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Tax evasion reigns supreme on Greek islandsTax officials conducted surprise spot checks and were surprised by what they foundTax officials have recorded widespread tax evasion in hotels, restaurants and bars in the Aegean and Ionian islands after conducting spot checks.63 inspections carried out over the last days just in Heraklion, Crete, showed 33 violations by 39 offenders.
Why are Greek MPs laughing all the way to the bank? Gifts for lawmakers while ‘commoners’ starvePeople have 16 reasons why politicians should experience cut backs too:1. A politician’s salary is 6.100 euros.2. After 4 years of serving in parliament they get 4,880 euros as a monthly pension.3. Participation in committees – 250 euros is paid an hour. (This can tally up to about 2.875 million euros per month collectively. Another 150 euros is received by politicians if they participate in summer sittings in parliament, collectively 1.250 euros per month.4. Provincial Parliamentary members get 1,000 euros a month for rent, with most of them staying in lavish hotels in Athens, after an agreement is made with Parliament.5. All ministers receive 1,500 euros for setting up their office and 1,000 euors during holiday periods to be closer to their voters. Christmas and Easter holidays are a separate package.6. All politicians are entitled to 104 flights a year, free and unlimited travel with the public transport system and about 11.500 euros a year or 950 euros a month for travel expenses.7. Luxury cars, free fuel allowance of 600 euors per month; police protection, 4 mobile phones of the latest technology-one at home , the office, the yard or even at the stable- all free! They also receive 11,800 euros annually for fixed land lines ( or about 983 euros a month) and another 200 euros per month for their mobile phones.8. They are safeguarded from any offense committed during their term using ‘immunity’ as politicians.9. They do not pay tax on part of their salary or pension.10. They are entitled to a secretary and 4 employees and a paid associate. To run an office each MP gets 2,263 euros per month which includes postage entitlement that is about 1,000 euros. This adds up to 8,109 euors a year.11. Politicians are entitled to interest free loans as well as professionals which is generous of the banks indeed.12. Free gym, sauna, and Day Care for their children.13. Up-dating their phones and gagets.14. Free visits to Archeological and artistic sites.15. Free Toll ( compliments fron the company that brought it in )16. Free tickets, hotels, meals, while traveling abroad as members of committees and what not!
IMF's privatisation targets for Greece 'unrealistic', head of Austrian railways saysThe International Monetary Fund (IMF) targets and expectations from privatisations in Greece were unrealistically high, the head of Austrian Federal Railways (OBB) Christian Kern said in an interview with the local monthly magazine 'Trend' published on Monday.Taking the plan for the privatisation of the Greek railway as an example, Kern said he was surprised at the target sum to be raised from its privatisation and suggested that the IMF's stance was "out of touch with reality" and not in the interests of either Greece or its lenders.As had been the case in other countries, he added, the IMF and World Bank experts put down "imaginary numbers" in their documents, in this way striving for the privatisation of a sector that, in his opinion, was better off remaining public."Reforms are necessary but the anticipated revenues from the privatisations are unrealistic," Kern stressed.
Gaping hole in Android lets hackers break in with just your phone number!Joshua Drake, a security firm with Zimperium, has found a serious vulnerability that... requires no interaction at all by the user. In fact, the vulnerability could allow a hacker to infect your mobile phone, while you’re fast asleep.What Drake has uncovered is a way of breaking into an Android user’s phone, and hijacking control of it, just by sending a MMS message with a maliciously-crafted movie file.Once in place, the malware could secretly steal information and spy on your conversations without your knowledge.The only silver lining is that, so far at least, there is no evidence that the flaw has been exploited by malicious hackers in the wild. Nonetheless, if you are one of the lucky Android users who finds themselves able to to install an update, I would recommend that you did as soon as possible.
Critical Persistent Injection Vulnerability in Apple App Store and iTunesA critical vulnerability has been discovered in the official Apple’s App Store and iTunes Store, affecting millions of Apple users.
Ex-mayor convicted of embezzlement claims disability for early releaseThe former mayor of Thessaloniki, Vassilis Papageorgopoulos, was expected to be on Tuesday released from Diavata Prison, where he has served over one-fifth of a 12-year sentence for embezzling money from municipal coffers.The ex-mayor of the northern port city, convicted as an accessory to the theft of 18 million euros from municipal coffers, presented the Parole Board with a medical certificate claiming that he suffers from 67 percent disability.
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