Press Review May 8: Unchecked Wealth
While Greek citizens are taxed to death, cases of suspected major tax evasion go uninvestigated; a 57 year-old small-time bondholder becomes the latest crisis-related suicide; total expired debts to the…
While Greek citizens are taxed to death, cases of suspected major tax evasion go uninvestigated; a 57 year-old small-time bondholder becomes the latest crisis-related suicide; total expired debts to the…
Significant changes are to be implemented over the auctions of the homes and properties of those with outstanding debts to the state. The properties of those with unpaid taxes will…
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…
The government’s policy of levying ever higher taxes and fines, together with the dire economy have made it impossible for ever greater numbers of citizens and businesses to meet their…
Not a group normally associated with street protests, on Friday accountants from all over Greece descended on Syntagma Square in protest of the latest tax laws which impose eye-watering fines…
Former adviser to Papandreou accused over €9 million NGO scandal over de-mining operations (pictured); High energy costs and low domestic demand lead to huge losses for steel companies; farmers descend…
Prime Minister Antonis Samaras promises tax reductions; a report by the Levy Institute of Economics says austerity is failing miserably at controlling the debt; three key cases of corruption alone…
Almost 50% of the heating oil boilers in the capital have remained dormant this winter as residents are unable to afford the cost of fuel.
The cyber net to catch tax evaders tightens; new assessment rules will give 15% of civil servants ‘poor’ rating; 23 state bodies are to be eliminated; the taxpayer is to…
The government partially backs down on tax requirements for farmers; troika auditors put the primary budget surplus under the microscope; the government is not providing earthquake-hit Kefalonia residents with meaningful…