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Stage set for censure motion as Parliament votes to review charges against deputy minister
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor interfering with the scene of the crash. The motion was carried with 277 votes in favour, 12 against
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Unpaid taxes keep rising, tax audits short of targets
EconomyMacroeconomytax debt of 1 billion by the end of June. The same target of 1 billion has also been set... taxes due, underperforming the full year target set at 50 percent. On tax audits and collections... temporary audits correspond to 73.9 percent of total. The full target is set at 65 percent, implying
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Wildfires and pandemic set political agenda as parties prepare for return to business
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe suppression of the previous week’s catastrophic wildfires and the traditional end of the Greek summer holiday season is giving the country’s political forces an opportunity to regroup and prepare the agenda for the return to business. For the government this means expediting the support package
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Greece's 2015 budget: A breakdown of all the key figures
EconomyMacroeconomymillion above 2014 and 1.46 billion higher those set in the MTFS. This development mainly reflects... revenue target was set at 2.47 billion without indentifying specific projects. The main projects... a positive impact on general government fiscal figures of 852 million (0.47 percent of GDP) in 2013
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Greece seeks better relations with Albania as wariness of Turkey grows
PoliticsForeign Policybeen set as a prerequisite by Albania's president Ilir Meta, who last month rejected the possibility... of the minority that are being monitored by Athens and the Council of Europe. The two foreign ministers are set... described Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as a “sultan.” He also tried to distance himself
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At sidelines of UNGA, Mitsotakis talks up Greece’s prospects as energy, tech hub
PoliticsGreek Politicsconsumption-driven, the PM explained Moving beyond tourism’s 3 percent share of GDP, Mitsotakis set..., and with UAE Minister Sultan Al Jaber, who reaffirmed the Emirates’ commitment to expanding
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Investigations into voter email leak continue despite denials from government
PoliticsGreek Politicsoverseas voters in the run-up to the European Parliament elections are set to continue despite efforts... of separate investigations by the Interior Ministry, a Greek prosecutor and the country’s Data...-Michelle Asimakopoulou from the upcoming EP elections and the resignation of a senior Interior
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Greece faces tight deadline for second set of milestones, first review looms
EconomyProgrammeThe Greek government has until December 11 to complete the implementation of the second set... the implementation of the second set of prior actions and the bank recapitaliaation. The quadriga mission chiefs are due to visit Athens next week to discuss with Greek authorities the second set of milestones
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Newsletter 114 - 07/04/2017
and another 1 percent of GDP in 2020. The first set will be mostly made up of cuts to pension spending... last year. On the flipside, the respective figure for the state budget fell by 611 million to reach
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Budget primary shows deficit of 9.09 bln in June, beating target
EconomyMacroeconomyset in the 2022-2025 medium-term fiscal strategy by 831 million euros. Expenditure excluding interest... Budget. The state paid 611 million euros in compensation to lessors due to decreased rents; 155
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