Greek shipowners on Thursday rebuffed a European Commission request to Greek authorities last month to review -in the next two months- which ships would be opted for inclusion under a Greek favorable tax system and exclude fishing vessels, tow vessels and yachts from this system.
The refugees issue is a European problem which needs to be dealt with collectively, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Thursday said in his intervention at a panel within the framework of the World Economic Forum in Davos.
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said investor trust in the Greek economy is returning as the country’s asset-sales fund announced the privatization of the port of Piraeus, he said.
A lot of rallies have been planned at Athens this morning against the new pension plan.
Heavy snowfall has been recorded across the country from early Wednesday. Snow has fallen in central Greece and traffic in the mountainous and semi-mountainous areas is only conducted with the use of snow chains.
Greek Finance ministry on Wednesday announced a decision to lower official real estate values by 19 pct in a move aimed to bridge a gap created between commercial and official property values due to a prevailing crisis in the domestic real estate market.
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has a full agenda during his visit at Davos for the World Economic Forum on Wednesday and Thursday.
Upon concluding the review of the Greek programme, Greece's partners must also live up to their end of the bargain, both in terms of debt relief and in the way the European Central Bank approached Greek bonds and the Greek banking system, President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos said on Tuesday.
Greece must improve its pension proposals in order to move ahead with its bailout program and start discussions on easing its debt burden, European Union Economic Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici said.
Hotspots in Greece and Italy will be ready in four weeks the latest, European Commissioner for Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos said in an interview with Sueddeutsche Zeitung on Tuesday.
"One year Left, One year struggle. We proceed" will be entitled an event that will be held on Sunday 24 January, one year-anniversary from the national elections and the victory of SYRIZA.
Data from the Finance Ministry showed on Thursday that state revenues grew 39 million euros or 0.08 percent from 2014, although taxpayers were hit with nine tough measures that would normally have yielded significant takings.
Greece will fully respect fully its commitments both concerning its economic adjustment program and the refugee crisis, but then the country’s partners must keep their promise and discuss debt relief, Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos said on Monday after a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin.
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will meet with newly elected opposition party New Democracy president Kyriakos Mitsotakis at 3 pm.