Here we complain from morning to night about details like skyrocketing food prices and low wages, but our Germans are… jealous. At least that’s what the renowned Handesblatt tells us. I mean, not exactly us. The object of envy is the MINISTER.
Kostis Hatzidakis has the coffers full, with tax revenues outperforming, while Christian Lindner is trying to figure out how to plug the holes. And how did he achieve this? “He clashed with influential voter groups to crack down on tax evasion,” explains the German newspaper, apparently referring to freelancers. The latter, however, would probably prefer to immigrate to Germany. Don’t tell me… Japan – although there, as far as we remember, they envy us for our technology and digital transformation. Blue beads to put on so they don’t look at us.
Blue grumbles and finds
Meanwhile, Adonis Georgiadis is preparing to receive the blue deputies this afternoon. The previous week was preceded by a meeting between the Ministry of Labor management and deputies. And this type of consultation will continue, so that doubts are resolved and so many… official questions are not necessary.
The meeting between deputies Georgiadis and ND had been planned for a long time, but comes after yesterday’s question from 8 deputies about pharmaceutical expenses for retirees. It is the second collective issue of the blue deputies with “social” content after the guerrilla of the 11 against the red loans, which we all remember how it ended.
The Battle of Piraeus
In its business, all attention may be focused (and justifiably so) on the placement of the FHEF for 10% of the shares of the National Bank, but no one can ignore Piraeus’ great difficulty in successfully breaking the resistance of 4 euros, which coincide with the price for this year’s placement.
The stock, for several weeks now, has had notable difficulty in surpassing this level, while specific funds (for their own reasons) keep the bank at prices starting at “3”.
In fact, even the CEO’s statement – an estimate of doubling the capitalization to 10 billion euros within a few years, was not enough to activate buyers.
Savings injection of 1.6 million euros
A courageous “injection” of liquidity into Nafpaktos Textiles was provided a few days ago by the main shareholders of the listed company, Vassilis and Dimitris Polychronos, who purchased three private plots of land from the company for a value of 1.6 million euros. . This particular operation gave precious breath to the textile industry, which is looking for “fresh” funds to be able to recover.
It is clear that this important news was not released through any official announcement on the Stock Exchange website, as is normally defined by regulation. Instead, it was left in the… unclaimed until the publication of the semi-annual financial report. For the record, the turnover of Kl. Nafpaktos in the first half of the year decreased by 35% (to €6.2 million), with pre-tax losses set at €881,133.
What will happen to the height of buildings?
Anyone who expected a solution for the alalum with the permitted heights of the buildings forgot. The Ministry of the Interior will reportedly request the postponement of the relevant debate to the Plenary Session of the State Council (StE), which is scheduled for October 11.
Several municipalities in Attica (among others Alimos, Attica, Kifissia and Amarousiou) managed to suspend the issuance of building permits with very high bonuses based on the New Building Regulations (NOK) until the final judgment of the Plenary Session of the CoE, but others did not proceed corresponding actions.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs would be citing the need to complete the desk investigation that was initiated in relation to the controversial points of the NOK.
It is surprising that the competent ministry did not take care to take the necessary measures in time to be able to support its positions in the Council of Europe during the scheduled debate in the Plenary.
The Plenary’s decision, however, will not immediately restore equality and safety in construction. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will have to study the decision of the Council of Ministers and then it is likely to need to legislate, which could take not months, but years…
Nobody messes with… pensioners
The landmark year will be between 2025 for the operation of EFKA. The promotion and (why not) the completion of the Integrated Information System (ISIS) that will electronically connect all Directorates – former Agency Funds, is the big “bet”. They are “giants” with different traders, who are trying to merge.
It was agreed that the unification process will be carried out in parts. This way, any errors will be detected in time and corrected in “real time”. It is expected that the start will be made with the financial departments of the different Directorates and registration will take its turn. Pensions departments are expected to be the last to be integrated into the new system. Totally reasonable. There, a possible error costs much more in grumbles and reactions from retirees. Nobody wants to mess with a group of citizens, which is close to 2.6 million people.