Dimitris Mardas

Deputy Foreign Minister Dimitris Mardas told Athina 9.84 FM radio station on Tuesday that the government would speed up the procedure for investments licensing.

“Taking into account that the licensing of investments may take 1 to 4 years, we plan to reduce it to six months. This would be a breakthrough,” he said.

Deputy Foreign Minister responsible for international economic affairs Dimitris Mardas talked about Greek government’s efforts to limit bureaucracy in licensing investments at the 9th Multi-Conference: “Innovation and Development” organized by the ka-business.gr.

The Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) is readying its new government following the party’s recent election triumph – for the second time this year after its first election win on January 25.

SYRIZA heavyweight Alekos Flambouraris incited a political tempest following Proto Thema’s investigation into his business ventures.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras wants to abolish tax breaks for MPs and reduce wages for ministers and public organization heads. Tsipras underlined the need for the legislation during a meeting with Alternate Finance Minister Dimitris Mardas, Alternate Administrative Reform Minister Christoforos Vernardakis and top government official Spyros Sayias.

The opposition continued to keep up the heat on the government this week, with 20 center-right ND deputies on Wednesday tabling a question in Parliament on whether a current minister owns an … offshore company and if another minister exported significant amounts of money overseas a month before the January election.

The now embattled Tsipras government has decided to declare a bank holiday … all of next week!
Under that decision, the next open day for banks will be Monday, July 6, a day after an unprecedented call for a referendum.

Alternate Finance Minister Dimitris Mardas on Wednesday said that Greece aims to pay its obligations on time based on the data it has available. He made the statement in an interview with private MEGA TV in response to a question as to whether the government will pay the ‘bundled’ amount of installments to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) at the end of the month.

Greek premier Alexis Tsipras dispatched a team of his top advisers to Brussels on Saturday to thrash out a deal to avert a default by Greece that European officials now say could be imminent.

Greece's deputy finance minister has sued Germany's tabloid Bild newspaper over a story that appeared this month alleging he sent tens of thousands of euros to a bank account in Luxembourg at a time when his government had been appealing to Greeks to keep their savings in the country.