Re: Международни новини 3

Реализъм Пет 18 Дек 2009, 06:02

A Greek Bearing Promises
New York Times

People who lie to join a club may not prove to be very good members.
That is one lesson of the current fiscal mess in Greece, where there are — again — fears that the country will be unable to pay its debts.
Those particular worries are almost certainly overdone, at least for the near term. But Greece is suffering mightily from having joined the euro zone — something it was able to do only because it used what could kindly be called creative accounting to get its budget deficits down far enough to qualify a decade ago. Laughing

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/18/business/economy/18norris.html

Реализъм Пет 18 Дек 2009, 16:24

Greece aims for tax reform by March
ATHENS, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Greece wants to enact tax reform by next March to boost budget revenues and convince creditors it is serious about restoring fiscal health, its finance minister said on Friday.
He said Greece had the highest percentage of non-captured value added tax (VAT) revenues in the European Union and widespread tax avoidance.
To highlight this point, he said 85 percent of individual income tax filings reported incomes of less than 30,000 euros, with only 3,000 reporting incomes above 200,000 euros.
More than 5 million Greeks report annual incomes below 12,000 euros annually, he said.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLDE5BH0SD20091218?type=marketsNews

Таки Нед 27 Дек 2009, 23:02

Чак сега разбрах за тази акция на откачената Susanna Maiolo срещу Папата, при което той не пострадал видимо, но вървящият близо до него кардинал Roger Etchegaray (на 87 г.) бил блъснат в суматохата и приет в болница със счупен крак. Според някои очевидци това не е било нападение с 'лоша' цел и последствията се дължат повече на нервната реакция на охраната. На втория клип се вижда, че жената не е ударила Папата, а може би го е дръпнала за расото.