News here – Kathimerini English

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The annual military parade held on October 28 in Thessaloniki to mark Greece’s entry into the Second World War will be organized at a substantially reduced cost, Kathimerini understands. The National Defense General Staff (GEETHA) has brought the cost of … … Full News here – Latest News

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A website has published the names of 36 current and former politicians and ministers being audited or investigated by the Financial and Economic Crime Unit (SDOE) for financial irregularities and suspicious acquisition of wealth. The list was published on Thursday on the zougla.gr website. The publication of the list has generated considerable controversy as none [...]

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