MPs complain over state payroll in supplementary budget
MPs on Monday reviewed the government’s request for an extra €351 million in spending, just days before the supplementary state budget heads to the House plenum for a vote.
The ...
€351.3m supplementary budget for meds, defence and water
The first supplementary budget for 2024, worth €351.3 million, has been approved by the cabinet to cover medical supplies, social insurance, desalination, defence and education.
Speaking after a cabinet meeting, Finance Minister ...
Second supplementary budget approved despite complaints
Despite complaining about wasteful expenditures, MPs on Thursday gave the nod to the government’s second supplementary budget for fiscal year 2023.
The €361 million budget bill passed with 45 votes for, and ...
State will spend €60m on Cost of Living Allowance
The state will spend €60 million more this fiscal year as a result of the increase since June in the Cost of Living Allowance (CoLA), MPs heard on Tuesday.
The funds ...
House approves supplementary budget of €345m
MPs approved the government’s second supplementary €345m budget on Friday with 49 votes in favour and one abstention.
The key points of the additional budget are €150m to be spent ...
Finance ministry preparing second supplementary budget
The finance ministry on Monday signalled that it was drafting a second supplementary budget for this year, even as it awaited the green light from MPs for the first such ...
MPs question extra budget for Covid and war impact
Lawmakers on Monday pushed back against the government’s request for an additional €102 million in spending – mostly on ongoing coronavirus-related measures – and asked for more details before releasing the funds.
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Coronavirus: Economy on the rebound track says minister
Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides on Monday unveiled the second supplementary state budget for 2021, a stimulus package aimed at continuing support to businesses struck by the coronavirus-related measures – although the single ...