The Finance Ministry confirmed on Friday that the special consumption tax on heating oil will rise from October to 80 percent of the rate applied on diesel, and that it will provide a subsidy of 180 to 900 euros to heating oil buyers depending on their incomes and place of residence

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Nonperforming loans have reached a record level of 57 billion euros, as they go hand in hand with soaring unemployment that has already hit 25 percent and could grow further if recession forecasts for the next couple of years prove true.

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Greece will extend an emergency loan to its cash-strapped electricity market operator LAGHE and impose a temporary tax on renewable energy producers to prevent an energy crisis, a senior Greek official said on Friday.

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