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PM tries to draw line under Golden Dawn affair, defends handling of second Covid-19 wave
PoliticsGreek Politicsthan they would have under the previous framework. This has become a touchy issue for SYRIZA over... with Greeks lowering their guard than any specific mistakes made by his government, although he accepted... than to make changes.” On the sensitive subject of the ratification by Parliament of the treaties
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Greeks less optimistic in face of second Covid-19 wave, survey finds
Society, family relationships and other factors would be more than the negative ones. These generally... state that their psychological state is worse than before the pandemic. More people in the current... of their day than before the pandemic. Preventative measures such as hand washing and mask usage
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Budget primary shows deficit of 7.01 bln as revenues suffer in September
EconomyMacroeconomyin the aggregate period, as mentioned, 4.72 billion euros lower than the target of 38.22 billion euros... billion euros, lower than the target by 4.01 billion or 9.6 percent. The full revenue breakdown... payments by 160 million euros. State budget expenditures for the aggregate period was higher than
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Newsletter 270 -23/10/2020
of the pandemic, but we continue to do better than most of Europe, however that is no consolation... Ministry has estimated this year’s recession at 8.2 pct, this was already by some margin more bullish than.... The total amount outstanding for the 2035 maturing issue is now 4.5 billion euros. More than 280
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Budget primary shows deficit of 7.01 bln in September
EconomyMacroeconomyin the aggregate period, as mentioned, 4.72 billion euros lower than the target of 38.22 billion euros... billion euros, lower than the target by 4.01 billion or 9.6 percent. On an aggregate basis, tax revenues... for the aggregate period was higher than the same period last year by 6.12 billion, due to the PIB which showed
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New bid to curb Covid-19 raises demand for more economic support
PoliticsGreek Politicsafter the number of daily cases more than doubled this week, comfortably surpassing the 1,000-mark. Some experts predict that the daily total could reach more than 3,000 next week. The pressure... of citizens along the Thessaloniki promenade resulted in more than 7 percent testing positive for the virus
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Greece to enter second lockdown as govt faces criticism over 'total failure'
PoliticsGreek Politicsin a televised address on Thursday. Mitsotakis said he “would rather take these measures sooner than later... on pandemic measures in less than a week. On Saturday, a simplified two-tier system of regional... haphazard and driven more by political expediency than scientific guidance. The insistence
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Health system feeling strain of Covid-19 second wave
PoliticsGreek Politicshigher Covid numbers than Athens over recent days, just 25 pct of ICU beds for coronavirus sufferers... for more than the three weeks announced by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. He is under pressure... the second lockdown at their summer homes or villages rather than being stuck in the city. Officials
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Newsletter 274 -20/11/2020
to contain and turn back protestors, detaining more than 100 in the process, was used as proof... of Public Revenues (IAPR) has shown. New tax debt totalled 3.90 billion, lower than the figure...). An increase of less than 1 million was seen in BoG loans. Declines were seen in repos (-484.8
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Newsletter 276 -04/12/2020
points higher than assumed in November mostly due to the impact of fiscal and growth. Gross Financing... annually, higher than the 8 pct on average in the previous estimate. The OECD has also released its latest... than projected if support package execution rates improve substantially and if take-up of loans from
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