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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-07-22
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[01] Finance minister further relaxes capital controls
[01] Finance minister further relaxes capital controls
Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos has further relaxed capital controls
with a decision published in the government gazette on Friday. This
was the 11th ministerial decision referring to capital controls, in
addition to two Acts of Legislative Content, issued since July 2015.
The measures chiefly concern new cash deposits made in Greek banks,
either in Greece or from abroad, which can then be withdrawn without any
restrictions. Cash withdrawals are also made generally easier since the
limit is raised to 840 euros per two weeks, instead of 420 per week.
The new measures also allow early full or partial repayment of outstanding
loans from financial institutions, allow Erasmus students to open deposit
accounts, allows the withdrawal of up to 30 pct of money transferred
from bank accounts abroad to bank accounts in Greece, allows pensioners
living abroad to open bank accounts for the payment of their pension in
Greece, while Greek pension and social insurance institutions are allowed,
in some cases, to pay pensions and benefits abroad.
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