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Health Minister Adonis Georgiades thanked his colleagues for achieving the goals he had set for the past year, in a post on Twitter.

As he stresses, “while the absorption target set by the Ministry of Finance for our Ministry for 2024 was 234,000,000 €, we finally achieved an absorption of 400,077,000 €, i.e. we exceeded the target by +171%…”

Taxpayers have until the end of December to file amended returns, without incurring penalties, to report retrospective amounts of wages and pensions received through 2023.

The state budget recorded a surplus of 4.376 billion in the first half of January-November, exceeding by 2 billion more than the estimates for a surplus of 2.293 billion euros that were forecast in the budget presentation report, which was passed yesterday for 2025.

The 2025 state budget was approved tonight, receiving 158 “yes” votes, while 139 MPs voted “no.” Former Prime Minister Antonis Samaras was notably absent from the vote.

The debate on the government budget enters its final stretch as the leaders are expected to clash today and a final roll call vote is expected.

With well-thought-out moves, the leadership of the Ministry of Health is making changes in the most difficult and overloaded area of public hospitals in Attica, the Emergency Departments (EDs). It is here where long waiting times of up to 8 hours are recorded, stretchers are set up, the endurance of citizens and hospital staff is severely tested, and congestion hits red levels.

The start of operations for the Thessaloniki Metro, “the first phrase that comes to mind today, even before we say ‘good morning’,” is naturally the main topic of Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ Sunday Facebook post.

The scheduled free afternoon surgeries at Papageorgiou Hospital will not take place today, as originally planned by Health Minister Adonis Georgiades, following the tragic accident in Xanthi.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis mentioned the 2025 Budget at length in his regular Sunday post on the week’s report.

With one hand, the 2025 state budget “gives” €1.1 billion for new benefits, tax breaks, and measures to support the economy. However, with the other, it “takes,” as rising incomes lead to a corresponding increase in tax revenues.