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Budget primary shows deficit of 7.01 bln as revenues suffer in September
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance recorded a deficit of 7.01 billion euros in the first nine months of 2020, compared to a surplus of 4.47 billion noted in September 2019, the preliminary Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution bulletin for September showed on Thursday. The primary surplus was below its
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Mati fire investigation puts spotlight on authorities and government
PoliticsGreek Politicswildfire in Mati, which caused 100 deaths, after prosecutors’ investigated how authorities dealt... they will launch a parliamentary inquiry into the Mati fire. He suggested that the prosecutors’ report has... that the Mati disaster would damage SYRIZA’s ratings last year but the first opinion polls published after
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Mitsotakis uses justice reform as election rallying cry in aftermath of Mati verdict
PoliticsGreek PoliticsWith the verdict of the Mati trial still fresh, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis sought to rally... in charge of the botched response to the deadly Mati wildfire of 2018 as an example of a lumbering... attributed the leniency of the Mati verdicts to changes to the penal code introduced by the SYRIZA-ANEL
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Tsipras tries to take lead in fire response amid picture of confusion
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAs the investigation into the Mati fire proceeds and more reports of the apparent mishandling... to the bottom of the “how and why” of the Mati tragedy and to ensure that it would not happen again. Echoing... latched onto over the past days, Tsipras highlighted the role played in the Mati disaster by illegal
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Newsletter 269 -16/10/2020
regarding its intentions to engage in a dialogue with Greece within the framework of the so–called... shows deficit of 7.01 bln September figures show decline in revenues On a monthly basis, net revenues... primary balance recorded a deficit of 7.01 billion euros in the first nine months of 2020, compared
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Revenues at 4.77 bln in Oct, beating target for fourth straight month
Economyto the targets being beaten over the last four months, even though there is a steady increase in unpaid...The final budget execution to October confirmed preliminary figures, released by the Ministry of Finance (MoF) on November 13, showing revenues beating monthly targets by 763 million euros
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Reshuffle on backburner as Tsipras draws ideological battle lines
PoliticsGreek Politicsout of the summer doldrums. The government took a serious hit as a result of the Mati fire...) numerous times in the past and seems to hope that he will be able to prey on the doubts that many
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An issue of statistical significance in Greece
Agora-employee of the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT), Zoe Georganta, has accused him of colluding... to the eurozone and International Monetary Fund for emergency loans. Georganta argues that Georgiou’s... of 15.6 percent, which came about after several revisions. Georganta, an econometrics professor
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Government focuses on safe evacuation as pressure from fires mounts
PoliticsGreek Politicsoccurred since it was in power. While memories of the Mati blaze are still raw, the unsubtle... to SYRIZA, under whose watch 104 people died in the Mati fire in 2019. In its statement over the weekend
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Newsletter 37 - 31/07/2015
creditors to engage in a substantial debt reduction operation towards Greece in which the IMF itself... difficulties in the handling and shipping of raw materials have resulted in a further deceleration...), around 80 percent of the required raw materials and intermediate products for domestic production
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