Agreement on auctions and gambling taxation, say government sources

They claim open issues will be closed until the next meeting of Euro Working Group

Greek government sources claim that there will be an agreement regarding the first residence auctions following the Euro Working Group meeting held on Monday and the deadline by the end of week.

According to government sources, the non-performing loans issue will be soon closed since the negotiations concern the exact time the measure is expected to be applied implying that there is an agreement regarding the threshold percentage. Based on recent information, about 56% to 65% of the loans would be protected.

Furthermore, according to the same sources, there will be also an agreement on taxation of gambling income. Sources claim that there are no discussions on the 100 installments issue stating also that all open issues will be closed until the next meeting of Euro Working Group.