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Benefits and allowances in the Region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace

This page lists 19 local benefits in the Region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace.

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In several municipalities (5)

  • Free Toll Passage on the Egnatia Motorway for Permanent Residents of Neighbouring Areas

    Permanent residents of Thrace, Thesprotia, Metsovo, Pangaio, Kastoria and Florina pass free of charge through the Egnatia Motorway main-line toll station of their area, with an exemption card.

    14 municipalities in the region

    Body: ΦΕΚ Β΄4156/2017 — Απόφαση ΔΝΣ/οικ.84646/ΦΝ 393/27.11.2017

  • Aid for beekeepers on the smaller Aegean islands (up to €14 per hive)

    A yearly payment for active beekeepers who live permanently on the smaller Aegean islands (all except Crete and Evia): €4 per hive, plus €2 for each kilo of honey per hive you sold legally, up to €14 per hive. Applications every year from 1 September to 20 October.

    Municipalities: Thasos and Samothrace

    Body: Υπουργείο Αγροτικής Ανάπτυξης και Τροφίμων — ΥΑ 391799/2024 (ΦΕΚ Β΄ 6946/2024, ΑΔΑ Ψ4ΑΜ4653ΠΓ-ΤΙΕ)Upcoming

  • Relocation to Evros, Macedonia and Epirus: €10,000

    Support of €10,000, in two instalments of €5,000, for people who move their main residence to municipalities in Evros, Drama, Florina, Kilkis, Serres, Pella, Kastoria, Kozani, Grevena, Ioannina or Thesprotia. Applications from 14/10/2026 at relocation.vouchers.gov.gr.

    8 municipalities in the region

    Body: ΦΕΚ Β΄ 6139/09.10.2026 — ΚΥΑ 22695/2026 (Πρόγραμμα Δημογραφικής Ανάπτυξης)

  • Housing and Work for the Homeless III

    Rent and basic-needs subsidy, psychosocial support, subsidised work and training for people and families living without a home, in 89 participating municipalities. You join through the municipality's social service, until December 2028.

    Municipalities: Alexandroupoli, Komotini and Samothrace

    Body: Πύλη Στεγαστικής Πολιτικής — Στέγαση και Εργασία για αστέγους ΙΙΙ

  • Thessaly-Evros Pass 2026

    Adult tax residents of Greece (tax return for tax year 2025), without a main residence at the chosen destination, who have not been selected for another social tourism programme in the 2025-2027 period

    Municipalities: Alexandroupoli and Soufli

    Body: Υπ. Ψηφιακής ΔιακυβέρνησηςApplications closed

By municipality

Municipality of Alexandroupoli(1)

Municipality of Didymoteicho(1)

Municipality of Doxato(1)

  • DEYA Doxatou social water tariff (50%/75% reduction or full waiver of water and sewerage charges for vulnerable groups)

    DEYA Doxatou cuts by 50% or 75%, or waives in full, the fixed water and sewerage charges and the first 240 m³ for single parents, three-child and large families, people with disabilities, pensioners living alone and KEA recipients with low income. Documents are renewed every year by the end of February (next time by 28/02/2027).

    Body: ΔΕΥΑ Δοξάτου (Δημοτική Επιχείρηση Ύδρευσης Αποχέτευσης Δοξάτου) — κωδικοποιημένη τιμολογιακή πολιτική 69/2026 (Διαύγεια)

Municipality of Drama(1)

Municipality of Thasos(1)

Municipality of Iasmos(1)

Municipality of Kavala(1)

Municipality of Nestos(1)

Municipality of Xanthi(1)

  • DEYA Xanthi – Social water tariff for vulnerable groups

    DEYA Xanthi gives a 50% discount or a full exemption on the water charge of the main home to large and three-child families, needy people and Minimum Income recipients, single-parent families and people with a disability, with income limits per group.

    Body: ΔΕΥΑ Ξάνθης — απόφαση ΔΣ 149/2026 (Διαύγεια)

Municipality of Orestiada(1)

  • Social Tutoring Voucher, Municipality of Orestiada

    A voucher that will cover tuition at partner secondary-education tutoring centres and foreign-language schools for pupils from financially vulnerable families in the Municipality of Orestiada. The programme is funded, but the call for applications has not been announced yet.

    Upcoming

Municipality of Samothrace(1)

  • Reduced VAT Aegean Islands

    A 30% reduction in VAT rates on the islands specified in article 26 of the VAT Code.

    Body: ΑΑΔΕ — Ε.2113/2025 για τους μειωμένους συντελεστές ΦΠΑ στα νησιά

Municipality of Topeiros(1)

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