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Building permits increase by 18.5 pct in July
EconomyMacroeconomyfor 2017 by 1,478 permits. However, the total for the year is roughly 84 percent lower than the 2005 peak. Much of the current building activity also centres around refurbishments rather than new builds
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Athens buoyed by conclusion of budget talks but IMF lowers growth forecasts
EconomyMacroeconomywill be weaker than expected. Reports on Wednesday morning suggested that the effort to reduce next year’s... favourable view than the one provided by the IMF in April, when it expected unemployment to reach 18.5
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Authorities aim to collect up to 11 bln after strong uptake in overdue tax scheme
Economy. Of the total, more than 600,000 joined the scheme for the first time. Overall, the latest figures from the IAPR...”, and said that it had attracted more applicants than any such programme in the past. Out
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Greece falls to 79 out of 190 economies in ease of doing business ranking
EconomyFeaturesof 11, markedly better than the 2019 score of 44. In remaining fields, scores varied widely... dropped by more than half, from 19 to 8, which is below the OECD average of 10.3. The time involved
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Building permits increase by 27 pct in August
EconomyMacroeconomyby 1,478 permits. However, it is still roughly 84 percent lower than the 2005 peak. Much of the current building activity also centres around refurbishments rather than new builds. The most recent
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IMF consultation report pinpoints health of Greek banks as central to growth
EconomyBankingsector policies, forbearance, sovereign debt restructuring, deeper-than-expected recession, changing... should include even faster NPE reduction than that proposed by banks and the government, aiming to bring
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Mitsotakis keeps cool over white collar crime claims as poll delivers new boost
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSYRIZA. The survey puts ND on 38 percent, half a point lower than last month, and SYRIZA on 24 percent, which is a full point lower than in October. There is little change further down the order
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Government opts for modest tax relief, but who will benefit?
EconomyFeaturesto this change, making the impact on disposable income little more than symbolic in absolute terms. Earners... than that implied by the broad pre-election pledges, which could easily have cost in the region of 1.3
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Building permits increase by 8.5 pct in September
EconomyMacroeconomyroughly 84 percent lower than the 2005 peak. Much of the current building activity also centres around refurbishments rather than new builds. The most recent quarterly Bank of Greece (BoG) figures
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Mitsotakis pledges more tax cuts in 2020 amid police violence claims
PoliticsGreek Politicson the welfare system. Those earning less than 12,000 euros do not pay solidarity tax. The first... suggest that the government has the backing of most voters in its efforts to be tougher than its
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