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Crime
Troika Frets Over Greek Tax Collections
Inspectors from Greece's international lenders saw some procedural problems on their first day in Athens - after three years of pleading, urging, insisting and demanding - the government still has done little to revamp a tax collection system that...
Economy
Troika Back In Athens, Firings Seen Next
Inspectors from international lenders are due back in Athens on June 4 to check Greece’s books again in the ongoing progress of reviewing the pace of reforms, and the focus will reportedly be on the stalled issue of firing...
Economy
EU Backs Georgiou On Greek Statistics
Contradicting Greek prosecutors who want an investigation into whether Greece’s statistics agency ELSTAT manipulated numbers in 2009 to force the country to seek an international bailout, the European Commission said the agency’s head, Andreas Georgiou, gave accurate reports.
The European...
Economy
Greek "Wise Men" To Tackle Tax Evasion
Unable to stop runaway tax evasion in a country that is the most corrupt in the European Union, the Greek government is planning to create a so-called “Committee of Wise Men” to come up with some other way to...