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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 15-12-29
CONTENTS
[01] New overdue tax debt figure at 1.5 bln euros in November
[02] Frontex commences expanded operation on porous eastern Aegean
sea borders
[01] New overdue tax debt figure at 1.5 bln euros in November
New overdue tax debts to the state totalled 1.5 billion euros in
November, raising the figure of new overdue tax debt to 11.833 billion
euros in 2015, official figures revealed on Tuesday.
The general secretariat for public revenue, in a report, said overdue
tax debt was 10.380 billion euros in October.
The 1.5 billion increase in overdue tax debt in November was one of the
largest monthly debt increases in 2015 and reflected a heavy debt burden
(property tax, income tax, car circulation fees) in the month.
Overdue tax debt to the state totaled 83.6 billion euros in November,
up from 82.2 billion a month earlier, of which the so-called "efficient"
debt - which shows greater possibiities of repayment - amounted to 7.2
billion euros.
[02] Frontex commences expanded operation on porous eastern Aegean
sea borders
Frontex on Monday commenced the deployment of 293 staff members and
15 vessels to several eastern Aegean islands as part of the so-called
"Poseidon Rapid Intervention" operation, which comes after the Greek
government requested additional assistance earlier this month for its
external borders in the Aegean.
The operation replaces the Joint Operation Poseidon Sea initiative, with
a higher number of officers assisting in identifying and fingerprinting
third country nationals that illegally land on Greek territory from
neighboring Turkey, along with interpreters and forged document experts,
the agency said in a press release. Poseidon Rapid Intervention aims to
provide Greece with additional technical assistance in order to strengthen
its border surveillance, registration and identification capacity.
Frontex said the number of border guards deployed will gradually increase
to more 400 officers as well as additional vessels, vehicles and other
equipment to assist national authorities in the management of the
unprecedented migratory pressure on Greece's eastern sea borders.
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