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Greece has extended its “Golden Visa” scheme for three months enabling non-EU citizens to buy properties with 250,000 euros before the minimum cost rises to 500,000. Investors from countries outside the EU will have three more months to secure deals to acquire properties at the current lower price limit of …

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Τhe minimum value of property that must be acquired to grant eligibility for a Golden Visa will be increased to 500,000 euros in certain parts of Greece, according to an amendment tabled in Parliament by the Development and Investments Ministry on Wednesday.  The new minimum value at time of purchase …

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Covid-deaths in Greece passed the 30,000 milestone on Saturday after 15 deaths were recorded in the past 24 hours. Health authorities announced also 4,539 coronavirus cases confirmed in the same period of time, whil the number of intubated Covid-patients in ICUs stands at 109 from 110  day earlier. According to …

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Coronavirus cases in Greece surpassed 40,000 on Sunday after 1,678 new cases were confirmed in the past 24 hours. In the same time, another 9 Covid-19 patients died. For third consecutive day, the number of intubations hit another negative record as there are currently 140 Covid patients who need the …

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Greece says it has prevented almost 10.000 illegal entries of migrants at its Evros border with Turkey in the last 24 hours. According to government sources, 9,972 people were prevented from entering the Greek territory across the Evros border form 9 a.m. Saturday to 6 a.m. Sunday. The attempts were …

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Finance ministry sources on Tuesday dismissed several local press reports claiming that the Greek coalition government has promised creditors that 130,000 auctions of foreclosed property will be held by 2021. “There is no agreement with the creditors for 130,000 auctions within the next four years, such an agreement does not …

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Greece needs to deliver quickly on its promise to provide accommodation for 50,000 refugees and the European Union should help Athens with this task, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in a media interview published on Saturday. “Originally, Greece should have created 50,000 accommodation places for refugees by the end of …

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The economic collapse continues to threaten Greek households, with many families not being able to feed their children. Malnutrition reportedly affects more and more children, the number could be more than 100,000. According to daily Eleftheros Typos, 975 schools across the country have applied to be included into the program …

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AHA! Greek government found a new word to describe lay-offs in the public sector. They are not ‘lay-offs’ anymore but ‘obligatory exits’. In Greek government plans it comes even better: those 15,000 civil servants to be laid-off until end of 2014, will be replaced by 15,000 new employees! Finance minister Yiannis …

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OK, Greek bank deposits are safe. After several government officials assuring Greeks, also prime minister Antonis Samaras also felt the need to assure depositors that their money in Greek banks are not at risk. Furthermore, the Greek prime minister ruled out a tax on deposits over 100,000 euro. All these …

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Impressive! More than 100,000 Greeks gathered in front of the Parliament at Syntagma Square to protest the austerity measures and express their discontent about the politicians. “Indignants” from all ages and social classes without political parties and ideologies joined their voices chanting “Thieves”, “Traitors” and “Shoo!”. In an unprecedented gathering of …

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Tax evasion is the key problem to the revenues deficit of Greece and the increasing debt. While there is criticism that the government is unable to control the problem and the tax collection mechanism is , the Finance Ministry has thought out a plan that is going to file electronically all purchase. …

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