Christos Staikouras

Finance Minister Christos Staikouras assured investors participating in an online conference organized by Capital Link on Tuesday that the fact Greece enjoys fiscal flexibility does not mean there is no discipline.

The landscape is changing for the hundreds of thousands of loans subject to a repayment moratorium since the start of the pandemic in Greece.

The Digital Economy Forum 2020 (Virtual Edition), organized by the Federation of Hellenic Information Technology & Communications, Enterprises (SEPE) and titled "Constructing Digital Greece," opens Monday through till Wednesday, with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis as the keynote speaker.

Lawmaker and SYRIZA Central Committee member Euclid Tsakalotos insists that that no matter how much Finance Minister Christos Staikouras "tortures" the data, Greece remains at the bottom of the pile in Europe regarding expenditure to tackle Covid-19. 

Finance Minister Christos Staikouras said on Saturday that the ministerial decision on the heating subsidy will be signed in the next few days, adding that the deadline for road tax payments may be extended.

Speaking on Antenna television, Staikouras reminded that the ministerial decision will not only concern heating oil but also natural gas, pellets and firewood.

The blow to tourism this year from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic has left a deep scar on the third-quarter's economic activity, which posted a year-on-year contraction of 11.7%, according to the official estimates announced on Friday. On a quarterly basis, gross domestic product expanded by just 2.3% - i.e.

Finance Minister Christos Staikouras on Monday welcomed a decision by a Eurogroup meeting to ease the Greek debt to the tune of 767 million euros.

The fourth phase of the cheap state loans program known as the "Deposit To Be Returned" that is supposed to end on Monday may be extended due to the great interest in it, Finance Minister Christos Staikouras told Mega TV on Saturday.

Lawmakers were presented on Tuesday with a draft bill introducing a set of incentives aimed at enticing Greeks based abroad as well as foreign taxpayers and self-employed professionals to transfer their tax domicile to Greece.

Greece aspires to turn the new development at Elliniko into a Monaco-like magnet for wealthy entrepreneurs and businesses from abroad, not just for pensioners permanent relocating to Greece.