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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 15-11-23
CONTENTS
[01] Greece, institutions discussing second list of prior actions
[02] Another 1,016 refugees from Mytilene arrive at Piraeus port
[03] New Democracy interim leader Meimarakis resigns
[01] Greece, institutions discussing second list of prior actions
Three thorny issues included in negotiations between Greek authorities
and the country's creditors -raising tax rates for farmers, introducing
new tax scales on rent income and integrating an extra contribution
tax on income tax scale are said to be postponed at a later stage,
probably next year
Finance ministry sources said that these three issues will not be
included in a list of prior actions needed for the disbursement of an
1.0 billion euros sub-installment, remaining from a 3.0 billion euros
installment.
ESM is expected to approve the disbursement of this sum along with part
of capital from a 10-bln-euro loan earmarked for the recapitalization
of Greek banks.
[02] Another 1,016 refugees from Mytilene arrive at Piraeus port
Two ferries carrying 1,016 refugees from Mytilene arrived at Piraeus
port on Monday
"Super Fast VII" and "Blue Star Patmos" carried 503 and 513 refugees
respectively.
[03] New Democracy interim leader Meimarakis resigns
Main opposition paty New Democracy (ND) interim leader Evangelos
Meimarakis submitted his resignation on Monday and lashed out against
the other candidates for their recent stance
Meimarakis announced that he would call on the secretary of ND
parliamentary group Yiannis Plakiotakis and ask him to start immediately
the procedure to appoint a new interim leader. Moreover, he called on the
other candidates to resign from their posts. Adonis Georgiadis accepted
the call and already resigned from party parliamentary spokesman as well
as Kyriakos Mitsotakis while Apostolos Tzitzikostas cleared out that he
will not step down from his position as local governor.
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