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Trump win emboldens Mitsotakis critics as Athens ponders implications of surprise result
PoliticsGreek Politicsmedia were former health minister Thanos Plevris, former migration minister Notis Mitarachi
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New Democracy rejigs key party posts as Spartiates expulsion leaves gap in Parliament
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe election campaign. They included Notis Mitarakis, another former minister currently outside
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Opposition lines up attack on government over wildfires with visits to affected areas
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe local MP, Notis Mitarachi, who is also New Democracy’s parliamentary spokesman, when he visited
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Reshuffle on horizon as second OPEKEPE dossier rattles government
PoliticsGreek Politicsrail crash, and ex-migration minister Notis Mitarachi. The fact that no opposition MPs are named
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Unresolved scandals fuel tetchiness, personal battles between parties
PoliticsGreek Politicsstate. He argues that the case file is built on trivialities, pointing to the example of Notis
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OECD sees 3.3 bln euros of savings Greece can make by cutting red tape
EconomyMacroeconomyyear. Over three-quarters of these costs accrue in three of the priority areas, namely tax (VAT... for tax law (VAT) form the largest proportion (47 percent) of administrative burdens amounting to 1.54 billion. The key recommendations include: Remove inactive VAT taxable persons from the VAT
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Gap of 555 mln emerges in three key taxes in July ahead of a crucial September for revenues
EconomyMacroeconomy) provided an update on the collection of key taxes, namely personal and corporate income tax and VAT... of the year were fairly insignificant. The collectability rate of VAT also stood at relatively high..., punctual payments of VAT resulted in revenues of 5.57 billion euros, corresponding to 84.5 percent
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BoG looks at other programme exits and options available to Athens
EconomyProgrammecredit line. This is in contrast to the strategy that the Greek government is in the process... programme as it also had to deal with a high volume of non-performing loans (NPLs) and its credit rating... another 7-year bond. Credit line The BoG argues that Greece should look into forming
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Card usage gains traction with debit cards leading the way, BoG finds
EconomyBankingwere debit cards. The split between debit and credit cards has remained relatively stable over the last few years, coming to 84 percent for debit in 2018, and 16 percent for credit. The data showed...-paid cards also showed a significant YoY rise of 29 percent. Meanwhile, the number of credit cards
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A closer look at Greece's revised proposals to lenders
EconomyProgrammefrom VAT reform of 680 million euros in 2015 and 1.36 billion in 2016. The latter is higher than... VAT rate from 6.5 to 6 percent and a reshuffling of products and services in the other two VAT rates of 13 and 23 percent. The new low VAT rate of 6 percent will cover only medicine, books and theatre
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