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Business
Greek Electricity Co. Readies For Privatization
The restructuring and privatization of Public Power Corporation S.A., the biggest electric power company in Greece which is controlled to an extent by the government, will be implemented in three stages. The whole process will be completed by the...
Crime
PPC Chief Bailed Over Dubious Loans
Nikos Fotopoulos, who heads GENOP, one of the Public Power Corporation’s (PPC) worker unions, has been released on bail after being questioned in court over two loans the group received from the company's management, which negotiates with him terms...
Economy
PPC Gives Good Customers Installments
With unpaid bills piling up at more than $1 million a day, Greece's Public Power Corporation (PPC) said it will give customers who had been paying on time but fallen behind a new installment plan with up to 40...
Economy
Power Cut For 30,000 Greek Households Monthly
Unable to pay the cost of electricity or a doubled property tax that is put electric bills, the power is being turned off to about 1,000 Greek households every day, the Public Power Corporation (PPC) has acknowledged, with arrearages...
Economy
Water Utility CEO Named Privatization Chief
Moving quickly to fill the critical seat of the country's privatization board after its former chief quit following being charged with breach of duty as Chief Executive of the state utility PPC, the Greek government on March 11 named...
Economy
Electric Bills Up 9%, Government Agencies Won't Pay
Electricity bills for most Greek consumers will go up 9 percent retroactively to Jan. 1, while a 100 percent property tax surcharge is still being tacked on to utility bills under the threat of power being disconnected, although state...
Economy
Greek High Court Backs Tax in Electric Bill
Reversing a lower court decision that ruled it was unlawful for the government to include a doubling of property taxes in electric bills under the threat of turning power off for non-payment, Greece’s Supreme Court on Dec. 19 said...
Economy
The "Triangle of Sin" That Rules Greece
Despite international aid that has made Greece dependent on bailout loans to keep its economy from collapsing and effectively ceded much of its sovereignty, the country is still being controlled by the iron grip of politicians, the rich and...
Economy
Stournaras Wants 10-Year Plan for Greece
Greek Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras says the government intends to develop a 10-year growth plan, although for now he's focused on a pending Supreme Court decision on whether a lower court decision to ban an emergency property tax from...
Economy
Greek Farm Workers Strike Again
Greek farmers, many taking to the streets in tractors, protested again against new tax regulations they said would hurt their businesses. Farmers in Karditsa held a rally in their city's center.
Larissa’s farmers have organized a rally for Dec. 8...