The total volume of citizens’ expired debts to the tax authorities declined slightly in November compared to the month before, data from the Independent Authority for Public Revenue showed on Thursday.
The financial crisis may have diminished Greeks’ disposable incomes, but not enough for them to give up the popular pastime of eating and drinking out.
Employment in manufacturing posted a significant increase last month, as new orders – mostly from abroad – continued growing.
The Greek National Tourism Organization’s new advertising campaign is set to get under way with the aim of boosting early bookings, which generally start in the first quarter of each year.
The Public Debt Management Agency (PDMA) will be tapping the markets for up to 8 billion euros during 2020, making the most of the pickup in momentum that Greek paper saw last year.
The total volume of citizens’ expired debts to the tax authorities declined slightly in November compared to the month before, data from the Independent Authority for Public Revenue showed on Thursday.
The new year started with another 58-month high for the Greek stock market benchmark on Thursday, showing that the local bourse’s growth momentum remains strong even without the support of credit sector stocks.
Greece raised 1.3 billion euros in the last treasury bill auction for 2019 at zero yield, the country’s Public Debt Management Agency (PDMA) said on Tuesday in a statement.
Greece’s gas distribution network DEPA and Greek refiner Energean Oil & Gas signed a letter of intent which envisages the supply of two billion cubic metres of gas a year via the Eastern Mediterranean pipeline, just hours before an intergovernmental agreement for the support of the pipeline is signed by Greece, Cyprus and Israel in Athens.
Greece’s Finance Minister Christos Staikouras set a number of goals for the economy in 2020, including achieving a high and sustainable growth in the new year, before he rang the opening bell in the first session of the Athens Stock Exchange on Thursday.
The Finance Ministry is considering various alternative scenarios for the upcoming reduction of the solidarity levy.
Cars are seen parked outside the Ostrakina Ski Center on Mount Mainalo in the northern Peloponnese on Thursday. Many parts of Greece have seen heavy snow, rain and freezing temperatures over the past few days, with the villages of Vilia, Erythres and Oinoi in western Attica snowbound and flooding in Karystos on Evia. [Panagiotis Bougiotis/ANA-MPA]