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The two reports by Vourliotis on the Athens and Thessaloniki “Carousels”: The state loses €2 Billion annually
Battle with “carousel”-type criminal organizations, which have been coming to light one after the other lately, is being fought by the Ministry of Finance and the relevant auditing authorities, as it’s estimated that the state loses up to 2 billion euros annually due to fake invoices and fraudulent transactions, leading the Treasury to pay VAT – instead of collecting it – to these fraudsters.<
AUTO ATHENS 2024: Doors are open to the public – These are the models you’ll see
The AUTO ATHENS 2024 Car Exhibition has opened its doors to the public today and will run until October 13 at the Metropolitan Expo.
Equally important is the opportunity for visitors to see the new models up close, satisfy their desire to get to know them, touch them, and form their own opinions about them.
Consumers want European, long-range EVs, shows survey
Turkish consumers want to have made-in-Europe, long-range and fast-charging electric vehicles, a survey has shown.
Türkiye's EV market has been expanding fast, with the number of such vehicles on the country's roads soaring more than 3,000 percent over the past year from around 33,000 to 131,217.
Some 20 carmakers sell 40 models of EVs in the Turkish market.
Man gunned down in Athens suburb of Psychiko
Police in the Greek capital were out in force on Tuesday morning looking for a shooter who gunned down a man, identified as a 54-year-old civil engineer named Panagiotis Stathis, in the northern Athens of Psychiko in an execution-style assault.
According to preliminary reports, the man was gunned down in his car, on the corner of Kritis and Eikostis Pemptis Martiou streets.
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First Crash Involving Sofia’s New High-Speed Patrol Cars (UPDATE)
Update: Following claims on social media about a new police car from the Ministry of the Interior being involved in an accident, initially posted on the Facebook group "Disasters in Sofia," we investigated the matter. The post included a photo of the vehicle and suggested it was the first incident with these new police cars.
EV makers modify engines for Turkish market for lower tax
Electric carmakers are adjusting the engine powers of their vehicles so that consumers pay lower taxes, which serves as a kind of incentive to buy EVs.
In the past, carmakers resorted to a similar method to boost sales. They designed 1.5-liter or 1.6-liter engines, especially for the Turkish market which would fit into lower tax brackets and made those vehicles more accessible.
EU investigators to inspect China’s BYD, Geely and SAIC in EV probe, source says
European Commission investigators are to inspect Chinese automakers in the coming weeks as part of a probe into whether to impose punitive tariffs to protect European electric vehicle (EV) makers, three people involved in the process said.
Seized Comanchero vehicles join Istanbul police fleet
Following a Comanchero gang bust in Türkiye's Istanbul, 21 luxury cars seized in the operation have been allocated to the province's police department.
Tesla, Chinese brands take centre stage at Munich car show
Tesla and Chinese carmakers showed off their newest electric models at the Munich auto fair, throwing down the gauntlet to their European rivals as competition in the sector intensifies.
The industry-wide shift towards electric vehicles (EVs) was on full display on the opening day of Germany's biennial IAA mobility show, one of the world's largest.
French luthier makes music out of mushrooms
Leave mushroom spores in a mold for a couple weeks and they'll bloom into a puffy material akin to brie, says Rachel Rosenkrantz, a sustainability-minded guitar-maker innovating with biomaterials.
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