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IMF sees Greece on course to meet fiscal targets and reduce debt
EconomyProgrammein Attica on November 1. According to the agency’s plans, 120 inspectors will be tasked with going... unpaid dues, just 6,043 owe above 1.5 million euros each. The total outstanding amounts owed... that just 79 tax registration numbers (AFM) owe a total of 34.15 billion euros. The collection centre
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Current account deficit widens in March due to deteriorating goods trade balance
EconomyMacroeconomya year ago. Total exports of goods in March reached 2.7 billion euros, against 2.82 billion in March.... At the same time, total imports reached 4.2 billion euros, from 4.5 billion euros last year... in last year’s first quarter. Exports in the aggregate period rose by 1 percent and came to 7.7
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ND maintains big lead but keeps foot down to counter possible low turnout
PoliticsGreek Politicswell their party performs. A total of 20 parties and four coalitions have applied to take party in the July 7 elections, which is around half of the groupings (41 in total) that took part... that was due to take part between the party leaders on July 1 as Alexis Tsipras will have to attend
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Is Greece facing a new migration crisis?
Societythousand people were landing on the beaches daily. A total of 9,656 people arrived in Greece... in Greece out of the total 1,152,653 migrants who arrived in the country since the beginning of 2015... as arrivals outpaced relocations to mainland Greece by about 3:1. Decongestion of the islands has been mainly
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Despite ongoing budget talks, ND eyes more relief measures in coming months
PoliticsGreek Politicsand which the ministry sees as a boost to public coffers. The total amount to be settled via the scheme... at a reported 1 billion euros. The matter has been complicated by the recent Council of State decision regarding... minister Dimitris Papangelopoukos for allegedly meddling in the Novartis investigation. A total of 173
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ND tries to quash refugee backlash, protect strong poll ratings
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPetsas claimed on Tuesday that none of the transfers will lead to the total number of refugees exceeding 1 percent of the local population in any of the areas where empty hotels or disused army camps... they are showing “tolerance.” In contrast, a total of 36.1 percent say they feel “anger
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Travel balance up by 15.3 pct in September
EconomyMacroeconomyby 37.6 percent to 195,200. Finally, visitors from Russia also rose by 8.4 percent to 81,200. In total... to 7.7 million. In total, arrivals showed an increase of 3.8 percent in the first nine months... by 19 percent to 1 billion euros. Receipts from UK visitors increased by 39.2 percent to 2.42
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Budget primary surplus confirmed at 6.95 bln in Nov
EconomyMacroeconomyexpenditure came to 38.27 billion euros, below the target by 1 billion euros. Interest payments came to 5.06... billion. During the first 11 months of the year, total expenditure came to 46.51 billion, landing below target by 1.89 billion. Total expenditure is expected to land at 55.87 billion by the end
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More than a quarter of a million firms affected by enforced closures due to Covid-19
Economyfrom the last complete data series as of 2017, a total of 251,419 businesses in Greece fall into the category of the businesses which will have to cease trading as of Wednesday. This concerns around 1... of total workforce), agriculture, forestry and fishing (444,600), manufacturing (379,900), accommodation
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Coronavirus to delay much of privatisation plan
EconomyFeaturesprojects, while 376 million would be generated from previously completed tenders. Out of the total 2.4... the privatisation’s timeline off track. Athens International Airport saw its total air traffic fall...-euro project is worth 1 billion euros on its own. The CoS ruling will be key to deciding whether
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