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Press Review April 29: Properties going, going, gone, for those with unpaid taxes
Home auctions for those with unpaid debts to the state; the new Medium Term budget will bring higher taxes and smaller pensions; a major overhaul of trade union legislation is…
Government to Piraeus Bank: never mind the taxes
An article included in an omnibus draft bill due to be voted on in parliament this week will effectively let Piraeus Bank off the hook for many tens of millions…
Antonis Samaras: I want to change the law but you’ll have to ask Angela Merkel first
“Go to Angela Merkel and ask her to write a letter to the troika.” That is what Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras reportedly told Richard Weber, president of the Association…
Press Review April 28: Young champions
Panathinaikos F.C. wins the Greek Football Cup; the real deficit is actually greater than it was in 2009; new hidden austerity measures are in the pipeline; many Greeks are declaring…
Tracing the history of Greeks in Istanbul: art meets archaeology in Byzantine Museum exhibition
Imprints of tombstones from Greek graves in Istanbul are currently on display in a temporary exhibition at the Byzantine and Christian Museum. Created by artist Tassos Triandafyllou, they provide a…
Emergency tax on shipowners shelved as government forgets to implement it
Plans for an emergency tax on the Greek shipping sector to boost revenue in light of the crisis have remained on the shelf with the government apparently unwilling to displease…