Foreclosure

Tzanakopoulos says foreclosure protection bill satisfies creditors

Following strong disagreements with creditors over the level of protection from foreclosure of debtors' primary residence, government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos outlined the elements of the bill finally tabled by the government in Parliament on 26 March.

He said the draft legislation will come to a vote within the week.

Creditors to insist on residence protection system improvement

Greece's creditors, and the European Central Bank (ECB) in particular, are determined to force Athens to improve the new framework for protecting primary residences from foreclosure so that its does not further exacerbate an already weak payment culture or reward tax dodgers, sources save indicated.

Bankers meet again with government seal deal on foreclosures, NPLs

Representative of Greece's four systemic banks - Alpha, Eurobank, Piraeus, and National Bank of Greece - are holding their second meeting in a week this evening with the government's economic team at the PM's office.

The focus of the meeting will be a new law establishing the framework for the protection of debtors' primary homes from foreclosure.

Notary's office in Patras pelted with stones and paint

A group of unknown individuals threw stones and paint at a building where a notary's office is housed in the city of Patras early Monday morning, according to local media.

The attack caused minor damages to the building and broke the window of a car parked at the scene. tempo24.gr reported.

Police is searching for the perpetrators.

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