Finance Ministry

The government has withdrawn an application to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) requesting a review of the decision vindicating former president of the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) Andreas Georgiou that his right to a fair trial had been violated in Greece.

BELGRADE - The IMF Executive Board has decided that a first review under a stand-by arrangement with Serbia was successful, and Serbian Finance Minister Sinisa Mali said on Thursday the decision was another confirmation of the appropriateness of Serbia's economic policy and structural and institutional reforms.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitstoakis signaled his intention on Wednesday to start delivering the measures to reduce tax evasion before proceeding with promised tax cuts.

The move is a signal at home for tax compliance, but also to markets that the government is proceeding with fiscal caution.

A new World Bank project will help avert the closure and maintain employment in viable micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) affected by the economic shocks of the earthquakes that hit southeastern Türkiye.

The $450 million project's objective is to support business continuity and sustainable growth of viable MSMEs in the 11 earthquake-hit provinces.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis chose to visit the Finance Ministry on Wednesday for his first official visit since his re-election. He was met at the ministry by new Finance Minister Kostis Hatzidakis. The prime minister was accompanied by Minister of State Akis Skertsos and his economic advisor Alex Patelis.

Struggling to make sense of a sheaf of home-made documents, police at the Finance Ministry in March were told by a band of middle- and old-aged invaders to hand over all of the state's assets. They should be happy, the interlopers added, that they let them keep their uniforms.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who has been newly sworn in for a second term, is set to preside over the inaugural meeting of the new cabinet at 11 a.m. on Wednesday. The event will take place at Maximos Mansion, and the entire cabinet will be in attendance.

Later in the day, at 5 p.m., Mitsotakis will visit the Finance Ministry. 

Kyriakos Mitsotakis is expected to shake up his Cabinet after winning Sunday's election in a landslide, moving top conservative cadres and adding new faces to the mix.

Authorities have announced a raft of regulations aims at bringing exorbitant prices in the secondhand car market under control.

The price of secondhand cars put up for sale online should not exceed that of new cars, said Trade Minister Ömer Bolat.

The lowest salary of Türkiye's civil servants will be increased to 22,000 Turkish Liras, Labor and Social Security Minister Vedat Işıkhan has said.

The government is currently working on civil servants' pay and improvements in pensions, Işıkhan told reporters.