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Christodoulides has invited foreign experts to help with Russian sanction evasion inquiry
The president of Cyprus said Monday he personally asked an unnamed “third country” to send an experienced team of financial crime experts to help the east Mediterranean island nation with investigations into old and new allegations that Cypriot financial service providers helped Russian oligarchs skirt international sanctions.
New carrots toward green transition
The Development Ministry plans to offer new incentives to support industry in producing the necessary equipment toward green transition.
Gov’t insists on presumed income rules
The new tax bill is expected to be submitted to Parliament at the end of the month without any substantial changes
Hans Zimmer | Athens | January 4
The music and orchestral work of world-class film composer Hans Zimmer will be performed by the Ukrainian symphonic orchestra Lords of the Sound on January 4 at the Christmas Theater (ct.gr).
Tourism and housing
The government has shown social sensitivity in dealing with many problems, even overturning stereotypical suspicions to the contrary.
Entrepreneurship on the taxpayer’s tab
The Greek state has been regularly subsidizing freelancers (as well as farmers and small business owners) in myriad ways for the past two centuries.
Looking for a new Rabin or Mandela
The difference that a specific person, a powerful personality, can have on the course of history really is remarkable. I still have vivid memories of the first images broadcast after the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin in November 1995 by a far-right Israeli nationalist.
ATHEX: Local stocks take a break from growth
The five-day rising streak ended on Monday at the Greek bourse, but the benchmark recorded only minor losses upon closing.
Democracy’s demise requires accomplices
A book co-authored by Daniel Ziblatt and Steven Levitsky became a bestseller in 2018. Its ominous title, “How Democracies Die,” not only provided insights into the erosion of institutions triggered by the rise of Donald Trump, but also proved prophetic concerning the subsequent challenging of election results and the attack on the US Capitol.