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Anavaloglou Georgios mentioned that Kyriakos Mitsotakis stated in Brussels on 16/10 that the government would not distribute money for political reasons. He contrasted the policies of other countries, saying that Italy planned to tax banks with a target of 5 billion euros in revenue by 2027, the Netherlands aimed to impose an extraordinary contribution of 617 million euros, and Austria would extend an additional contribution of 300 million euros for the same year. He added that Slovakia would maintain an increased tax rate for banks in 2027 as well. Regarding refineries, Anavaloglou said that Germany, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Poland, and Austria had requested a windfall tax from the Commission, while Greece was not among those countries. He cited pre-tax profits of 1.998 billion euros for the two Greek refineries in the first half of 2026, compared to 210 million euros in the corresponding period last year: 891.7 million for Motor Oil and 1.106.4 million for HELLENiQ. He also referenced an interview on ERT on 17/9, where, according to him, Mitsotakis said he preferred money to be returned to citizens through fuel prices rather than collected by the state budget. Anavaloglou noted that the refineries received subsidies of 277 million euros, while the heating allowance increased by only 52 million euros compared to last year. He concluded that this was a political choice and raised the question of whether the Prime Minister sought to be popular with citizens or with those, as he wrote, who profited from the crisis and from whom he sought electoral support. #πολιτική #φορολογία #Ελλάδα (translated)

First.The narrative that diesel prices in America are heavily impacted by Ukrainian attacks on Russian oil refineries is completely fabricated. ​Second.The sanctions waiver Trump just granted to Russia is using the fabricated narrative above to make it look like it's in America's national interest.

The author expressed condolences to the families of the victims who worked at MOTOR OIL and stated that his thoughts were with the injured in the second incident. He wished them a speedy recovery and added that "there must be," without completing his thought. #συλλυπητήρια #MOTOROIL #αναρρωση #GR (translated)

Nikolas Boyiopoulos wrote that there was an explosion at Motor Oil in January 2020, resulting in one worker dead and three injured, and another explosion in September 2024, with nine injured. He also mentioned that about a week before his post, there had been a new explosion with two dead workers and that the previous day, four workers had been injured, two seriously. He linked the incidents to other explosions and workplace accidents in recent months: in Aspropyrgos, where, as he wrote, two workers were killed; in Examilia Corinthias, where an explosion and fire at factories cost the life of one worker; and in Violanta, where he referred to five dead female workers. He asked at what number of dead and seriously injured should the recurring workplace "accidents" be characterized as "employer crimes." #εργατικάατυχήματα #εργοδοτικάεγκλήματα #ασφάλειαεργασίας (translated)

The post cited US General Keith Kellogg as saying Russian oil refineries were legitimate military targets and urging Ukraine to destroy them. It also argued that developments over the previous few weeks supported a large, coordinated Ukrainian attack on Russian refineries and data centres, and included a link. https://t.co/9XRPOdj9FF #Ukraine #MilitaryAction #Russia #US #UA #RU

The author said households and industry were bearing the cost of a war beyond their borders. They wrote that short-term measures were being taken at global and EU level, including releasing oil reserves, extending temporary State aid, delaying methane rules by one year, supporting refineries and pooling. https://t.co/296V0IMKBG #Energie #Klimaschutz #Nachhaltigkeit #EU

The US is seeking to release up to 17 million barrels of oil from its Strategic Petroleum Reserve to help curb fuel prices driven up by the war on Iran, Reuters reports. NB: the US uses 20 million barrels a day The strategic reserve only has 283 million barrels left, the lowest level since 1982

Spyros Dapergolas said he wanted to see how many and who would publicly express their mourning for George Vardinoyannis, while they had not made similar statements for the employees at Motor Oil, whom, he claimed, were being murdered in their workplace. #ΓιώργοςΒαρδινογιάννης #Πένθος #ΕργατικάΔικαιώματα (translated)