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1. Tax auditing mechanism expands to electronic “wallets” and foreign banks

   The Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE) announced the strengthening and expansion of its asset increase control mechanism BANCAPP (Bank Account Nexus Crosscheck Application), in order to receive taxpayer banking data not only from Greek banks, but also from branches of foreign credit institutions, or from payment institutions and electronic money institutions, which operate in […]

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2. Cameras to be installed at 6 central Athens streets, 10 bus lines

   A decision to install portable and fixed surveillance cameras at six central Athens streets and ten bus lines was posted on the government transparency site ‘Diavgia’ on Wednesday. The cameras will verify violations of the Highway Code. They will be installed at the following places: – Syngrou Avenue going south, near Skra Street – Syngrou […]

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3. “Kaisariani Massacre” photo archive declared “protected monument of Greek history”

   The Culture Ministry declared on Wednesday the photos archive of the 200 Greeks executed by the Nazis in Kaisariani on 1. May 1944, “a protected monument of Greek history”, citing its exceptional historical value. The decision, following a recommendation by the Central Council of Modern Monuments, gives the state a formal basis to claim and […]

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4. Chief prison officer arrested for prison shooting

   Police on Wednesday arrested the chief prison officer of Domokos Prison on charges of complicity in murder, following his alleged involvement in a suspected contract killing inside the high security penitentiary on February 15. Antonis Papadatos, 42, was shot three times in the head Sunday evening inside the facility. He was serving a life sentence […]

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5. Guilfoyle on Cosco: “We should build another port to offset Chinese interests in Piraeus”

   US Ambassador to Greece, Kimberly Guilfoyle, expressed Washington’s discontent regarding the investment of Chinese Cosco in the port of Piraeus, south of Athens and urged the building of another port in the area. “We should build another port to offset Chinese interests in Piraeus,” she said  during an event on the theme “Nisyros Dialogues – […]

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