“I Don’t Pay” Movement occupies Athens Metro
Members of the movement “I don’t pay” moved today to a metro station in Athens and encouraged passenger not to void their tickets. From 7:00 to 9:00 am movement members kept most of the ticket...
View ArticleKilling Greece: V.A.T. increase from 13% to 23%!
The two teens on the beach of Petra are pushing their father to go for lunch. “We go when I finish my coffee. That is in one hour” says the father, half laying on a sunbed. For the relaxed daddy, the...
View ArticleGreece’s Two Class Society: Austerity for All, While Some Get Wages Increases
The Memorandum of Understanding, the cuts in wages and pensions concern all Greeks. All nearly all. 500 people working in the public sector, next to deputy ministers and secretary generals of certain...
View Article33,000 EU-Employees & Officials to Get Salary Increases Despite Economic Crisis
I always knew, the EU officials had no idea about the real life in Europe, the real economic and social situation of EU- citizens and - taxpayers who come up for their expenses. And now this is...
View ArticleEU wants hikes in V.A.T & other taxes in Greece, Portugal, Spain, Italy…
The gap between theory and practice… That’s the main problem of institutional technocrats seeking solutions to countries where real people live in. They just don’t get it. that their theoretical...
View ArticleJoke of the day: Troika will impose “Fat Tax” fearing Greeks will die from...
We finally seem to know why the Greek Development Ministry insists on abolishing the ‘fresh milk’ tag under the pretext of “decreasing the milk prices”. Because the milk prices will skyrocket as the...
View ArticleGreek FinMin to taxpayers: New taxes? Darling, it’s not what you think…
Ιn the virtual Greek reality we live in, I often recall the famous infragranti situation, when a partner captures his/her partner in bed with somebody else: both lovers naked but one of them shouts to...
View ArticleGreece’s proposals: new horizontal cuts to low-pensions?
The Greek additional proposal to the creditors has been leaked to the press. Athens offers earth and water – in creditors’ language “taxes and revenues” worth €7.899 billion for 2015-2016 that is in...
View ArticleTax burden in 2016 amounts to 37.6% of the GDP – EU Commission ‘sees’...
Greek citizens face a major tax burden, with a European Commission survey revealing that the burden climbed to 65.7 billion euros in 2016, from 64 billion euros in 2015. According to the European...
View ArticleWorkers at rail track public transport to get 2%-4% wage increase
Remember the strikes and the work stoppages launched by workers at public transport means Metro, Tram and Urban Train ISAP? They were successful! The management of STA.SY and the staff signed a new...
View ArticleTransport Ministry plans reduced ticket fares for short journeys in Athens
Greece’s Transportation Minister Christos Spirtzis announced government plans to allow reduced ticket in Athens public transport means for short journeys. According to economic news website...
View ArticleGreek consumers price index slows to 0.5% in Jan, despite increases in food
Greece’s annual EU-harmonised inflation rate slowed in January, statistics authority ELSTAT announced on Thursday. Inflation was at 0.5% in January 2019, despite the fact that prices in food and...
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