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Bloomberg: 'Central Bank of Greece To Cut Bad Debts of Banks in Half'

  The Central Bank of Greece is working on a plan to cut in half all the bad debts that burden  Greek banks, according to a news report published by Bloomberg on Tuesday. This move is expected to strengthen trust in...

Five Billion Euros Added to Outstanding Debts to Greek State in June

New outstanding debts to the Greek State in June amounted to €5.192 billion, compared to €4.764 billion in May, according to the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE). Out of the €5,192 billion euros, €4,164 billion are unpaid taxes. Of the...

Outstanding Debts to the State Increase by €770M in March

Outstanding debts to the Greek State increased by €770 million in March, reaching a total of €101.641 billion, according to data released by the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE) on Friday. At the same time, old overdue debts in...

UEFA Bans Panathinaikos from European Football for 3 Years for Unpaid Debts

Panathinaikos football club have been banned from European competitions for three years for failing to pay their debts to former players, UEFA announced on Tuesday. The Athens club were given a suspended sentence by UEFA's Club Financial Control Body (CFCB)...

Overdue Debts to Greek State Rise by €13Β, Despite Confiscations of €5Β

Overdue debts to the Greek State went up to a record high of 13 billion euros in December, despite confiscations of 5 billion euros, a Kathimerini newspaper report says. As of the end of December 2017, arrears to the Greek...

Greece's General Accounting Office Delays Payment of State Debts to Private Sector

Greece's General Accounting Office has failed to repay outstanding debts to the private sector on time, a prerequisite for the disbursement of the bailout loan subtranche of 800 million euros. According to a Kathimerini newspaper report, the funds have been...

Greece Seizes 900 Accounts per Day Over Rocketing Tax Debts

Taxpayers’ arrears to the state rocketed by 5.47 billion euros in the first half of 2017, as Greeks are unable to meet their tax obligations. At the same time, the authorities freeze or seize about 900 bank accounts on a...

Greek Public Revenue Service Goes After €8 Bln in Debts to State

Greece's Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE) is to go after taxpayers in order to collect 3.5 billion euros from old debts and 4.5 billion expected to be generated in 2017. AADE is planning to collect the funds from taxpayers...

Mega TV Channel May Go 'Off the Air' Due to Debts to Signal Provider Digea, Workers Warn

Mega television's digital frequency may soon "go off the air" -- possibly as early as Friday night -- due to the owner company's outstanding debts to the Greek digital signal provider Digea. According to embattled Mega employees, Digea's board...

Government Aims to Receive 1.8-bln-Euro Tranche to Repay Debts to Private Sector in March

The Greek government aims to receive 1.8 billion euros in March which will be spent to repay state debts towards the private sector, sources from the finance ministry said on Thursday, responding to press reports. The same sources added that...

Tax Debts to Greek State Soar at €94 Bln

One in two Greek taxpayers owes money to the debt-ridden state, totaling 94 billion euros, says the Finance Ministry’s General Secretariat for Public Revenue. New figures show that 4.3 million taxpayers have accrued debts in excess of 94 billion euros,...

Debts to State Increase as Many Greeks are Unable to Pay Taxes

Outstanding debts to the state keep growing by the month as Greek taxpayers are unable to meet their obligations, according to finance ministry figures. In October, taxpayers failed to pay 1 billion euros in taxes, while the total of the...

Attica Municipalities Given 2,129 Years to Pay off Debts

How long will it take for three of Attica's municipalities to pay off their debts? The answer is stunning, as according to an article published in the Greek newspaper, Kathimerini on Sunday, municipalities have until 4144 - that's right,...

New Debts to the Private Sector Pile Up as Greek Government Repays Previous Debts

While the Greek government has begun to repay its debts to the private sector, new debts are starting to pile up, according to the Finance Ministry. Based on the data provided, at the end of September the amount of arrears...

Debts to Greek Security Funds Reach €33.6 Billion

The total debt to all Greek security funds reached 33.62 billion euros at the end of 2015, according to a Naftemporiki newspaper report. About 90% of the total debt from security fund contributions, or 30 billion euros approximately, are debts...