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Budget primary confirmed at deficit of 5.48 bln in August
EconomyMacroeconomy, 2.40 billion euros lower than the target of 32.46 billion euros. The MoF said that this was due... billion euros, lower than the target by 1.90 billion or 5.4 percent. On an aggregate basis, tax revenues... budget expenditures for the aggregate period was higher than the same period last year by 5.01
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Greek businesses under pressure due to late payments, survey shows
EconomyFeaturesbusinesses surveyed during the crisis said that they have accepted longer payment terms than they feel... the outbreak. Small businesses were more at risk than large businesses: 49 percent of small... than the EU average of 47 percent. Greek respondents were particularly keen on the idea
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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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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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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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Overdue social security contributions rise to 37.4 bln in Q3
EconomyMacroeconomysettled, were transferred to KEAO. Before then, KEAO was fed by overdue contributions of more than 5,000... that 80.1 percent of debtors owe less than 15,000 euros each for an aggregate amount of 4.50 billion... collection for 2017 came to 1.05 billion, higher than the amount for 2016 by 28.4 percent. For 2018
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