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Tourism sector struggles as it prepares for full reopening in July
PoliticsGreek Politicsby the story of the 9-year-old daughter of an unemployed hotel worker in Rhodes apparently fainting... dependent on seasonal tourism. Commenting on the story on ERT TV, the president of the hotel... that up to 40,000 workers in hotel and catering on the island are unemployed, while just 15 percent
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Tsipras conducts varied reshuffle in further bid to revitalise coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsbe leaving the Interior Ministry to become SYRIZA’s secretary, several other frontline officials... role is Alexis Haritsis. The 41-year-old was appointed interior minister, replacing the outgoing... is one of the few cabinet members to emerge with his reputation relatively intact. The Interior
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Newsletter 417 - 22/03/2024
by the Interior Ministry, a Greek prosecutor and the country's data protection authority, while several... the upcoming European Parliament elections, and the resignations of a senior Interior Ministry official... that the email list was leaked from the Interior Ministry during the tenure of the caretaker government
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PM makes limited, cautious changes to cabinet after election disappointment
PoliticsGreek Politicsat ministerial level in five departments: Development, Migration, Interior, Labour and Agricultural... as Interior Minister. Kostas Tsiaras, once a justice minister under Mitsotakis, becomes the new agriculture minister. Niki Kerameus is being moved from the Interior Ministry to the Labour Ministry
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Newsletter 428 - 21/06/2024
: Development, Migration, Interior, Labour and Agricultural Development. The new head of the Development Ministry is Takis Theodorikakos, who has previously served as Interior Minister. Kostas Tsiaras... is being moved from the Interior Ministry to the Labour Ministry, where she is replacing one of the few
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Greek union data suggest workers get paid late or in kind
Societyis up to 13 months. One in two hotel companies that operate for the whole year is said... or other products. In other cases, payment in kind may mean “free” hotel accommodation or daily meals
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Greece moves closer to troika over fiscal gap, waits for response
EconomyProgrammeciting government sources indicate that the key measures relate to increasing the VAT rate on hotel... that the resulting higher cost for hotel services from the rise of VAT to 13 percent would lead to 2.6 million
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Accommodation and food services index up 7.6 pct in Q3
EconomyMacroeconomy, the recent government proposal to double the hotel VAT rate to 13 percent, aligning... results. Responding to the ministry’s proposal, SETE underlined that the higher cost for hotel services
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Greek travel receipts continued upward course in October, rising by 4.6 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyfiscal gap of 2.5 billion - to double the hotel VAT rate to 13 percent, aligning... negative effects are only temporal. In contrast, SETE stressed that the higher cost for hotel services
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Proposed VAT overhaul a stepping stone towards agreement with lenders?
EconomyProgrammecurrently two main VAT rates at 13 and 23 percent and a lower rate of 6.5 percent for hotel... on hotel accommodation since prices would be set for an 8 percent increase. Smaller price increases
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