14.03.2018
Editorial: Blockade
The lack of trust explains why the IMF set up lines of defence. The fear that the government is chomping at the bit to hand out benefits from a ravaged economy, simply for electoral reasons, is obvious.
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13.03.2018
No help from Nato to free two Greek army officers in Turkish prison
Jens Stoltenberg is quoted as saying, “This is an issue that must be resolved between Greece and Turkey.”
13.03.2018
Captive Greek army officers’ fate to be raised at Varna EU-Turkey meeting
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras intends to hold a series of bilateral talks with key EU partners to brief them on the circumstances of the capture and captivity of the two officers, to forge a broader front to pressure Ankara more effectively to release the two Greeks, and to back off from its hostile posture in the Aegean and the eastern Mediterranean.
13.03.2018
Tough line from IMF on pension cuts, lowering of tax-free ceiling
The demands of the IMF have again put in the government in a tough spot, and presage a new round of clashes...
13.03.2018
Editorial: Ransom?
This case involves the tight embrace between the government and a person who behaves in a “peculiar” fashion. It is about the favours that he receives, and the sense of omnipotence that he feels, due to the special treatment that he enjoys. But it is also about the benefits that the government itself receives, or expects to receive.
12.03.2018
Ivan is no longer great
The images were in TV screens all over Greece. The football match, between the two contenders, PAOK and AEK had stopped and...
12.03.2018
Athletics minister announces indefinite suspension of Super League
'We will assume the political cost, which is the last thing that concerns us. The most important thing is that rules apply to all. It is for this reason that we suspended Champions League matches,' Vasiliadis declared.
12.03.2018
Problems in the US continue for Aegean Maritime Petroleum
According to a 9 March, 2018, report by Lawrence Fletcher, with the assistance of Athens correspondent Nektaria Stamouli, in the Wall Street Journal, a group of Aegean Marine Petroleum stockholders filed suit against the company, charging that it was a “corrupt corporate buyout”.
11.03.2018
Editorial: Questions
is there money for military spending? One poses the question because, at a time of obvious weakness, and before the completion of the bailout programme, a decision of high cost and questionable utility is being made.
09.03.2018
New law regulates private taxi services, revises Highway Code, fines
On the crucial issue of tax evasion, the revenues of such companies will be taxed based on existing law, and the tax data for cooperating drivers and clients will be separate. Greek taxi drivers have staged fierce protests over the unfair advantage that these companies enjoy by not paying taxes.
09.03.2018
Editorial: Cost
Those who do not benefit from handouts feel they are being duped, and justly believe that they will shoulder the costs of handouts to various categories of their fellow citizens.
08.03.2018
Radio silence in Edirne regarding imprisoned Greek army officers
Those in Edirne do not want to discuss the event that came between the two countries, perhaps because they do not want it to divide the two peoples as well. Daily life in the city seems untouched by Greek concerns.
08.03.2018
Editorial: Crumbs
The Novartis case, which in all other countries that dealt with it was treated as what it is, a pharmaceutical scandal, in Greece was sent to parliament, where it became the object of political confrontation.
08.03.2018
Unanswered questions about Melissanidis, Aegean Marine Petroleum
“The problematic past of the company’s Board of Directors regarding transactions with related parties, which favour Melissanidis at the expense of our shareholders, raises concerns that the Board may approve a transaction designed to reduce the influence of Aegean shareholders.”
07.03.2018
Aegean Marine Petroleum: The return of D. Melissanidis and the unanswered accusations of investors and Wall Street analysts
Aegean Marine Petroleum (NYSE: ANW), founded by Dimitris Melissanidis and the shares of which trade on the New York Stock Exchange, has recently been the subject of intense criticism by analysts and shareholders.
07.03.2018
American warships conduct exercises around Cyprus as ExxonMobil goes to drill
The presence of the US warships, which are scheduled to remain in the region until 25 March, is not officially related to the impending oil and gas drilling by ExxonMobil in Block 10 of Cyprus’ EEZ. However, they will remain in the region during the first stage of drilling, and constitute a clear message to Ankara.
07.03.2018
Breather for businesses with debt of up to 20,000 euros
In an effort to transcend the reluctance of banks to resort to extra-judicial mechanisms for the repayment of overdue loans of businesses that are under 20,000 euros in value, the government is mulling allowing such debtors to pay in 120 instalments, but only for debts to tax offices and insurance funds.
07.03.2018
Editorial: The self-evident
One cannot hide the fact that the hospital on the island of Cephalonia has suspended surgeries because of tragic shortages in nursing staff.
