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Cabinet reshuffle rumoured as scale of flood reconstruction task begins to dawn
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAs the floodwaters in Thessaly subside, the enormity of the economic impact of the disaster is gradually becoming clear, putting the onus on the government to deliver a support package commensurate to the task. The prime minister’s office is pondering h...
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Slight rise in deposits for March but outflows at 2.2 bln for 2014
EconomyMacroeconomyGreek private sector deposits rose 0.3 percent month on month (MoM) in March, with balances reaching 161.05 billion euros, according to the Bank of Greece (BoG). Net flow turned positive for the first time since December with inflows amounting to 501 mi...
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Greek gg primary cash surplus at 2.2 bln in 2014, arrears down to 3.75 bln
EconomyMacroeconomyThe Greek general government (gg) primary cash balance showed a surplus of 2.18 billion euros in 2014 from deficit of 884 million in 2013, according to the gg bulletin published by the Ministry of Finance (MoF) on Friday. However, the end-year figure of...
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Primary cash surplus to Oct at 4 bln, including arrears repayment of 2.2 bln
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s central government primary cash surplus fell by 875 million eurso to 3.97 billion in the 10-month period of 2016 from 4.84 billion a year ago, Bank of Greece (BoG) figures displayed on Thursday. This year’s figure, though, incorporates arrears’...
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Eurosystem funding drops by 2.2 bln in May, mostly on further decrease in ELA reliance
EconomyMacroeconomyGreek banks’ Eurosystem funding fell for the 23rd successive month in May, when it dropped by another 2.22 billion euros, the Bank of Greece's (BoG) monthly financial statement revealed on Thursday. In the previous month, it dropped at a slower pace of ...
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Budget execution continues to outperform in June, led by 2.2 bln in excess taxes
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance came to a surplus of 2.12 billion euros in June, compared to a deficit of 3.43 billion euros in the same period of 2022, according to the preliminary Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution data released on Monday. In the firs...
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EU elections in Greece: Applying a different scale of values
Agorato the fact that support for Golden Dawn fell from 6.99 percent in the September 2015 national elections... crimes has yet to be concluded. But we cannot look at Golden Dawn’s numbers in isolation... support from Golden Dawn, but particularly from the collapse of SYRIZA’s former ultra-nationalist
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The Greek election's winners and losers
AgoraA clear win for New Democracy, a manageable defeat for SYRIZA, Golden Dawn being booted out...) in the past. Golden Dawn The inability of Golden Dawn, which gained 2.93 percent, to enter Parliament.... Golden Dawn lost almost 215,000 votes compared to September 2015. A new addition to Parliament this time
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Is New Democracy really trying to ease political tension?
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAddressing the nation in the wake of anti-fascist rapper Pavlos Fyssas's murder by a Golden Dawn... together Greece's leftist parties as "extreme opposition." "The cases of Golden Dawn on the one hand... with the so-called "theory of the two extremes". As the theory would have it, if Golden Dawn is one
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New Democracy on course for clear majority, opinion polls suggest
PoliticsGreek Politicslike to squeeze Greek Solution and neoNazi Golden Dawn to such an extent that they fail to meet... support away from Greek Solution and Golden Dawn, as well as attract more undecided Greeks or those who... percent, SYRIZA on 23.7, KINAL 6.2, KKE 5.1, Golden Dawn 4.6, MeRA25, the party led by former finance
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