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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 15-11-19
CONTENTS
[01] Government to look again into wine tax, says minister, following
reactions
[02] EU includes Greek energy projects in list of 'common interest'
[03] Greek civil servants to rally on Nov 19 against omnibus bill
[01] Government to look again into wine tax, says minister, following
reactions
The issue of the excise tax on wine, which became the foothold of an
acute confrontation in Greek parliament on Wednesday during a joint
parliamentary committee debate on the omnibus bill on prior actions,is
being currently discussed in the meetings, Alternate Finance Minister
Giorgos Chouliarakis and the representatives of the institutions have,
Alternate Finance Minister Tryfon Alexiadis said afterwards
The tax, which will add 30 cents to every 750 ml bottle, is one of the
alternative measures proposed by the government, along with a separate
tax on gambling, to avoid slapping a 23 pct VAT on education.
[02] EU includes Greek energy projects in list of 'common interest'
The European Commission announced on Wednesday a list of key energy
infrastructure projects (Projects of Common Interest, PCI) in Greece
and around the EU whose completion is considered important for the
development of the bloc's energy market and the diversification of its
energy sources and transport routes
Among them are the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP); the Interconnector
Greece-Bulgaria (IGB); the Poseidon pipeline (Interconnection Turkey
Greece Italy "ITGI"); the East Med pipeline; an LNG station to be
developed by Greece's DEPA Company and GasTrade in Alexandroupolis city;
a new compressor station for the nationwide transmission system of the
DESFA Company; and the Tesla Pipeline.
[03] Greek civil servants to rally on Nov 19 against omnibus bill
Public sector union ADEDY called for a mass rally on November 19 in
central Athens to protest against the government's "onerous plan" and
omnibus bill with the third batch of prior actions which was tabled in
parliament on Wednesday and will be voted on the day
"Among others, the bill opens the way for mass foreclosures on poor
households," the union said in its statement, adding that the agreement
achieved with the creditors will only benefit bankers "who bankrupted
their institutions by granting loans to businessmen" and are now rescued
again with 10 billion euros.
The rally has been scheduled at 18.30 (local time) on Syntagma square.
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