A series of tax reliefs for property owners comes into effect from the very first day of 2025, which in many cases are linked to the government’s goal of increasing the supply of housing.
Greece's economy has shown remarkable resilience and growth in 2024, with a record number of new businesses launched, according to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.In a social media post, Mitsotakis highlighted the significant increase in entrepreneurial activity, with 64,262 new businesses registered – an 11% rise compared to 2023 and a 50% surge compared to 2020.
With two “last-minute” announcements, the year and the cycle of announcements of new benefits for 2024 comes to a close. In his speech before the new state budget was passed in parliament yesterday, in addition to announcing the measures for banks, Kyriakos Mitsotakis also outlined a small package of benefits (“exhausting to the fullest the fiscal margins,” he said), emphasizing 130.000 minimum wage earners who are exempt from paying for their medicines and will get them for free, and additionally 150,000 uniformed workers who will be recognized for the dangerousness of the services they provide.