Ministry of National Economy and Finance

The government received an additional 1.8 billion euros from fighting tax evasion in 2024 and the money was spent on social policy, National Economy and Finance Minister Kostis Hatzidakis said in a TikTok post on Sunday. 

National Economy and Finance Minister Kostis Hatzidakis has signed the decision for the absorption of the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (TAIPED) by the Growthfund.

The decision also provides for the abolition of the Hellenic Financial Stability Fund (HFSF), which helped stabilize the credit market during the decade-long financial crisis. 

PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis dismissed the possibility of any collaboration with SYRIZA in an interview with Kathimerini, saying that the leftist party's "strategy against New Democracy was defeated twice." Asked about the possible candidates that could replace President Katerina Sakellaropoulou in the March 2025 election, the head of the main opposition said that while he appreciates Christo

National Economy and Finance Minister Kostis Hatzidakis detailed on Monday the government measures announced by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to regulate bank charges and practices, as well as reward high-risk professions.

Finance Minister Kostis Hatzidakis rebutted opposition criticism of the 2025 budget during parliamentary debate Sunday, calling out Nikos Androulakis, the leader of the main opposition socialist PASOK party for wanting to abandon all the achievements of the ruling conservatives since they came to power in 2019 and chastizing left-wing Syriza for not even defending its policy achievements during

Hello, the Christmas spirit continued yesterday in our politics, with K.M warmly welcoming Mayor Charis along with Christos Protopappas, as well as his own Skertsos and Livanio, who of course are also the Prime Minister’s airport transfers from PASOK. At the meeting, of course, was also Mylonakis with the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Development, Mrs.

The Governor of the Bank of Greece, Giannis Stournaras, reviewed the course of the Greek economy, highlighting its progress, challenges and prospects, in a wide-ranging speech at the Capital Link conference in New York. From joining the Eurozone to regaining investment grade status, Stournaras outlined how the country turned the financial crisis into a “success story.”

The Greek Finance Minister's permanent and declared concern is maintaining fiscal balance as a non-negotiable good. He is right. In any case, for a heavily indebted country like Greece, especially in the current conditions of international turmoil when swarms of uncertainties are sweeping the world, upsetting fiscal balance would be the worst thing that could happen to us.

National Economy and Finance Minister Kostis Hatzidakis warned against populism and stressed that the geopolitical conditions require even more fiscal sensibility than before.

Finance Minister and New Democracy Vice President Kostis Hatzidakis recently said that political turbulence just as the economy is making such progress would be like a shipwreck at port. This perfectly describes the overall situation, but also that within the ruling conservative party, which is, paradoxically, at risk of entering a phase of introversion.