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Figures published by Eurostat are particularly discouraging for birth rates in Greece. According to the data, Greek women are bearing fewer children at a later stage in their lives, compared to the EU average. The numbers revealed that births had dropped in Greece by 10.2% between 2001-2015, when the respective numbers over the same period were up in the EU.

A new set of tax rates is being drafted at the State General Accounting Office, as the income tax overhaul will apparently concern more than just the tax-free threshold.

The dinar (RSD) remained steady against the euro (EUR) on Friday, making the official medium exchange rate RSD 122.8621.

BELGRADE - The dinar remained practically steady against the euro on Tuesday after the National Bank of Serbia (NBS) sold EUR 15 million on the interbank foreign exchange market, making the official medium exchange rate RSD 122.8836, the NBS said in a statement.

According to Eurostat data, there were just over 5 million new births registered in the EU in 2014, with France recording the highest fertility rate. The data indicated the average age a woman has her first child is 29 years old. Greece had 92,000 new births in 2014, with Greek women bearing their first child at 30 years old.

The dinar (RSD) is holding steady against the euro (EUR) on Friday with official middle exchange rate at RSD 123.2485 for one euro, the central bank (NBS) said.

The new objective values for properties, ie the property rates used for tax purposes, were set based on a ministerial decision signed on Tuesday and will be retroactively applied as of May 2015, as the Ministry of Finance announced.

The dinar is 0.1 percent weaker against the euro on Friday, although the central bank (NBS) intervened on the interbank FX market by selling EUR 10 million.

The official middle exchange rate will stand at RSD 121.8087, the NBS said.

The moment of truth has arrived for six million Greek property owners. Taxisnet is now ready to offer notices concerning the joint property taxes (ENFIA) amounts that need to be paid by the end of October.

When some foreign analysts predicted a couple of months ago the U.S. dollar would reach 3 Turkish Liras, their estimate was not accepted on grounds it was too exaggerated. At that time, there were also those who estimated 3.5 liras, but they were absolutely not taken into account.