Kingdom of France

We are increasingly moving closer to lifting the moratorium on all term loans granted as pandemic relief. What will happen to people who have lost their jobs but owe money to banks - this will become clear at the end of March.

An Athens prosecutor has ordered a preliminary investigation into an incident on Wednesday involving a publisher firing a gun in the air to scare off a court bailiff who had come to serve him papers at his newspaper's offices.

The purpose of the prosecutor's probe is to ascertain whether Stephanos Chios threatened the bailiff and whether he violated gun laws.

Lawmakers in Bulgaria have passed legislation giving creditors the right to ask courts to issue a European distraint order for debtors' assets.

The order can be demanded before the debt litigation has been filed with a first-instance court.

Full and partial refusal to issue such an order can be appealed according to the newly-adopted provisions, Focus News Agency reports.

As the country?s finances reach a critical point, tax authorities have started seizing the deposits of small debtors, Kathimerini understands.

No figures were available regarding the new crackdown but cases of debtors targeted included a citizen with a debt of just 200 euros, Kathimerini understands.