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VAT and income taxes buoy revenue performance as primary surplus target is beaten in Sep
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance in September was confirmed at a surplus of almost 6 billion euros, compared to a surplus of 52 million euros in the same month of 2022, according to the final Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution data released on Wednesday....
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Tsipras's choices are becoming clearer but not any easier
Agora-oriented approach seems pure fantasy. The lenders may be able to communicate on the same wavelength... elections in the eurozone’s paymaster. They may be holding out hope for a political sea change... least, Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble’s days in government may be numbered if the social
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Only inconclusive poll result would prompt KINAL approach, suggests Mitsotakis
PoliticsGreek Politicsinto any specifics regarding what kind of result he would be happy with in the May 26 European... that New Democracy is aiming for a win in May and a “broad victory” in the general election. This implies... comment, though, was a message to centre-left voters who would prefer to see SYRIZA well beaten
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Outdoor gatherings with hint of protest raise concerns over relaxation of lockdown
PoliticsGreek Politicsof stay-at-home orders on May 4, a number of large outdoor gatherings have been reported... of Aghia Paraskevi in northeastern Athens late into the night on May 6, prompting a police response... incident a complaint has been filed against police by a local resident who claims to have been beaten
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Ukraine war and Turkey tension top foreign policy concerns
PoliticsForeign Policylanguage to his speech at the US Congress in May, he said: “We stand with peace and international law... autocratic neo despotism.” “We must prevent in Ukraine any fait accompli that new troublemakers may... sector this summer may easily be swallowed up by energy price increases later this year. Turkey
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Greek primary budget surplus at 707 mln as revenues beat target in May
Economyreleased by the Ministry of Finance (MoF) on Tuesday. The state budget deficit to May narrowed... a deficit of 339 million in May from 495 million posted in April. In contrast, May budget deficit rose... trend in May increasing by 6.9 percent (from -1.4 percent in April), which led the 5-month figure up
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Will the Covid-19 crisis undermine the EU Green Deal? A view from Europe's periphery
Agoraan environmentally resilient economic model; while creating green jobs across the EU by directing fiscal...-periphery economic divergence, it may also likely lead to a greater divergence of public and private... crucial to grasp the funding design of the EU Green Deal, and how this current crisis may undermine
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Can the Green Transition be just?
AgoraStrategic Reference Framework (NSRF) 2021-2027 may also be used for the same purpose. Given these facts... in fuel prices for road transport and heating may not exceed 37.5% of the total amount allocated... by soaring fossil gas prices, puts forward a specific model of resource use. The energy crisis bore
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PM heads to Egypt with eye on broader movements in East Med
PoliticsForeign PolicyAthens is keeping a close watch on Ankara’s intention to improve relations with countries..., Ankara's change of stance in its relations with Egypt and Israel, as well as the current positive... of the Cyprus talks if Ankara is genuinely interested in restoring its relations with Brussels. In fact
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The men who would be prime ministers
Agoraparties. Since Greece signed its first bailout agreement in May 2010, nearly 40 new political parties... 2004. He was undeterred by the fact that when the snap polls came in 2007 his party was beaten again... bailout. Samaras won the May and June elections in 2012 on the promise of renegotiating the deal
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