Search
-
Sale of defence manufacturer stokes opposition criticism amid bid to bolster regional ties
PoliticsGreek Politicsa backdrop of increasingly vocal criticism of the government’s efforts to build closer diplomatic... for stable alliances in the region. Against this backdrop, Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis
17% -
BoG highlights strong year for property in 2019 but warns of Covid-19 impact in 2020
EconomyFeaturesof granted residence permits in 2019. With the temporary closure of embassies around the world, this could... so-called Golden Visa scheme, which offers residency permits for investments of 250,000 euros or over
17% -
Newsletter 474 - 05/09/2025
for legal residence after seven years of undocumented presence, calling the previous provision “a reward... residency rights, drawing condemnation from human rights organisations and opposition parties. Migration
17% -
Newsletter 271 -30/10/2020
and Transport Minister Kostas Karamanlis in an interview on TV station Action24. The minister accused...-disguised attempt to allow Greek banks to snatch primary residences from the hands of borrowers who... paved the way for the protection of primary residences, initially put in place in 2010 in the form
16% -
New Year reshuffle brings more MPs into cabinet, keeps key ministers in post
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe deputy agriculture minister. Interior Minister Takis Thedorikakos has also been left out of the new... Petsas has been appointed Alternate Interior Minister, to be replaced by Christos Tarantilis... to the right” and “a party-political balancing act”. The elevation to the Interior Ministry of Makis Voridis
16% -
University bill threatens PASOK consensus as probes launched into alleged infractions by politicians
PoliticsGreek Politicsinvestigation in the Interior Ministry, which is the suspected source of the data leak, while on Tuesday.... The Interior Ministry has denied that it provides voters’ contact information, while the chief...’s EP elections, but also because the suspicions of a data leak emerged within days of the Interior
16% -
Tweaks to proposal on protection of main homes likely to be needed
EconomyProgrammeprimary residence framework will be the March 11 Eurogroup, when Athens also hopes it will be given... for the protection of primary residences as the institutions have a number of objections. Several Greek media... or there has to be an agreement for foreclosures on primary residences to be suspended in the meantime
16% -
Criticism of authorities' response intensifies as wildfires continue to rage
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the largest wildfires, local members of the public have been complaining on TV that firefighting resources... Finance Minister Theodoros Skylakakis told ANT-1 TV that the government has spent 1 billion euros... Michalis Chrysochoidis, meanwhile, was set upon by local leaders during a crisis meeting in Olympia
16% -
A closer look at planned laws for unpaid taxes and home foreclosures
EconomyMacroeconomyperiod, auctions of the main residence of households below a certain income threshold, while punishing... the relevant draft bill is tabled in Parliament. Protection of primary residences With regard...) that was active for two years and expired at the end of 2014 provided for the protection of residences
16% -
Newsletter 196 -01/03/2019
loans secured by primary residence collateral. Additionally, the new scheme creates an additional...Spotlight on pending reforms No breakthrough on primary residences as EC outlines steps ahead... residences with the institutions, which underlined this week that Athens needs to make further progress
16%