Finance Ministry

In the wake of the high-profile arrest of Turkish influencer Dilan Polat and her husband on charges of money laundering and tax evasion, the Treasury and Finance Ministry has established a team to investigate social media figures.

The move comes as authorities intensify efforts to combat financial crimes within the influencer community.

The details of the electronic database used by the National Economy and Finance Ministry to design the new taxation system for professionals and processed by Kathimerini are particularly revealing.

Freelancers are planning a large protest rally at 1 p.m. on Tuesday in front of Parliament in downtown Athens to voice their opposition to legislation aimed at cracking down on tax evasion. 

The National Economy and Finance Ministry is giving taxpayers who want to close any tax cases pending in the courts with favorable terms and summary procedures the chance to do so, by extending the operation of the out-of-court resolution committee for tax disputes.

The changes to the taxation of the self-employed and freelancers proposed by the Finance Ministry brought to mind a discussion I had in 2012 in Washington with Poul Thomsen, the then head of the International Monetary Fund's mission for Greece and later the Fund's director for Europe.

Bulgarian livestock and greenhouse farmers have reassembled in Sofia for another round of protests, staging a demonstration outside the Ministry of Agriculture and Food.

The Cyprus Fiscal Council has been taking a close look at how the Cypriot economy is doing, and is now offering some important information based on its study. It supports the ideas that the 2024 budget is built upon, saying they could really help the economy if put into action. But, there's a bit of worry about how much money the government will make and how much the economy will grow in 2024.

Greece will next month repay ahead of schedule 5.3 billion euros ($5.8 billion) of loans owed to eurozone countries under its first bailout, and hopes to repeat the move in 2024, Finance Ministry officials told Reuters on Tuesday.

The Greek state budget demonstrated a primary surplus of 6.08 billion euros during the January-October period, surpassing the targeted surplus of 5.607 billion euros and marking a notable improvement from the primary deficit of 350 million euros recorded in the same period last year, as reported by the Finance Ministry in a budget execution update using an amended cash basis.

Greece has been taken to the European Court of Justice for the issue of overdue public debts.

After the discipline imposed by the bailouts and enhanced post-bailout supervision, leading to a reduction in the total amount of arrears and the near disappearance of pension arrears, progress has stalled and there has even been an increase in amounts.