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ND tries to pin 'populist' tag on PASOK as voters show little interest in fuelling two-horse race
PoliticsGreek PoliticsIn the meantime, though, opinion polls continue to show that rather than boosting their support... to 8.1 pct in third place. The Communist Party (KKE) has also seen its backing rise by more than a point, putting it on 8 pct. It is followed by SYRIZA on 5.7 pct, after a decline of more than one
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Farmers’ fury grows as government scrambles for response
PoliticsGreek Politics. On the E65 motorway near Karditsa, more than 2,000 tractors have converged, forcing drivers onto..., cheaper electricity tariffs, and total subsidies projected at 3.7 billion this year, higher than in 2024... farmers that reforms and regional investment are more than rhetoric.
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Budget primary surplus outperforms in 2-month, tax revenues underperform in Feb
EconomyMacroeconomyexpenditure coming in 866 million lower than target coupled with gross revenue (revenues before tax... profits, which was 334 million higher than target. The more detailed revenue figures showed direct... million better than target. The latter mostly reflects higher than expected revenues from direct tax
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Budget primary surplus falls to 1.1 bln in Q1, slightly above target
EconomyMacroeconomy), which was 42.7 percent lower than the figure of 1.86 billion a year ago, the Finance Ministry (MoF... lower than the target and the Public Investment Budget (PIB) surplus was 149 million better than... of 1.12 billion in February as gross revenues slowed down by more than 1.1 billion month on month (MoM
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PMI above 50 points in Dec for first time in 16 months but underlying problems remain
EconomyMacroeconomysolid progress for an economy that was in a precarious position less than half a year ago.”
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Tsipras upbeat after vote, Eurogroup but deal details may still present problems
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe previous year and the primary surplus target was missed by more than 0.25 percent. The reductions
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Greece drops to 72 in Doing Business index as long-term problems persist
EconomyFeatures, with the process of starting a business ranking slightly higher in Greece than in the OECD average. Since
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Is a lack of spending hampering Greece's firefighting capabilities?
Societyvolunteers. By this count, Greece employs more professional firefighters than most developed western states. With 115 career firefighters per 100,000 inhabitants, it ranks higher than the United States with 109, and has more than twice the personnel than Italy with 48, and almost three times
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The bad hand being dealt to Greece's next government
Agorato the bailout, which will expire less than four weeks after a new government is sworn in (if the January... Liquidity Assistance (ELA) as a precautionary move. While local lenders are in much better shape than... overcome the worst of its problems. Similar declarations came with Greece’s return to bond markets
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Turkish unrest gives Greece the shivers
Agoraand antagonism have made Athens nervier than it needs to be, but there have been specific cases of Greeks... much more complex and edgy than they have been in recent times. The current government has made... with Ankara regarding the refugee crisis. While there are many problems with the EU–Turkey
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