Parliament has voted into law a Finance Ministry bill on measures to restrict tax evasion that introduces new regulations for freelancers and the self-employed. All 158 MPs from ruling New Democracy voted for the bill in principle, while 140 voted against it.
The benchmark of the market remained practically unchanged and banks suffered renewed pressure.
The disinclination of many Greek businesses to exploit the financing tools that would allow them to expand and shift up a gear is a reflection of a structural weakness in the economy.
Costas Simitis, who headed Greece’s 1996-2004 socialist government as prime minister, is receiving an honorary fellowship from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) “for his exemplary contributions to society,” at a ceremony on Friday.
Several financial reporters are celebrating – some even more than the government – the “privatization” of Greece’s systemic banks – those whose rescue taxpayers are still paying for.
Greece’s Minister of Social Cohesion and Family Sofia Zacharaki and the governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus, Constantinos Herodotou, will address the 29th Annual Christmas Gala 2023 in London on Saturday, organized by the Hellenic Bankers Association UK.
New information has come to light about the 71-year-old man who admitted to the fatal shooting of his ex-partner in her home on the island of Salamina earlier this week. According to police sources, the man was reported for domestic violence in 2013 by his then partner.
Construction of a €1.9 billion-euro section of an electricity cable that will connect the power grids of Greece and Cyprus is slated to begin in the new year, officials said Thursday.
Turkey’s interior minister has reportedly told three Greek government ministers that it is Turkey’s intention to stop the flow of migrants at sea in the same way as it stemmed the migration flow on land.