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Tax declarations will be filed electronically only for income accumulated after January 1, 2017, decided Parliament on Wednesday.

The BGN 1,000 discount for declarations filed before March 31, 2017 is still valid.

Tax payers will now be able to correct the declaration once only.

The Greek Parliament's Budget Office on Wednesday strongly criticized the government's forecasts for the economy and its planned policies as reflected in the draft budget.

Bank clerks testifying at the trial over the deadly May 2010 firebombing of a central Athens branch of Marfin Bank, which resulted in the death of three employees, said they had been targeted by hooded assailants during a large anti-austerity protest.

According to sources, the Greek government has reached a compromise with its creditors on the matter of collecting revenue from undeclared wealth. The recommended plan provides that taxpayers who voluntarily disclose undeclared wealth will be charged between 50 and 60% of the difference emerging after a tax audit on bank deposits and declared wealth.

Greek police have fired pepper spray at retirees taking part in an anti-austerity protest against pension cuts in central Athens near the prime minister's office.

About 1,000 people, some of them with canes, took party in Monday's protest. Dozens of protesters at the front of the rally tried to break through a police cordon and chanted "Shame on you, shame on you!"

Greece has forecast 2.7 percent economic growth next year, its first rebound after seven years of crippling recession, as investment picks up and tourism surges, a government official familiar with the draft budget said on Thursday.

State school teachers are on Friday to hold the latest in a series of protests against the government's ongoing austerity drive and education policy.

A court in Athens is due on Monday to start hearing the case against a man accused of causing the death of three bank employees during a violent anti-austerity protest in the city center in May 2010.

The French consortium, MDP Consulting and Compagnie des Alpes, on Tuesday submitted the documentation required for the development of Brezovica Ski Resort, Kosovo's Ministry of Trade and Industry said on Wednesday.

The deadline for submission of the documents was midnight May, 31.

The Bulgarian government has proposed to ban the sale of arms manufacturer VMZ-Sopot and arms trader Kintex on account of their major importance for national security.

Draft legislation to put the two wholly-state owned companies on the list of enterprises banned for privatisation would be submitted to parliament for approval, the cabinet decided at a weekly meeting on Wednesday.