Restaurants in Greece refuse to pay VAT rise

``"Our members voted at an extraordinary general assembly not to pay the increase because it will drive many establishments out of business," said the PanHellenic Federation of Restaurants and Related Professions, representing more than 15,000 hospitality businesses... Grigoris Dimitropoulos, owner of a café on Adrianou, a pedestrian street close to the Acropolis, called the increase "totally unfair", given that VAT was raised from 9 per cent to 13 per cent less than a year ago.''