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Troika Rejected 15% Reduction on Oil Heating Tax
Greece’s creditors have reportedly rejected the government’s proposal concerning the reduction for special consumption tax on heating oil by 15%. According to ekathimerini, troika was late in their negative response…
Syriza newspaper claims government is preparing anti-left campaign
Article in Syriza-aligned newspaper Avgi claims small group within the prime minister΄s office was preparing a campaign to ΄target the violence of the left΄ by using the so-called theory of…
Bloomberg: EU΄s Rehn Says Cutting Greece Debt Burden Shouldn΄t Be a Goal
European Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn said giving fiscal relief to Greece by cutting its debt load shouldn’t be a goal of policy makers, saying he preferred other…
No room for psychiatric hospitals in reformed Greece
While clinical depression is soaring and now affecting 13.5 per cent of the Greek population, and with suicides doubling in the last three years, the country’s three public psychiatric hospitals…
Costas Efimeros
Costas Efimeros is publisher of ThePressProject and owner of the software house BitsnBytes. He is producer and member of the writing team for the satirical television show “Anaskopisi” and was……
Why are IKEA and Media Markt more expensive in Greece?
Opposition MPs tabled a series of questions to parliament as to why certain imported products are sold at prices as much as 65 per cent higher than in Germany and…
In Greece, industries may depart but pollution stays behind
For the first time a government document links pollution in an environmentally burdened area of Greece to VIOHALCO, Greece’s biggest industrial group.