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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...