Kostis Hatzidakis
Measures being planned to increase births
The birth allowance is increasing permanently and retroactively by 400 to 1,500 euros for births that took place from January last year, depending on the number of children. This is the allowance introduced as of January 1, 2020, amounting to €2,000 for each child born.
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Gov’t announces support measures for new parents
The government has introduced a new set of measures to assist new parents in addressing the challenges posed by the current cost-of-living crisis. National Economy and Finance Minister Kostis Hatzidakis and Social Cohesion and Family Minister Sofia Zacharaki unveiled these measures on Monday.
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SSM, SRB heads meet Mitsotakis and Hatzidakis
National Economy and Finance Minister Kostis Hatzidakis met late on Thursday with the chief of the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) of the European Central Bank, Claudia Buch, and with the head of the Single Resolution Board (SRB), Dominique Laboureix, who were on a two-day visit to Athens.
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Crackdown on abuse of beaches
Seeking to bring order to the chaos created by businesses trespassing on Greece's beaches, Finance Minister Kostis Hatzidakis presented a new bill at a press conference on Thursday, setting strict conditions for the exploitation of seashores.
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ND plans sessions on same-sex marriage legislation amidst abstention debate
Governing party New Democracy MPs were invited to attend informational sessions on the new legislation on same-sex marriage by party secretary Stavros Kalafatis on Thursday.
Minimum levy of 15% on multinationals
The government is to impose an additional 15% tax on multinational companies and their subsidiaries operating in Greece with annual revenues exceeding 750 million euros.
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Hatzidakis: Greek economy can reach even greater heights
National Economy and Finance Minister Kostis Hatzidakis noted on Thursday that the Greek economy is gaining ground and conditions after the decisions by the European Union economy and finance ministers on the fiscal requirements from member-states, the recapturing of investment grade and the positive reaction by investors and foreign firms favor a further improvement for Greece, its economy and
Two-month extension for payment of traffic fees
The deadline to pay traffic fees has been extended to February 29, stated National Economy and Finance Minister Kostis Hatzidakis on Thursday.
The decision was announced earlier by Deputy Economy and Finance Minister Haris Theocharis, who added there will be no further extension.
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Greek benefit from Ecofin decisions
The European Union finance ministers reached a compromise agreement for the new Stability and Growth Pact on Wednesday during an Ecofin teleconference, after weeks of arduous consultations on the new reform framework on the pace of debt and deficit reduction by member-states.
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Hatzidakis: Digital transformation funding to ‘take Greece higher’
National Economy and Finance Minister Kostis Hatzidakis said on Tuesday that "this is the first time that Greece has received so much in funding for the digital transformation of the economy," speaking at the Digital Economy Forum Shaping Greece's Digital Future conference of the Association of Informatics and Communications, where he represented Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.