In Case you Missed it – A News Wrap-up

Yesterday’s News Wrap-up includes the following:

• Greece Increases Subsidies and Tax Breaks for Renovating Vacant Homes for Long-Term Rentals

Authorities are offering thousands of taxpayers the opportunity to carry out property renovation in Greece for real estate that has remained vacant for the last three years, receiving a subsidy for renovation and a three-year exemption from rental tax, provided they offer these homes for long-term leasing.

• Geeks Among Poorest in EU in PPP

Despite the government’s, often boastful, claims that the Greek economy is on the right path citing datasheets and GDP growth, the reality for many Greeks does appear to align with these claims.

• Greek Health Ministry Unveils Plans for Free Surgeries and Health System Reforms

Health Minister, Adonis Georgiadis, clarified the government’s plan to offer free afternoon surgeries in Greece for those citizens who cannot afford them during a press conference at the relevant ministry today. These measures were part of a broader package announced by the prime minister at the 88th Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF).

• Athens Vehicle Ring (Daktylios) to Return in Mid-October

The Athens vehicle ring (Daktylios)—a designated perimeter marking a restrictive area encompassing downtown Athens—is expected to take effect in mid-October.

• PM Mitsotakis from Vienna: ‘Greece Can’t Bear a Disproportionate Burden’

A decision by the German government this week to tighten controls on its land borders – including with other Schengen Pact member-states – in a bid to curb illegal immigration continued to reverberate across the Union on Wednesday.

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