Do you mean that the Bank of Greece and the NSRF gave a “no” to Documento?

The question in the title may seem completely ridiculous (which it is) but some people took it seriously. They believe that yes, it is possible that the Bank of Greece, the NSRF and others, such as the National Bank, provided “black” money to Documento, in order to advertise. Under the table, hand in hand, in cash.

We have it and say: After sending an anonymous letter with “complaints” about Documento, on November 9, a tax audit was initiated on the newspaper which was completed in just 5 days. The workshop that carried out this cursory check, as Kostas Faksevanis pointed out, “charged Documento 435,000 euros. This means that Documento must pay this 435,000 euros.”

How did he get this amount? As he wrote about it, “The team felt that because Documento was offering ads at deep discounts, it meant advertisers were paying a small amount because others were offering them as they implied they were in the black.”

He continues: “But what advertising invoices were presented at deep discounts and therefore, according to the cartel, could indicate that money was given under the table?” These are advertisements for Bank of Greece, OTE, National Bank, Piraeus Bank, ESPA, PPC, OPAP and all major clients in the market. In other words, big companies, even ministries and of course Yannis Stournaras as head of the Ministry of Finance, gave money under the table to Documento because, as a new newspaper in 2017, it offered deep discounts on advertising rates. Among the anti-mafia money-mongers were ESIEA and EDOEAP, the press bodies that in Documento announced strikes, of course at a deep discount. This means, in two words, that AADE accuses not Documento but the major market players and also government companies of entering virtual advertising invoices in their books in terms of the transaction amount, thus hiding the real amounts they pay Documento for advertising.”

It sounds funny but it’s actually very dangerous. Because there will be fines in the newspaper that you will have to pay, even by a percentage, until you go to the tax courts to find out what you are entitled to. It is an attempt at financial annihilation. And silencing. It is, as you understand, a question of freedom of the press above all else.