Online systems cut VAT gap
Card use, interconnection of tills with POS and e-bookkeeping have reduced tax evasion.
Tentoglou in running for European Athlete of the Year title
Greek long jump athlete Miltiadis Tentoglou has been named as one of the 10 nominees for this year’s European Athlete of the Year.
Woman facing charges for speaking fake news over made-up Roma assault
A 57-year-old Cretan woman is facing charges for spreading fake news after being found to have falsely claimed that two Roma men had tried to abduct her at knifepoint.
Former defense minister acquitted in bribery and money laundering case
Former Defense Minister Giannos Papantoniou and his two co-defendants were unanimously acquitted by the Court of Appeals on Friday due to lack of evidence in a money laundering case linked to alleged bribery.
Greek-born Alaska man charged with threatening to kill Supreme Court justices
A Greek-born Alaska man accused of sending graphic threats to injure and kill six Supreme Court justices and some of their family members has been indicted on federal charges, authorities said Thursday.
Bulgaria denies links to exploding pagers in Lebanon
Authorities in Bulgaria have denied involvement in the supply chain of thousands of pagers that detonated on Tuesday in Lebanon in a deadly blow to Hezbollah.
Revenue from tourism down 4.2% in July
Tourism receipts posted a 4.2% decline in July from the same month last year, even though arrivals increased by 4.1% year-on-year.
Jump in demand for new offices
Over 200,000 square meters of new office buildings are currently being developed in Athens’ real estate market.
Turkey’s growing footprint in Africa
Ulf Laessing, the head of the Sahel program at the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Foundation, joins Thanos Davelis to look at how Turkey’s influence in Africa has boomed over the past two decades, particularly in the Sahel. Turkey’s focus on Africa comes as a number of so-called “middle powers” are also vying to gain a larger…
SYRIZA MP submits resignation after controversial post, leadership declines to accept
Prominent SYRIZA MP Elena Akrita submitted her resignation on Friday following backlash over a controversial Facebook post. However, her resignation was not accepted by the head of the SYRIZA parliamentary group, Nikos Pappas.