Tax evasion may be ranging between 8 and 10 billion euros per year, according to rough calculations, and half of that could be recovered, Deputy Minister of National Economy and Finance Haris Theocharis told Skai Radio on Thursday.
About 23,000 hairdressers and barbershops are operating illegally in Greece, the president of an industry federation has claimed.
Visual artist Maria Koumianou brings her thought-provoking exhibition “(M)otherness” to the Poseidon Art Gallery in Myrina on the island of Limnos.
In Europe we find “maximum diversity in minimum space,” the great Milan Kundera once said.
Greece will remain on the road to fiscal stability and “will implement, with determination, the reforms needed to be completed,” Economy and Finance Minister Kostis Hatzidakis said on Friday.
Motorists have been advised to only fill up their vehicles after sunset due to the “Kleon” heat wave. The Ministry of Environment and Energy has also urged motorists to cut down on the use of their cars in favour of public transport as the heat leads to the accumulation of pollutants in the air.
With temperatures peaking in the low 40s Celsius on Friday, authorities have issued a fire hazard warning for Saturday. According to the fire hazard prediction map published by the Civil Protection Agency, five regions are considered to be at very high risk of wildfires, ranking at Level 4 (orange) out of 5.
Over nine million people in Greece experienced temperatures of over 39 degrees Celsius on Friday, according to data from meteo.gr, the National Observatory of Athens weather service.
Temperatures of over 80 degrees Celsius in parked cars have been detected by thermal cameras as the heat wave ‘Kleon’ peaks over the country, with maximum temperatures reaching 42-43 Celsius in places.