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Economy
Latest Forecast on Greece Shows Growth in 2014
A recent economic forecast, which was published early on Tuesday by the European Commission, shows Greece returning to a growth of 0.6 percent in 2014, with a significant leap of 2.9 percent expected for 2015, after a long and...
Economy
Greek Property Market at a Complete Halt
The Greek real estate market has come to a complete stand still over the past two months, as the new law on the surplus value tax, which was introduced by the government and passed by parliament last December, has...
Economy
Greek Finance Ministry: Only 220 out of 800 Million in Taxes Paid
It appears that the tax collection during the last days of January was not effective, as only 220 million euros of taxes were paid. According to the Greek Finance Ministry, the total amount of taxes that should had been...
Crime
One in Three Greeks State Debtors
The more Greece squeezes citizens with pay cuts, tax hikes and slashed pensions, the more they can't pay, with government statistics showing that the list of debtors grew in October by 101,425, bringing the total to 3,182,477 - one-third...
Economy
Another 1,000 Civil Servants Under Threat of Suspension
Any final decisions concerning potential suspensions and the mobility scheme program in the Greek public sector will be made on Monday.
The Greek Administrative Reform Minister, in an interview on Mega Channe'sl morning show, stated that interventions must be made...
Economy
Unpaid Taxes Up by 809 mln in September
The amount of taxes that have not been paid by Greeks rose by 809 million euros in September, taking the total of new taxpayers' debts for this year to 6.1 billion euros.
Taxpayers now owe a total of 59.6 billion...
Economy
Greece Will Take Jobless Man's Home
A 39-year-old unemployed Greek father, whose apartment had been saved from foreclosure only because of a law - soon to be lifted - preventing confiscation of a main home - has lost it to the Greek government because he...
Economy
Greece Will Change Mass Layoff Rules
In a bid to attract investment and create jobs, the Greek government has agreed to change the rules regarding mass layoffs, European Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn said in response to a question from a Greek member...
Crime
Under Audit, Tax Officials Resign
Dozens of resignations of senior tax officials have been accepted since the beginning of the year when the auditing on their income and assets began. They are mostly managers of tax offices and centers of audit by the Internal...
Economy
Cross-checking on Accounts of Self-employed
Greek Finance Ministry's monitoring staff are now turning their attention to the self-employed who had over 200,000 euros credited to their bank accounts last year as well as various entities with deposits or cash withdrawals of over 300,000 euros...