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Budget primary deficit reaches 9.09 bln for H1, up almost 3 bln on 2020
EconomyMacroeconomy611 million euros in compensation to lessors due to decreased rents; 155 million euros for the grant
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Credit growth stable at 0.9 pct in Oct, led by lending to corporates
EconomyMacroeconomyby 148 million, following positive by 611 million euros in the previous month, taking the balance
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Alpha Bank's NII at 1.65 bln in 2023, rising by 41 pct
EconomyBankingAlpha Bank reported a net profit of 611 million euros in 2023, compared to a profit of 368 million euros in 2022. Normalised profit after tax for 2023 was 780 million euros, from 398 million in 2022, a rise of 96 percent. Core pre-provision income (PPI) in 2023 was 1.25 billion euros, from 717
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Construction shows first signs of recovery in 2025 as building activity rises 31.6 pct YoY in May
EconomyMacroeconomyin Attica (611), in line with the historical trend, and the smallest number of permits were issued
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Preparing for a new normal in German politics
Agoraand Chancellor since November 2005, announced her gradual retreat from German politics. First, she... that her chancellorship will come to an end in September 2021 when new federal elections are due in Germany. Provided she reaches that target date with her controversial ‘Grand Coalition’ between the CDU
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Farmers’ boycott scuppers PM meeting as Karystianou fleshes out political vision
PoliticsGreek Politics’ representative Maria Karystianou has shed a little more light on her plans to launch a new political... of certain political actors to her decision, noting that some appeared unsettled by the prospect of her entering politics. She insisted the initiative would not be defined by traditional ideological
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Gov't under scrutiny over relationship with judicial system
PoliticsForeign Policylegal action last month against an Athens University professor who criticised her in a blog post. The academic, Stavros Tsakyrakis labeled her “naive” and accused her of engaging in politicking as for writing to her colleagues in other European Union countries asking them to urge the country’s
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ND tries to swerve fresh graft claims as EP scandals, phonetapping hang over budget debate
PoliticsGreek Politicsby her Greek lawyer in the domestic media. On Thursday, it was reported that her husband, lobbyist... that a colleague from the European Socialists withdrew her vote in exchange for Kaili’s when the discrepancy became apparent, suggesting that her party was aware of illicit activity on her part and helped
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Newsletter 491 - 23/01/2026
of vehicles led by former prime ministers Alexis Tsipras (19%) or Antonis Samaras (10%). Her appeal... likely to support it, with 16.1% “very likely” and 13.2% “quite likely.” Her strongest bases... (41.7%), and Course of Freedom (40.7%). This cross-cutting appeal suggests her outsider status
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Central gov't cash deficit down to 1.14 bln in March
EconomyMacroeconomybasis. The remaining difference (277 million) is owed to changes in the state accounts with the BoG
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