Kostis Hatzidakis

The presence of Defense Minister Nikos Dendias in Lorient, France, for the launch of the second frigate “NEARCHOS,” revealed the acquisition of a fourth Belh@rra frigate, something previously hinted at by protothema.gr.

This year's Public Investments Program is being expanded by 900 million euros, with the submission of a supplementary budget at the beginning of October, in order to pay for infrastructure projects, including for the restoration of damage in Thessaly and to speed up the European Union-funded National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF) projects.

Minister of National Economy and Finance Kostis Hatzidakis presented on Monday morning the details of the measures Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis had referred to on Saturday at the Thessaloniki International Fair, noting that the increase in primary budget expenses may reach 3.5 billion euros instead of €3 billion previously planned.

The beneficiaries of the package of measures announced by the Prime Minister at the TIF, which unfolds from now until the end of 2025 and approaches 1.4 billion euros, are being presented by the Minister of National Economy and Finance, Kostis Hatzidakis

Doctors of the National Health Service (ESY) who are posted in remote areas and places with problems will be able to earn up to 7,200 euros gross per year in addition to their basic salary, according to a joint decision signed by the ministers of health and finance, Adonis Georgiadis and Kostis Hatzidakis. 

A three-year tax exemption will be granted to property owners who put their shuttered apartments on the market, as well as for those who switch from short-term to long-term lease, as per the plan that the government seems to be advancing with the aim of dealing with the housing crisis.

“The “progressives” see steamrollers everywhere, reality is taking revenge on them again!”, says the Minister of National Economy and Finance Kostis Hatzidakis in a post on Facebook regarding the Digital Work Card.

With an increased majority, the ruling party ND (New Democracy) and PASOK-KINAL voted for the Ministry of Finance and National Economy’s bill “Ratification of the 18.7.2024 Merger and Investment Agreement between the Hellenic Financial Stability Fund and the limited liability company THRIVEST HOLDING LTD” for the merger of Attica Bank with Pancreta Bank in the plenary session.

With a bill put to public consultation, the Ministry of Economy and Finance has moved forward with the radical restructuring of the Superfund or Growthfund. 

The Ministry of Finance shows, as a rule, a certain self-restraint. It knows it is walking a tightrope. Such was the case in April, long before the European Parliament elections, when Finance Minister Kostis Hatzidakis rushed (as if he was afraid of something) to prevent future pressures on fiscal stability.