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Greek health care spending in the spotlight
EconomyFeaturesaccepted a total of 50 million euros in kickbacks from the Greek subsidiary of the pharma giant..., Greece’s health care spending outpaced the country’s growth rate, with total expenditure on health... billion euros for 2013 and 2 billion for 2014, with pharmaceutical companies required to contribute
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General govt primary cash surplus at 3.26 in Feb, arrears up by 237 mln
EconomyMacroeconomyof the total. Arrears Arrears to the private sector (including tax refund arrears) rose by 237 million after...) and extrabudgetary funds (-2 million). At 42.8 percent, arrears of SSFs represent the largest... was tax refunds, which constitute 22.9 percent of the total (776 million). Debt Central government gross
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Greek banks push for return to normality
EconomyBanking12 to 18 months. The agency anticipated economic growth of 2 percent this year and 2.2 percent... the total of non-performing exposures (NPEs) to stand at roughly 35 percent of all loans by the end of next year. Moody’s saw the bank’s capital at comfortable levels, with the CET1 ratio for the total
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New court verdict adds to concern about impact of backpay on fiscal balance
EconomyProgrammein the public sector with a total bonus of 1,000 euros, in the form of Christmas bonus of 500 euros... sector could be eligible to have the 1,000 euros annual bonus reinstated that would bring the total... applicable for pensioners, who also had a total bonus for Christmas, Easter and holiday of 800 euros
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Newsletter 206 -17/05/2019
million euros and represented around 70.6 percent of the total debt. The stock of gg guarantees fell... guarantees came to 350 million as mentioned, leaving the rest of the total for guarantees split between non... details and how the new framework will be used. 2 Budget surplus at 1.46 bln in Apr Headline figure lands
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Travel surplus rises by 12.7 pct in 9M
EconomyMacroeconomy. The rise was mostly driven by an increase of 14.1 percent, or 2 billion, in travel receipts. Travel.... Leisure trips accounted for the lion’s share of total expenditure in 9M 2019 at 88.6 percent... to total 50 million euros. Meanwhile, business trip receipts showed an increase of 6 percent
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Latest air traffic data emphasises tourism's difficulties as 2019 data reveals bumper year
EconomyFeaturesof tourism revenues to be expected in 2020. INSETE’s figures showed that in 2019, a total of 36.6..., total international and domestic air traffic fell by 65.3 percent. In June, July and August, which... percent. During these three months, a total of 2.4 million passengers arrived at the airport
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Newsletter 496 - 27/02/2026
in which the headline exports figure fell - by 2.8 percent, following a 2 percent drop in 2024... of total exports. Another roughly 20 percent came from companies with 50 to 249 employees, a group... percent of Greek companies, yet their share of total exports is only 22 percent. The top five exporters
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Tsipras clears hurdle but isn't over finishing line
Agorapensioners would lose money. The impact of these measures, which amount to 2 percent of GDP in total... reduced from 2.7 percent of GDP to 2 percent) is down to intransigence, indecision, shifting goalposts... of expansionary counter-measures (also worth 2 percent of GDP) to be implemented in 2019 and 2020
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Newsletter 236 -24/01/2020
the crisis. The banks are calling for more than 2 billion euros of state guarantees, otherwise... euros for investments and 2 billion euros for tax relief. The government is searching for over 2... by broadening the tax base, the total abolition of the solidarity levy in 2021 would cost 1.16 billion euros
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