Recovery and Resilience Fund

The Recovery and Resilience Fund enabled investments that otherwise would not have been made or would have been significantly delayed, Minister of National Economy and Finance Kostis Hatzidakis emphasized in his intervention at the ECOFIN meeting in Luxembourg on Friday.

Greek and European authorities are investigating the possible extensive rigging of tenders in digital upgrading projects, mainly of the state, which are financed by the Recovery and Resilience Fund.

The Bank of Greece has lowered its forecast for this year's growth to 2.3% from 2.5% and is fully aligned with the latest estimates of the European Commission, against the budget's estimate for 2.9%.

The BoG's downgrade, the second since December, followed data on last year's growth, which, while outpacing the eurozone average, came in at a slower pace of 2%.

Eurobank has announced overall net profits of €1.14 billion for 2023, compared to €1.347 billion in 2022.

A program launched a year ago providing subsidies to companies to hire former drug addicts, ex-convicts, victims of gender-based violence and human trafficking, and others to assist them in re-entering the labor market has reportedly been crowned with success.

Deputy Minister of Development Anna Mani-Papadimitriou met on Tuesday with Ambassador of Ireland Iseult Fitzgerald to discuss the further strengthening of bilateral relations and highlighting investment opportunities.

Deputy Minister of Development Anna Mani-Papadimitriou met on Tuesday with Ambassador of Ireland Iseult Fitzgerald to discuss the further strengthening of bilateral relations and highlighting investment opportunities.

Minister of Shipping and Island Policy Christos Stylianidis is close to securing subsidies and credits of the order of 1.5 billion euros to finance new coastal passenger ferries, which will drastically reduce the sector's carbon dioxide emissions.

PASOK deputy Pavlos Geroulanos claims to have revealed a list of projects that have been excluded from funding by the Recovery and Resilience Fund (RRF), using details from the council of European Union ministers, including the safety upgrading of the rail network.

Aiming to speed up services to patients on waiting lists for regular surgeries, the Health Ministry is planning to introduce paid afternoon operations at the National Health Service (ESY).

The move is expected to increase afternoon surgeries by at least 20%, while also making the position of surgeon and anesthesiologist in the ESY more attractive.