Europe
Europe
Greeks Cut Down on Drinking: Alcohol Consumption Drop Highest in EU
Greeks drastically cut down on alcohol consumption during the 2010 to 2019 decade, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said in a report released on Monday.
Greece ranks in the penultimate position of the European list, exhibiting the...
Diaspora
Vienna’s “Little Greece” and the First Newspaper in Greek
If we are to consider meaningful communities for Hellenism, Vienna should surely be on the short list with its little Greece.
Europe
British Expatriates in Greece: Our Lives Changed Forever After Brexit
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A British couple living in Greece for many years describe the chaos that Brexit brought to the lives. The changes that had to be made, the battles with Greek bureaucracy, the frustration of being deprived of political rights.
"I...
Europe
Greece Ranked Among Highest Beer Taxing Countries in EU
New data shows that Greece's tax on beer is among the top five in Europe. Each European country is required to have a Special Consumption Tax on beer, the minimum of which is 1.87 euro per 100 liters. Greece...
Art
MEPs Call for European Culture Comeback in Rare Display of Unity
MEPs called on the EU to assist European culture by reopening venues and allowing cultural activities, in a rare display of unity
Business
Greece Ranks as Fourth Largest Investor in Bulgaria
According to information released in a report by the Greek embassy's economic trade and affairs bureau, Greece is ranked as the fourth largest foreign investor in Bulgaria.
Many Greeks find Bulgaria and attractive prospect for both business and pleasure, as the...
Economy
EU Finance Ministers Approve Deal to Share Information on Tax Rulings
European Union finance ministers adopted unanimously a proposal requiring governments to share information on tax rulings, in an effort to stop corporate tax evasion by multinationals, during a meeting in Luxembourg.
According to the political agreement achieved in today’s Ecofin,...
Business
Swedish Customs Hires Greek Company for System Upgrade
Greek company Intrasoft International has been selected by the Swedish Customs as a key part of its wider technology upgrade programme, marking this project as the latest success for the ESKORT solution.
The ESKORT Compliance Solution is an integrated suite...
Economy
Here’s How the EU Plans to Strengthen Europe’s Monetary Union
Today, the five Presidents – European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, together with the President of the Euro Summit, Donald Tusk, the President of the Eurogroup, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, the President of the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi, and the President...
Europe
Only A Marshall Plan Can Save the Euro
The European Investment Bank should use its financial power to make investments in infrastructure not only jumpstart the sinking Greece economy but also many other recession-plagued countries across the Continent.
Europe
Greek Scientist in Spain’s Council of Elders
Constantin Zopounidis, Financial Management professor at the Technical University of Crete, was admitted to the Royal Academy of Doctors (former Council of Elders) in Barcelona, Spain.
Zopounidis said that he feels honored since the council consists of eight Nobel prize winners such as Joseph...
Europe
European Commission Facilitates Free Mobility for Work
The European Commission has undertaken the initiative to combat tax discrimination affecting the mobility of EU citizens.
Specifically, each member-state’s tax provisions will be scrutinized in order to ensure that they do not contain any form of discrimination against EU...
Europe
EC Asks Greece to Remove Tax on Dairy Products
On June 20, the European Commission asked Greece to remove the discrimination on the tax regime concerning dairy products coming from other EU member-states.
As the European Commission noted in its announcement, Greece is currently imposing a tax on the...
Europe
EU Commissioner Backs Embattled Greek Data Official
EU Taxation Commissioner Algirdas Semeta on Tuesday gave his full support to the head of Greece's data service Elstat who is accused of deliberately over-stating 2009 deficit figures.
"Probably for the first time in the course of many years ......
Europe
Greece Luring More Turkish Cruise Tourists
A Turkish travel analyst said he expects Greece to to attract more Turks for cruising destinations as a lower-cost means of traveling and staying in the country and that Turkey should do the same.Huriyyet Daily reports.
Despite the fact that...