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Athens News Agency: Daily News Bulletin in English, 16-07-26

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From: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>

Tuesday, 26 July 2016 Issue No: 5214

CONTENTS

  • [01] PM Tsipras: Greece needs a new constitution 'by the people and for the people,' before 2021
  • [02] PM Alexis Tsipras in Sofia next Monday for Greece-Bulgaria Cooperation Council
  • [03] Parliament debate on proposed investigation into economic issues on Tuesday
  • [04] Debate on establishment of examining committee on Greek economy with huge delay, says ND spokesman Koumoutsakos
  • [05] Anastasiades and Netanyahu agree that works in energy sector should proceed according to the international law
  • [06] KKE leader Koutsoumbas receives Palestinian ambassador Toubassi
  • [07] Sclavounis steps down as ND policy planner following UBS 'black money' furore
  • [08] Company set ups surpass closures in H1 2016, report
  • [09] Finance ministry announces changes in property tax for farmland
  • [10] Greek stocks end lower
  • [11] Greek bond market closing report
  • [12] Entersoft Group reports improved H1 results
  • [13] HELEX says net profits down 41 pct in H1
  • [14] Russian tourists to Greece in Jan-May up 47.6 pct, ATOR reports
  • [15] Reinforcements to Chios as fire continues to rage
  • [16] Culture minister, architect Jean Pierre Heim discuss ideas for new Delos museum
  • [17] Refugees rescue operation underway
  • [18] 57,498 identified migrants and refugees in Greece on Monday
  • [19] Three arrested at Crete's Iraklio airport for attempting to travel with fake documents
  • [20] Early Christian olive press on display in Mytiline's archaeological museum from Wednesday
  • [21] 'Battle' krater the latest 'Unseen Museum' exhibit at Athens' National Archaeological Museum
  • [22] Authorities on Rhodes charge two Italians with attempted murder, abduction
  • [23] First official flight to newly built Paros airport arrived on Monday
  • [24] Jerusalem Patriarch Theophilos III visits Rhodes
  • [25] Man arrested for setting wildfire in Elefsina
  • [26] Fair on Tuesday
  • [27] The Monday edition of Athens' dailies at a glance Politics

  • [01] PM Tsipras: Greece needs a new constitution 'by the people and for the people,' before 2021

    The 200th anniversary of the modern Greek state in 2021 must coincide with a new constitution "by the people and for the people," which ushers in a new political era of democracy and dignity for all Greeks, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Monday. Presenting the government's proposals for a sweeping revision of the constitution in the peristyle of the Greek Parliament, Tsipras said it was time to "finish with the old" and the political decline that mired the country in its current political and economic crisis.

    "In reality, we are today addressing a call to all the citizens for a revolution of democracy. For the first time to decide a new constitution with the people, by the people and for the people. For the first time to decide together the kind of Greece that we want," Tsipras said.

    This "revolution of democracy" would in no way violate, as some will doubtless rush to claim, article 110 of the constitution that dictates specific conditions and processes for revising the constitution, Tsipras underlined, presenting the government's proposals for a process of "open dialogue" involving all citizens on a national level.

    This process would, on the contrary, "would move fully within the spirit of constitutional dictates, expanding and ensuring its popular legitimisation," he added. The role of citizens was not only to indirectly approve or reject the contents of a revision through their vote but to "be involved in the formulating the proposals," he said.

    The old elite will once again seek to confine the process of revising the Constition within the walls of Parliament, to a discussion between experts, Tsipras noted, adding that this fear of opening the discussion to society was characteristic of an 'aristocratic view' about who had the right to express an opinion, to agree or disagree.

    "We want a process that actively involves the citizens and is not confined to Parliament. In September we will announce the composition of a national organisational committee that will set up a broad open dialogue on a national level.

    Our aim is to organise talks in all municipalities in the country, with the participation of academic and social organisations, movements of citizens and groups but also individual citizens. In this effort we naturally look to the support of local government.

    In the second stage, we want the results of this public debate to be collected via 13 assemblies in each region of the country," Tsipras said, noting that this dialogue would only be further enriched by a website where each citizen would be able to contribute their own proposals or objections.

    "The economic crisis was finally the result of the post-junta polity's defeat, not its victory...the answer to the current problems, to the new challenges and the new political reality created after the last six years can only be a transition to a new change of polity," he said.

    Among the government's proposals is the option for the election of the president directly by the voters and holding referendums by "popular initiative", as well as enshrining simple proportional representation in the constitution and a "constructive" process for tabling a no-confidence motion against a government.

    The last, he explained, would require a no-confidence motion to be accompanied by a proposal for a new prime minister in order to ensure governmental stability.

    Parliament should only be able to elect the president if a candidate had the support of at least two thirds of MPs. If this was not possible in two successive elections, the process should then be turned over to the electorate, with a general vote between the two top-ranking candidates of the last Parliamentary election. Tsipras also suggested a "reasonable" increase in the president's powers, enhancing the presidency's regulatory role.

    The prime minister went on to make a series of proposed changes, including the abolition of parliamentarians' immunity from prosecution and the establishment of a special judicial body to pass judgement on bills already made into law.

    He called for changes to limit the maximum term of MPs to not more than two successive Parliaments or eight consecutive years, while the post of prime minister should be confined to an elected official or serving MP, with the exception of caretaker premiers.

    He said referendums should be made mandatory for any treaty transferring sovereign powers of the state, and proposed mechanisms for holding referendums initiated by the electorate themselves, providing they had sufficient popular backing. He proposed holding a referendum on national issues with half a million signatures and referendums on ratifying legislation passed by Parliament or proposed by the citizens with more than one million signatures, except in fiscal issues.

    Among others, Tsipras said the time was right to "establish the religious neutrality of the state" while recognising the Orthodox faith as the dominant religion, with steps such as making a civil oath mandatory for elected officials and other public functionaries. He also noted a need to expressly forbid the removal of state control over essential public goods, such as water and electricity, and to protect the role of collective bargaining as the only means to set wages.

    The only way to emerge from the crisis, once and for all, was to "finish with the old," Tsipras said. "This is the universal demands of our people and at the same time their clear-cut mandate. No government can serve it unless it has the people, the citizens themselves, as its allies," he added.

    [02] PM Alexis Tsipras in Sofia next Monday for Greece-Bulgaria Cooperation Council

    Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is scheduled to visit Sofia next Monday in order to take part in the Greek-Bulgarian High Level Cooperation Council.

    [03] Parliament debate on proposed investigation into economic issues on Tuesday

    The Greek Parliament will on Tuesday begin debating a proposal made by main opposition New Democracy to set up a Parliamentary Examining Committee to investigate issues relating to the economy. The debate begins at 10:00 on Tuesday morning and is scheduled to end with a roll-call vote at 21:00 on Tuesday night.

    Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and main opposition ND leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis, as well as the leaders of the other political parties, are expressed to address MPs after 18:00.

    [04] Debate on establishment of examining committee on Greek economy with huge delay, says ND spokesman Koumoutsakos

    The debate on main opposition New Democracy's request for the establishment of an examining committee on those that happened in the Greek economy in the first half of 2015 will be take place with huge delay, said ND spokesman Giorgos Koumoutsakos during his briefing to the press on Monday

    ND's request will be discussed on Tuesday in parliament after a huge delay and for this responsible is prime minister Alexis Tsipras and parliament president Nikos Voutsis, he said "I he does not agree on Tuesday (on the establishment of the committee, then he will admit participation and complicity, claimed Koumoutsakos.

    Referring to the date of the next general elections, Koumoutsakos said that "with this government, its erratic policy and the impasses it faces nothing can be excluded".

    [05] Anastasiades and Netanyahu agree that works in energy sector should proceed according to the international law

    Cyprus and Israel agreed that works in the energy sector should proceed according to the international law. Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades and Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu in a joint statement on Monday agreed that within the context of the exploration for hydrocarbons in the eastern Mediterranean, the solution of the differences between Cyprus and Turkey will facilitate the implementation of the future works according to the international law and will contribute to the stability in the region.

    In the meeting of the two countries' delegations was discussed the co-exploitation of Aphrodite and Yishai hydrocarbon reservoirs and was agreed that in September Israel and Cyprus' Energy Ministers will seek the conclusion of the dialogue.

    President Anastasiades and Prime Minister Netanyahu also noted the importance of Israel, Greece and Cyprus' cooperation.

    At their joint statement is also noted that both leaders underlined the two countries' common interests for regional stability and agreed to continue their struggle against extremism and terrorism.

    [06] KKE leader Koutsoumbas receives Palestinian ambassador Toubassi

    Communist Party (KKE) secretary general Dimitris Koutsoumbas received on Monday at the party's headquarters at Perissos the ambassador of the Palestinian authority to Greece Marwan Toubassi.

    The Palestinian envoy briefed Koutsoumbas on the latest developments in Palestine and renewed Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' invitation to visit Palestine.

    According to KKE, Koutsoumbas briefed Toubassi on the developments in Greece and "SYRIZA-ANEL government's policy and the character of the so-called multidimensional foreign policy that further involves the country in the imperialistic competition".

    Moreover, Koutsoumbas expressed KKE's solidarity to the people of Palestine adding that "KKE with several movements and interventions at all levels continues the struggle for the establishment of an independent sovereign Palestinian state at the borders of 1967 with capital eastern Jerusalem next to Israel and the recognition of Palestine as full member of the UN."

    Finally, KKE secretary general said that "in the next period KKE will take new initiatives to inform the Greek people in relation with the barbarity of the continuous Israeli occupation of Palestine and for the support to the Palestinian people's struggle".

    [07] Sclavounis steps down as ND policy planner following UBS 'black money' furore

    The former head of the Hellenic Financial Stability Fund (HFSF) and local UBS investment banking branch Christos Sclavounis on Monday stepped down as a planner for main opposition New Democracy's development policy. Sclavounis said he would cease all involvement with the party until the end of an investigation on charges that he'd helped move illegal funds while heading up UBS.

    In an announcement issued by his lawyer, Sclavounis strenuously denied any involvement in illegal activities and said that moving funds abroad had never been part of his professional activity.

    His assistance to ND in drawing up its development programme was given on a volunteer basis and without any official role in the party, he added, but was now stepping down because he did not want to see his name targeted in a political squabble over something that he claimed had no basis.

    Financial News

    [08] Company set ups surpass closures in H1 2016, report

    The number of new set-up companies in Greece totaled 43,846 in 2015, while business closures amounted to 24,846 in the same year, while in the first half of 2016, new set ups totaled 20,345 and closures reached 16,994, Economy ministry said on Monday.

    In a report, based the records of a General Commerce Register, the ministry said these numbers dismissed criticism by politicians and economic circles who were systematically trying to distort the real picture of the Greek economy and in particular Greek enterprises.

    The report showed that in 2015, new legal entity companies totaled 13,200, while in the first half of 2016 totaled 6,519. Individual companies set ups totaled 30,646 in 2015 and 13,826 in the first six months of 2016. Business closures (legal entities) totaled 7,856 in 2015 and 4,353 in the first half 2016, while individual companies closures totaled 16,900 in 2015 and 12,641 in 2016.

    The ministry noted that the country's image after reaching an agreement with the country's creditors was significantly improved, as a rapid absorption and exploitation of community funds, a stabilizing banking system, investment interest, improving revenue and lower state spending, along a series of government initiatives to combat tax evasion, illegal trade an smuggling, were creating a safe investment environment and growth prospects.

    [09] Finance ministry announces changes in property tax for farmland

    Greek Finance ministry on Monday announced changes in a property tax and said that the tax will be paid in five tranches beginning at the end of September.

    In an announcement, the Finance ministry said that farmland will not be subjected to the additional property tax of citizens and noted that taxpayers would have to correct their initial property statements since a number of mistakes has been recorded. The ministry noted that the property tax bill will be the same as last year although a redistribution of burdens will be made from smaller to larger properties. It also said that all property tax exemptions will be valid as last year. The ministry dismissed press reports alleging that unemployed, large families and handicapped people will lose their exemptions from the property tax and noted that there will no changes in the income and property criteria for taxpayers.

    [10] Greek stocks end lower

    Greek stocks ended lower in the first trading session of the week in the Athens Stock Exchange in very thin trading conditions. Traders said bank shares were at the focus of selling activity pushing the banking index down 5.16 pct. The composite index fell 1.19 pct to end at 564.75 points, off the day's lows of 563.96 points. The Large Cap index fell 1.24 pct and the Mid Cap index ended 1.41 pct lower. Turnover was a thin 28.171 million euros in volume of 60,032,874

    OTE (4.53 pct), Viohalco (3.97 pct) and Terna Energy (1.99 pct) scored the biggest percentage gains of the day among blue chip stocks, while Eurobank (7.46 pct), Piraeus Bank (7.45 pct) and National Bank (5.15 pct) suffered heavy losses. Among market sectors, Telecoms (4.53 pct), Chemicals (2.08 pct) and Industrial Products (1.39 pct) scored big gains, while Banks (5.16 pct) and Financial Services (4.39 pct) suffered losses.

    National Bank and Cyprus Bank were the most heavily traded securities. Broadly, decliners led advancers by 45 to 35 with another 24 issues unchanged. Euroconsultants (20.56 pct), Sato (18.18 pct) and Trastor (16.85 pct) were top gainers, while Progressive (20 pct), Unibios (10.13 pct) and Papoutsanis (9.76 pct) were top losers.

    [11] Greek bond market closing report

    The yield spread between the 10-year Greek and German benchmark bonds widened to 8.11 pct in the domestic electronic secondary bond market on Monday, from 8.002 pct on Friday with the Greek bond yielding 8.06 pct and the German Bund yielding -0.047 pct. Turnover was a thin 3.0 million euros.

    In interbank markets, interest rates moved higher. The 12-month rate was -0.049 pct from -0.055 pct, the nine-month rate rose to -0.120 pct from -0.124 pct, the six-month rate rose to -0.188 pct from -0.194 pct, the three-month rate rose to -0.297 pct from -0.301 pct and the one-month rate was -0.371 pct.

    [12] Entersoft Group reports improved H1 results

    Entersoft Group on Monday said its net income totaled 5.39 million euros in the first half of 2016, while pre-tax earnings jumped to 810,000 euros from 420,000 euros in the same period last year and exports grew substantially (50 pct).

    The Group expects its revenue to continue growing in the second half of the year, helped by the introduction of new products in the market.

    [13] HELEX says net profits down 41 pct in H1

    The consolidated net after tax profits of the Hellenic Exchanges-Athens Stock Exchange Group amounted to 3.2 million euros in the first half of 2016, from 5.4 million in the same period of 2015, a decline of 41%. The net after tax profits per share in H1 2016 amounted to 0.03 euros from 0.07 in the first half of 2015.

    Group turnover amounted to 14.9 million euros in H1 2016 from 18.5 million in the corresponding period last year, while after subtracting the Hellenic Capital Market Commission fee, total consolidated revenue amounted to 14.2 million euros 17.6 million, reduced by 19.3 pct.

    Total consolidated revenue was reduced mainly due to a drop in both trading activity and the capitalization of the Cash Market. In particular, in H1 2016 the average daily traded value was 76 million euros, compared to 101.8 million, a 25.4 pct reduction. The average capitalisation of the Greek capital market dropped by 13.9 pct compared to H1 2015 (41.1 billion euros from 47.7 bn).

    Total operating expenses including new activities amounted to 8.4 million euros 9.3 million in the corresponding period last year, reduced by 9 pct.

    Consolidated Earnings Before Tax (EBT) in H1 2016 amounted to 4.8 million euros from 8.1 million in the corresponding half of 2015.

    [14] Russian tourists to Greece in Jan-May up 47.6 pct, ATOR reports

    The number of Russian tourists that visited Greece between January and May this year has almost doubled in comparison with 2015, the Russian Travel Agency Association ATOR reported on its website on Monday. The numbers arriving increased 47.6 pct to reach 83,000, while the revenue brought into the country by Russian tourists increased 8.7 pct to reach 54 million euros.

    General News

    [15] Reinforcements to Chios as fire continues to rage

    An additional 50 men from the armed forces and the fire brigade were sent as reinforcements to the Aegean island of Chios on Monday, to assist fire fighters in putting out a major fire that has already wiped out 90 pct of mastic gum tree orchards in some the island's villages.

    Ten men from the army, navy and air force, respectively, as well as 20 from the fire brigade, took off from Elefsina air base just before 14:00 in a C-130 plane, heading for the island.

    Meanwhile, the villages Elata, Vessa and Lithi in southern Chios have seen 90 pct of their mastic gum trees destroyed, while there is also extensive damage in Olympous, Mesta and the region between Vessa and Agios Georgios Sykousis.

    Rural Development and Foods Minister Vangelis Apostolou is due to arrive on the island on Tuesday, accompanied by the head of the farmers' insurance organisation, in order to visit the fire-stricken villages and assess the damage.

    [16] Culture minister, architect Jean Pierre Heim discuss ideas for new Delos museum

    The international New York-based architect Jean Pierre Heim on Monday had a meeting with Culture Minister Aristidis Baltas, the minister's aides and the head of the Greek travel and tourism agency federation FEDHATTA Lysandros Tsilidis, during which Heim presented his vision for a new archaeological museum on the island of Delos.

    Heim, who also has offices on the Greek island of Mykonos, Paris and now Shanghai, put forward a ground-breaking plan for a modern museum that is fully harmonised with the surrounding environment and comes equipped with the latest in modern methods to protect and secure the existing exhibits and any new ones that may be found on the island.

    Baltas thanked Heim but pointed out that Delos is a UNESCO World Heritage-listed site, which imposes certain constraints, while it is under the supervision of the Cyclades Archaeological Ephorate, to which proposals concerning Delos must be submitted for evaluation.

    [17] Refugees rescue operation underway

    Seventy migrants and refugees that were on two boats are currently being rescued by the Greek coast guard off cape Korakas, northeastern Lesvos.

    The refugees and migrants are expected to be sent to the port of Mytilene and afterwards to Moria hotspot.

    [18] 57,498 identified migrants and refugees in Greece on Monday

    57,498 identified refugees and migrants were on the Greek territory on Monday while 96 new arrivals were reported in the last 24 hours.

    According to the Refugee Crisis Management Coordination Body's figures, 23,193 of the refugees are in northern Greece, 10,264 are hosted in the region of Attica and 2,309 are hosted in facilities of central and southern Greece. 7,122 refugees and migrants are hosted in several facilities rented by the UNHCR, and 1,400 persons are living outside organised facilities.

    8,974 refugees and migrants were recorded on the eastern Aegean islands.

    [19] Three arrested at Crete's Iraklio airport for attempting to travel with fake documents

    A man and two women were arrested at Iraklion airport in Crete on Monday, after they attempted to board a plane to Germany using fake Bulgarian passports. The Syrian man and woman, both aged 25, and an Afghan woman aged 26 were led before an Iraklio Misdemeanours Court prosecutor.

    [20] Early Christian olive press on display in Mytiline's archaeological museum from Wednesday

    An olive press dating back to the early Christian era, found on the Aegean island of Lesvos, is to be presented to the public for the first time on Wednesday, in an event at Mytilene's new Archaeological Museum. The event begins at 19:00 in the evening and will be attended by culture ministry general secretary Maria Andreadaki Vlazaki.

    The ancient oil mill used to produce olive oil was found during digging to repair the Thermi-Pigi-Lambou Mylon provincial road and was put on dispaly in the atrium of the island's new archaeological museum. There will also be a special presentation to visitors showing all the informational material collected about the specific find, explaining to visitors how it worked and how it was used in the specific era.

    The Lesvos antiquities service said the olive press was part of a large farming and craftwork complex linked to the production and exploitation of the island's produce, such as grains, olive oil and wine, which had been in constant use from the 2nd until the 6th centuries A.D.

    [21] 'Battle' krater the latest 'Unseen Museum' exhibit at Athens' National Archaeological Museum

    The so-called 'Battle krater' on Monday became the latest and one of the more significant artifacts to emerge from the storerooms of Athens' National Archaeological Musem and go on public display in the context of the 'Unseen Museum' programme.

    The large silver vessel seen by the general public for the first time was discovered in the tomb of a prince during excavations carried out by Heinrich and Sophie Schliemann in Mycenae, in 1876. The find was made in the royal tombs within Grave Circle A, where both objects and funeral rites dating back to the 16th century B.C. and previously entirely unknown to archaeologists were discovered.

    In addition to its great archaeological value, the vessel also had an unusual history after its discovery. Unlike other Grave Circle A finds like the golden 'Nestor's Cup' that was inside the krater, or other gold and silver cups that became famous permanent exhibits of the museum's collection, the silver sheets of the battle krater were catalogued and remained permanently in the storerooms, their real significance undiscovered.

    Their secret was unlocked by the archaeologist Agni Xenaki-Sakellariou and the museum's curator of the time, Christos Karouzos, almost 100 years later in the 1960s. With the help of an artist and museum restorers, the largest surviving silver artifact dating back to the Mycenean era was reconstructed and its engraved depiction of a battle between two rival sets of warriors was restored.

    The two groups can be distinguished by the different shields they bear, with four fighting against four while one warrior has fallen heroically between them in battle.

    The transfer of the krater to the Hall of the Altar, where it will remain on display until September 25, was carried out in the presence of Culture and Sports Minister Aristidis Baltas, who was also shown around the storerooms. On August 7 and 28 and on September 16 and 25, museum archaeologists will be on hand in the Hall of the Altar at 13:00 in order to greet visitors and talk about the artifact itself, as well as the rich variety of other grave goods interred alongside it, with that same early Mycenean-era prince.

    [22] Authorities on Rhodes charge two Italians with attempted murder, abduction

    Authorities on the Greek island of Rhodes on Monday arrested two Italian nationals with business interests on the island and charged them with attempted murder and abduction.

    The two men, aged 29 and 40, allegedly invited a 32-year-old Albanian national with whom they had financial differences to their business premises in the city of Rhodes. Once he was there they attacked him, immobilising their victim as they inflicted injuries on him using knives, an axe and a taser.

    The injured man was admitted to Rhodes Hospital for treatment.

    [23] First official flight to newly built Paros airport arrived on Monday

    The first official flight to Paros' newly built airport arrived on Monday, when a 78-seat Dash 9 Q400 Olympic Air plane carrying Southern Aegean Regional Authority head Giorgos Hatzimarkos landed on the island. The new airport, which Olympic Air helped to build, is expected to usher in a new era for the islands of Paros, Antiparos and the Cyclades group in general, helping to further develop tourism in the archipelago and increase passenger traffic by 150,000.

    Olympic Air contributed 1.8 million euros toward the passenger terminal's construction and other infrastructure, while it also helped in the supervision and organisation of the project. The new airport allows larger aircraft to land and take off, increasing the number of potential places for passengers, especially in the summer months.

    There is provision for expanding the currently 750 square metre airport terminal by an additional 5,000 square metres, including a conference and exhibition centre, while the new airport will be linked to other regional airports in the country, starting with the Thessaloniki airport with two flights weekly from August 4.

    [24] Jerusalem Patriarch Theophilos III visits Rhodes

    Jerusalem Patriarch Theophilos III on Monday arrived on the Greek island of Rhodes, where he was met by Rhodes Mayor Fotis Hatzidiakos and the Rhodes Metropolitan Cyril. During his visit, the Patriarch intends to visit the churches of Rhodes, Symi and the Panormitis Monastery of Symi, as well as touring the medieval town of Rhodes and the archaeological site at Lindos.

    [25] Man arrested for setting wildfire in Elefsina

    A 35-year-old man was arrested on Monday on suspicion of setting a fire in an areas of woods and agricultural land in Elefsina's Eftaxia area. The man was arrested by the fire brigade investigative department and the police arson department and will be led before an Athens prosecutor on Tuesday to be charged with deliberate arson.

    Weather forecast

    [26] Fair on Tuesday

    Mostly fair weather and northerly winds are forecast for Tuesday. Wind velocity will reach 6 on the Beaufort scale. Partly cloudy in the northern and the western parts of the country with temperatures ranging from 21C to 35C. Scattered clouds in the eastern parts with temperatures between 21C and 36C. Sunny over the Aegean islands and Crete, 24C-34C. Fair in Athens, 27C-34C. Scattered clouds in Thessaloniki, 25C-33C.

    [27] The Monday edition of Athens' dailies at a glance

    DIMOKRATIA: Uniform Real Estate Tax (ENFIA) lethal and for the very poor.

    ETHNOS: Point system for new loans and settlements.

    ELEFTHEROS TYPOS: ENFIA exemptions chipped away

    ESTIA: The mockery of small bondholders

    EFIMERIDA TON SYNTAKTON: ENFIA will pay and those they did not pay

    TA NEA: The last political card.

    NAFTEMPORIKI: Favourable 'small settlement' for enterprises and professionals

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