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Tsipras claims he is in no hurry to call elections after bailout exit
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras indicated on Friday that he is not considering the possibility of calling snap elections later this year despite persistent speculation about the subject. Tsipras travelled to Thessaloniki to meet local mayor Yiannis Boutar...
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Tsipras and Kammenos ready to call time on coalition after agreeing Friday meeting
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlexis Tsipras and Panos Kammenos are due to meet on Friday to hammer out the details of the official separation between SYRIZA and Independent Greeks (ANEL), paving the way for the prime minister to continue as the head of a minority government. The tw...
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ND wrong-foots SYRIZA with call to lift expat vote restrictions
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe expat vote has become the latest pretext for a flare-up between the New Democracy government and opposition SYRIZA, as a new bill proposes to open up remote voting to the Greek diaspora. On Monday, Interior Minister Makis Voridis tabled a bill in Pa...
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Govt responds to report on deadly incident with tougher policing measures, as critics call for rethink
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe official report into an incident in which police fired shots at a fleeing car, killing one occupant and injuring another following a high-speed chase, has prompted the government to announce a series of tough new policing measures. Following several...
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Opposition sees ND’s call for broader subsidy inquiry as attempt to muddy waters
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government caught its opponents by surprise on Monday when it announced that it will propose a broad parliamentary investigation into the alleged misuse of agricultural subsidies dating back to 1998 – a move that the opposition parties see as an att...
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Mitsotakis renews call for Turkey to scrap "casus belli" - opposition unimpressed
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKyriakos Mitsotakis returned from his appearance at the United Nations General Assembly last week feeling that he had burnished Greece's diplomatic contacts with a range of countries and had stated the country's case clearly vis a vis its ongoing disput...
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Primary cash balance deficit at 7.12 bln in Sept
EconomyMacroeconomyeuros. The budget primary balance recorded a deficit of 7.01 billion euros in the first nine months
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Budget primary shows deficit of 9.06 bln in October
EconomyMacroeconomyby 1.68 billion. Aggregate PIB expenditure came to 7.01 billion, overshooting the target by 2.28 billion
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Budget primary confirmed at deficit of 9.07 bln in October
EconomyMacroeconomyat 4.44 billion, above target by 1.68 billion. Aggregate PIB expenditure came to 7.01 billion
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Newsletter 275 -27/11/2020
. Aggregate PIB expenditure came to 7.01 billion, overshooting the target by 2.28 billion. Overall, the PIB
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