Greece Expects €4bn of EU Recovery Aid by August

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Photo: GTP Greece expects by the end of the month to have access to approximately 4 billion euros in support from the European Union’s Recovery Fund, said Finance Minister Christos Staikouras this week. Staikouras was in Brussels on Tuesday participating in a meeting of EU finance ministers who approved the recovery plans of 12 member […]

Greece to Direct EU Resilience Funds into Special Forms of Tourism

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Harry Theoharis and Sofia Zacharaki present the ministry’s strategy set out in Greece’s “Ellada 2.0” plan to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. Photo source: @htheoharis Special forms of tourism linked to agriculture and marine activities are the two main areas to benefit from EU relief funds after the […]

EU Approves Greek Recovery Plan, Paves Way for Funding

By admin 17 Ιουνίου 2021 No comment

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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Athens. Photo source: European Commission The European Commission approved Greece’s resilience plan paving the way for the release of 30.5 billion euros to go towards reforms and investments that will enable the country to emerge stronger after Covid-19. Prime Minister

Commission Chief to Visit Greece as Part of NextGenerationEU Tour

By admin 16 Ιουνίου 2021 No comment

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Photo Source: @Ursula von der Leyen European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will be visiting Athens on Thursday as part of her NextGenerationEU tour aimed at assessing member states’ recovery plans and whether they are ready to start accepting EU Digital Covid Certificates. The Commission president will be visiting Portugal, Spain, Greece, Denmark, and […]

Κομισιόν: Πρόταση για προϋπολογισμό της ΕΕ €167,8 δισ. για το 2022

By admin 8 Ιουνίου 2021

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Ο προϋπολογισμός θα συμπληρωθεί με επιχορηγήσεις ύψους 143,5 δισ. ευρώ από το Ταμείο Ανάκαμψης, στο πλαίσιο του NextGenerationEU Πρόταση για ετήσιο προϋπολογισμό της ΕΕ ύψους 167,8 δισ. ευρώ για το 2022, ο οποίος θα συμπληρωθεί με επιχορηγήσεις ύψους 143,5 δισ. ευρώ, στο πλαίσιο του NextGenerationEU, έκανε σήμερα (8/6/2021) η Κομισιόν. Η Επιτροπή εκτιμά ότι ο […]

Greece Gets €728m in SURE Unemployment Support

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Greece is set to receive a total of 728 million euros in funding after the European Commission announced on Tuesday that it had disbursed 14 billion euros in total to nine member states in the fourth instalment of financial support under the SURE unemployment scheme. The funds, which come as part of the first disbursement […]

Greece Gets Access to €2bn Through EU’s SURE Support Program

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Greece from Tuesday, November 17, will have access to funds from the EU’s SURE instrument, which is aimed to help companies and employees affected by the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, according to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. Speaking yesterday on Greek public broadcaster ERT, von der Leyen said that Greece will have access to 2 […]

Commission Sees 9% Slowdown in 2020 for Greece Due to Covid-19

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Athens, Greece. Photo Source: Visit Greece / Y. Skoulas The European Commission revised down its initial growth forecast for Greece to 9 percent in 2020 due to the impact of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic on the country’s major economic drivers: tourism and exports. The Commission now estimates that the Greek economy will see a partial […]

EU Downgrades 2021 Growth Slowdown Forecast Due to Covid-19 Resurgence

By admin 6 Νοεμβρίου 2020 No comment

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The European Commission downgraded its 2021 growth forecast this week as one by one member states entered second lockdowns due to an aggressive resurgence of Covid-19. The Commission now estimates that the EU economy will grow 4.1 percent next year, down from the intial 6.1 percent rebound forecast in May. The previous forecast recovery has […]

EU: Covid-19 Blow to Greek Economy Milder than Expected

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Economic forecast map. Source: European Commission The European Commission revised its outlook for the Greek economy on Tuesday, saying prospects for 2020 in the aftermath of Covid-19 were milder than initially expected. Greece GDP is set to contract by 9 percent this year compared to 9.75 percent as initially projected in the Commission’s previous forecast […]