Alexis Patelis

Airbnb generates €830 million in tax revenue from short-term rentals in Greece

In recent years, tax revenues from short-term rentals in Greece have surged dramatically. Tax earnings from Airbnb-style rentals have increased more than tenfold since 2017, according to Giorgos Pitilís, head of the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE).

PM to meet Israel's business elite on visit

On his first trip overseas after the coronavirus outbreak, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will have private meetings on Tuesday in Israel with three of the country's largest business and investment groups, namely the Jerusalem Venture Partners, AMPA Capital and ELBIT Systems at the iconic Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem Hotel.

Experienced economist appointed Greek PM's chief adviser

Alexis Patelis, an experienced economist is to undertake the role of chief economic adviser to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, it was announced on Monday.

Patelis secured a doctorate in economics from Princeton University where he studied under the former Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke after post-graduate studies in the UK.