Find out who was right – Critical move by DESFA
FOCUS. Professionals see the traffic in their stores decrease in the last two months, while the debts become a noose for one in three companies. The increase in turnover since May – not taking into account the comparison with the lockdown period – has disappeared, according to the companies, from the measures applied since November, which are tightened during the festive period.
Besides, four good months they are not enough to cover the losses of 20 months, as the Panhellenic Federation of Restaurants & Related Professions (POESE) says, which estimates the pandemic losses of more than 50% for the majority of products.
Today, having spent on suppliers even loans to welcome their customers are afraid of the worst, especially if the government invites them again to actually operate for three hours, 21.00 – 24.00. Businesses are not viable from these conditions, note down professionals who wonder “whether the Pissaridis report which considers all small businesses a weight for the Greek economy “.
They meaningfully remind the massiveness of the strike of November 16.
PANDEMIC. It was December 18 when the Netherlands, with higher vaccination rates than Greece, does not seem to enter a lockdown the next day to face its expansion.
The country of 17 million inhabitants made this move as from the beginning of December it recorded on the basis of the rolling average of seven days over 21,000 cases. The decisive move, however, resulted in the country recording an average of 12,000 cases yesterday. At the same time, the average death rate from 63 in mid-December has been reduced to 32.
In Greece, on December 18, we recorded an escalation of cases, with 4,337 an average of seven days and 92 deaths. We continued without additional measures towards Christmas and yesterday we had 21,657 cases.
The question of who was right probably does not require much thought…
DESFA. Another important step in the operation of the gas market spot, which will be operational next year, is the modification of the Management Code of the National Natural Gas System.
The relevant preparation was completed by DESFA and today it is known approved by the Plenary Session of RAE. This will be essentially the first text needed for the operation of the Gas Exchange. The two Regulations and the Associations, proposed by the Greek Stock Exchange, received approval in January.
Thus, from today, the Code will be compatible with the transactions on the Gas Exchange.
DRACHMA. Having a hard time keeping up with energy bills and holiday expenses? Maybe things were not different if you were in a hurry to do a search on drawers and mattresses. It is not out of the question to find good old… drachmas that until a few years ago you could exchange for euros and have a nest egg.
Two decades after the launch of the euro national currency 8.5 billion euro did not return to the banks, according to Bloomberg. Champion the brand, as banknotes and coins reach a value of 6.3 billion. In Greece, too, the missing drachmas are not estimated at 478 million euros.
The difference is that in Germany the marks are still exchanged, while the drachmas are not.