Press Review December 17
17/12/2013
Financial declarations show MPs significant wealth and also raise more questions about Golden Dawn; Greece and troika get nearer to an agreement over home auctions; after 13 years the trial…
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Seeking a boom in tourism, Greece adopts a busted model of development
16/12/2013
Construction firms and real estate developers are rubbing their hands as the government approves construction of ‘tourist villages’ throughout Greece. Under guise of ‘sustainable development’ Greece is to follow the…
Germany laying groundwork for more bailout loans – and more conditions – for Greece
16/12/2013
Samaras and Venizelos’s optimism is contradicted by statements from German officials implying that Greece will need another round of bailout loans. Influential German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine also sets a harsh…
A new government gift to media barons just in time for Christmas (and the new fiscal year)
16/12/2013
A 20% tax on TV advertising – initially due to be imposed three years ago – is delayed for yet another year by a ministerial decision despite a recent 23.5%…
Press Review December 16
16/12/2013
Samaras and Tsipras both harden lines in weekend interviews in light of upcoming May MEP elections; ‘Big troika’ of Lagarde, Draghi and Rehn due to weigh in as still no…
Amnesty Int’l: EU leaders should ‘hang their heads in shame’ over Syrian refugees
13/12/2013
Meet the ‘Apathetics’: David Cameron, Francois Hollande and other European leaders feature in Amnesty International’s scathing Youtube video mocking the EU’s ‘pitiful’ treatment of the refugees from war-torn Syria on…
Greeks in 2013: Older, poorer, and alarmingly fewer
13/12/2013
Since the beginning of the crisis Greece’s demographic trends have taken a sharp downward turn. Already burdened with an aging population today so few couples are having children that Greece’s…
Press review December 13
13/12/2013
Draft legislation to make property tax permanent is put before parliament; developers push for casinos in Athens; Nobel laureate economist and former euro proponent calls the currency a mistake; Tsipras…
Tsipras: While austerity spread poverty, government paid consultants €636 m. in a year
12/12/2013
While public spending was being cut back in almost every other area, fees paid by the Finance Ministry to banks and private consultancy firms rose tenfold with 636 million paid…
2,000-year-old olive trees being turned to firewood in Crete
12/12/2013
Ancient trees that have lived through the rise and fall of empires finally meet their end under chainsaws wielded by people looking to make quick cash.