Press Review June 6: Musical (electric) chairs
The government reshuffle is to focus on key positions in the economic governance of the country; a ‘new memorandum’ sees additional tax burdens on Greeks; what Stournaras and Lagarde discussed…
The government reshuffle is to focus on key positions in the economic governance of the country; a ‘new memorandum’ sees additional tax burdens on Greeks; what Stournaras and Lagarde discussed…
The Finance Minister has announced that he has accepted the resignation of Haris Theoharis, General Secretary of Public Revenue following a meeting at the Finance Ministry. The top tax official…
The Eurogroup head Jeroen Dijsselbloem has echoed recent statements by the German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schauble, saying that a third loan agreement for Greece could not be ruled out given…
The government hurriedly shuts down parliament amid claims of political trickery; Golden Dawn leader and MPs rant, rave and hurl abuse in parliamentary discussion; Stournaras makes a secret trip to…
At around 5pm, and following a tumultuous day in parliament it was suddenly announced that legislative body would be shut for the next two weeks. SYRIZA officials have angrily denounced…
Nikos Michaloliakos leader of Golden Dawn and another two of the imprisoned MPs of the neo-fascist party appeared in parliament today to argue their cases in light of a vote…
Following a recent decision by the Interministerial Commission for Privatizations, another package of high value properties and state assets was transferred to the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF) with…
The government is to urgently push ahead with a fire sale of numerous state assets; the cleaning women of the Finance Ministry receive police beatings instead of the court-ordered re-hirings;…
The government considers it perfectly acceptable to award the broadcast rights for the full range of digital frequencies for only 16,777 euros a month for MEGA, ANT1, SKAI and Alpha.
According to the 357-page World Social Protection report published today by the Geneva based organization, fiscal consolidation as a response to the worldwide financial crisis has had a number of…