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Greek PM Mitsotakis Reshuffles Cabinet After Catastrophic Fires
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reshuffled his cabinet on Tuesday as his conservative government has come under criticism over its handing of the pandemic and the catastrophic August fires.
Government spokesperson Yiannis Economou announced the following changes in the cabinet,...
Education
Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology Gets $2.4 Million Gift from Athens
The Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology (HCHC) has recently received a gift of two million euros ($2,388,000) from Greece.
Greek News
Greek Cabinet Reshuffle: The New Government Makeup
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reshuffled the Greek cabinet on Monday.
Economy
Athens Adopts Italian Model of Attracting Super-Rich to Tax Registry
The Greek government has decided to copy, and attempt to implement, Italy's model of encouraging ultra-wealthy individuals and large companies to move their tax residency to Greece, according to media reports on Monday.
The final formula for the new tax...
Greece
Greek Government To Stop Documenting Students' Citizenship and Religion
The Greek Ministry of Education announced on Tuesday that from now on, all diplomas issued by the country's secondary schools will include neither the citizenship nor the religious affiliation of the students.
This comes as a result of a recent...
Business
Capital Controls to Be Lifted by the End of September, 2019
The Bank of Greece and the Greek government are ready to completely lift capital controls in Greece, media reports suggested on Thursday.
The restrictions to capital imposed in June of 2015 will be lifted by the end of September of 2019,...
Economy
Greek Shipowners Agree to Pay €75 Million Annually to Greek State
The Greek Prime Minister’s office issued a statement on Wednesday in which it announced that the Greek Shipowners Association has reached a new agreement with the Greek government.
According to this agreement, the shipowners will have to pay annually at...
Economy
Greek Government Plans To Restrict Airbnb-Style Platforms
The Greek authorities are planning to implement a number of restrictions on both landlords and companies which rent out their properties via Airbnb-style platforms, according to Greek media reports.
The huge increase in the number of properties that have disappeared...
Greece
Human Rights Commission Accuses Greece of Illegally Returning Migrants
The National Human Rights Commission of Greece (NHRC), an independent advisory body to the Greek State on matters pertaining to human rights protection, raised serious concerns on Tuesday about the return of refugees to their home countries.
Over what it...
Economy
Greek Banks Ready To Agree on New Home Protection Plan
The Hellenic Bank Association is ready to agree with the Greek government on a new plan which aims to protect the primary homes of property owners. Just as importantly, the new plan will not create any unwanted financial side-effects,...