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  1. Primary cash surplus widens to 2.85 bln in Q1

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    Greece’s central government primary cash balance improved to 2.85 billion euros in the first quarter (Q1) of 2016 from 1.19 billion last year, Bank of Greece (BoG) figures showed on Wednesday. In March, the primary cash surplus widened by 11.1 percent to 763 million from 687 million

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  2. Budget primary surplus at 4.66 bln in 11-month as expenditure falls, revenues rise
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    of 763 million euros, landing above target by 1.58 billion euros. Revenues Gross revenues edged down

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  3. Athens sees Cyprus talks progressing despite lack of deal in Geneva
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    in the 1990s during the withdrawal of Soviet troops from East Germany, which saw West German troops... to avoid a solution to the Cyprus problem. He also warned that a solution without Turkey should... problems could be tackled by the police and the justice system. He proposed the creation of a revamped

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  4. Greek media often sensationalised coverage of refugee crisis, study argues
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    Society

    by the Greek media, some of whom saw it as the manufacturing of a situation where Turkey was handed... no longer viewed as poor, miserable people and a transit problem, but rather as being... of refugees will cause problems to public health and the local economy, for instance tourism

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  5. Greece among hardest hit in Covid-related drop for European arrivals
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    EconomyFeatures

    and that this continues to be a problem as the second wave hits. “The disparity of approaches adopted... at the sharpest rate. For Italian arrivals, Montenegro saw the largest decline, with Greece in fifth place... that the current crisis was an opportunity to reset tourism policies and address problems such as over-tourism

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  6. The unbearably slow vaccination process in Croatia
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    Agora

    enough to house a modest 9,750 doses of Pfizer/ BioNTech Comirnaty vaccine. Still, many saw... at the borders? Communication failure This brings us to another big problem that has accompanied... again. Moreover, if we sum up all these problems, the recent announcement by Mr. Plenković

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  7. Greek fiscal deficits and debt since 2000
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    Agora

    deficits were accumulated during the period 2000-2010 of some €176 billion; the decade thereafter saw..., keep being a problem in Greece. The government needs to resolve them as they are a mark of sloppy.... But Greek governments tended not to have much cash on hand. Instead, there were continuous problems

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  8. PM hopes to reset narrative with positive announcements

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    be completed by 2027. Wednesday saw the PM announce in a cabinet meeting a 30-cent reduction in the tolls for the Attica Highway. “Our focus is on solving everyday problems”, Mitsotakis told his ministers... was just one year into its second term and was focussing on solving a problem a day. State Secretary

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  9. Greece's labour market is austerity's biggest casualty

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    plan to address the issue of unemployment. The construction sector saw its peak in employment... and from any angle you look at it, unemployment is by far the biggest problem in Greece today

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  10. Jobs, hundreds of thousands of jobs
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    Agora

    1981-2008 above) to a much steeper relationship (period 2009-2013) that saw the unemployment rate... years will be reduced by over 1 pp for every pp of growth. The problem here though

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