Nikos Pappas
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Mount Athos Exempted from Paying Property Tax
Digital Policy Minister Nikos Pappas has approved an amendment that exempts Mount Athos monasteries from paying any pending property tax.
The amendment, also signed by SYRIZA MPs Panos Skouroliakos, Giorgos Lazaridis and Centrist's Union MP Giannis Saridis, exempts the monasteries...
Greece
Greek Opposition Asks Tsipras to Explain ‘Secret Contacts’ with Venezuela’s Maduro
Opposition New Democracy asked Alexis Tsipras to explain his contact with the government of Venezuela, following press reports that in 2013 he asked the Maduro regime for help to support a possible Grexit.
According to a report in Eleftheros Typos...
Greece
Free Internet for 14,500 Households on Remote Greek Islands
The permanent residents of 47 remote islands in Greece are to get free internet access based on a Joint Ministerial Decision signed on Thursday by Minister of Digital Policy, Telecommunications and Media; Nikos Pappas and Interior Minister Panos Skourletis.
The measure...
Greece
Varoufakis Exposes Tsipras' Plans, While Still in Opposition
"The first thing I will do as prime minister is to demand Stοurnaras' resignation. If need be, I will drag him screaming from the central bank," Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said about Bank of Greece Governor Yiannis Stournaras in...
Greece
Independent Authority to Auction Seven TV Licenses in Greece
In a further blow to the Greek government’s plan to limit TV licenses to just four, the independent authority has ruled that the licenses should be seven.
The National Council of Radio and Television (ESR), reached its decision after a...
Greece
Greece Launches Satellite Hellas Sat 3 (video)
The Greek and Cypriot telecommunications satellite Hellas Sat 3 was launched into orbit late Wednesday night from French Guiana, according to the digital policy ministry.
Digital Policy, Telecommunications and Information Minister Nikos Pappas, who watched the launch from the Arianespace...
Economy
Varoufakis: Syriza became a light version of Samaras' policies
Former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis says in his new book that the SYRIZA administration accepted the creditors' memoranda and turned into a light version of Antonis Samaras' policies.
The book, written in English, is called "Aduts in the Room"...
Greece
Digital Policy Minister Must Explain 2013 Trip to Venezuela, ND Leader Says
Main opposition New Democracy MPs, led by the party leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis, on Monday demanded to know why Digital Policy, Telecommunications and Media Minister Nikos Pappas had taken a trip to Venezuela in 2013 with a lawyer specializing in...
Greece
Breaking: Greece Gets Bailout Funds Amidst Stunning New Earth-Like Planet Discovery by its Space Agency
Only a few months after its establishment, Greece's Space program has paid off, as Greek scientists announced the discovery of a new Earth-like planet near Mars. As a result, "Greece will receive a vital 12 billion euro tranche by its lenders on Monday,"...
Economy
Greek Minister Says Bailout Program Review Will Close Soon
The negotiation for the second review will conclude soon, said Digital Policy Minister Nikos Pappas on Wednesday, who is touring the region of Serres.
Pappas also said that SYRIZA parliamentary group is solid and will vote measures and offset measures.
The...