Ministry of Finance

The public consultation on the new draft law of the Ministry of Finance on the development and of seashores and beaches was completed on Thursday with the participation of hundreds of professional, sports and social organizations, municipalities, environmental organizations, movements and individual citizens.

The European Union member-states, including Greece, are returning to fiscal discipline after four years of the Stability Pact's suspension, due to the Covid-19 and energy crises. This is according to the agreement reached on Saturday between the European Council and the European Parliament on new EU fiscal rules.

The government's financial staff has reportedly decided to extend the deadline for the delivery and installation of point-of-sale (POS) terminals by one month. This decision was made due to problems in the market, both due to the high demand recorded and the inability of many companies to proceed with their installation.

The Cypriot Ministry of Finance is ready to meet all goals, and especially those set in the 2024 annual program, Minister Makis Keravnos stressed on Tuesday.

The tender for the Andreas Lentakis Government Park project will begin in the first quarter of the year, at the facilities of now-defunct Pyrkal plant in the Municipality of Dafni-Ymittos, southern Athens, where nine ministries are planned to relocate.

Cryptocurrency-based financial services company Nexo has filed a case against Bulgaria in an international arbitration court in the USA, according to investigative website "Bird.bg" This move comes after the Bulgarian prosecutor's office dropped its investigation into Nexo, citing insufficient evidence of a crime.

BELGRADE - Serbian Deputy PM and Finance Minister Sinisa Mali met with the UK's Ambassador to Belgrade Edward Ferguson on Thursday to discuss opportunities for further development of bilateral cooperation.

Bulgaria is gearing up for an extensive national campaign to usher in its entry into the Eurozone on January 1, 2025. The Ministry of Finance has announced that the campaign is set to kick off at the end of January 2024, with the launch of an informative website dedicated to providing essential details about the Euro adoption.

BELGRADE - Between January and November last year, Serbia registered a 47.1 bln dinar budget deficit, which is 51.3 bln dinars better than the planned 98.5 bln deficit under the supplementary budget law, the Ministry of Finance has said.

Compared to the initial budget plan, the figure is better by 101.8 bln dinars.

BELGRADE - Serbia's public debt amounted to 35.62 bln euros at the end of November 2023, the Ministry of Finance said.

The debt was down by around 90 mln euros from 35.71 bln euros at the end of October.

The debt-to-GDP ratio was down, too, declining to 51.5 pct from 51.6 pct at end-October.