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Budget primary surplus at 5.36 bln in 10-month, exceeding target on lower expenditure
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance recorded a surplus of 5.36 billion euros in the first ten months of 2017... (MoF) preliminary budget execution bulletin showed on Tuesday. The primary surplus surpassed its... for a seventh consecutive month to stand at 812 million, declining from September’s figure of 999 million
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Gov't adopts patchwork of measures to overcome liquidity problems
EconomyProgramme: 310 million on March 6, 348 million on March 13 and 581 million on March 16. The last tranche... euros in the March-June period. Excluding this month’s 2.2 billion, Greece has to cover 4.35 billion... remaining 310 million relate to 90 percent of HFSF current cash reserves that until the end of 2015
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GDP shows annual growth of 2.2 pct in Q3
EconomyMacroeconomyquarterly growth streak experienced by Greece began in Q2 2005 and ended in Q4 2006. GDP grew by 2.2... percent QoQ. As mentioned, the provisional estimates showed that GDP grew by 2.2 YoY after a downward.... Government spending represents around 18.9 percent of the total. The latest MoF budget for 2019
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Opposition parties continue to pursue wiretap claims, as surveillance bill passes first hurdle
PoliticsGreek PoliticsCourt of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg. The complaint claims that even though PM Kyriakos...” under Article 13 of the European Convention of Human Rights. Androulakis notes in the complaint... the intelligence service EYP to the operation of the Predator spyware via a government contractor
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Govt counts cost of own energy package as hopes of coordinated EU response fade
PoliticsGreek Politics1.5 billion euros from the Energy Transition Fund and 1 billion from the national budget. The latest budget figures submitted by Athens for the Stability and Growth Pact include 4.3 billion euros.... The measures are equivalent to 2.2 pct of GDP, compared to 0.5 pct of GDP for 2021. There have also
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Government tables 2025 budget, seeing stable growth, solid public finances and lower debt
EconomyMacroeconomyThe Finance Ministry tabled in Parliament on Wednesday the final budget for 2025, which sees stable.... Next year’s growth is seen at 2.3 percent, from 2.2 percent this year, with private consumption rising... budget affirms the solid tax performance this year, exceeding the initial target by nearly 4 billion
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Greeks on AI: Interest, anxiety and a desire to "remain human"
Society. As the report records, many respondents say simply: “I want to remain human”. This is not a technical... between human and machine. It echoes long‑standing anxieties in Greek public discourse about technology..., addressing fears, and ensuring that AI is seen not as a threat to human identity but as a tool that can
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Newsletter 277 -11/12/2020
. Although the number of daily deaths has dipped below 100 – edging down to 81 on Thursday – almost 600... rose to 3,370 this week. With the human toll continuing to mount, political pressure on the government... with an increase of 42 million euros YoY. Overall, the state budget primary balance showed a fall of 14.71 billion
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EC ups growth to 2.2 pct in 2019, sees growth in 2020 at 2.4 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyof the regular winter forecast cycle, revising upward its expectations for the growth of 2019 to 2.2 percent... growth stands at 2.2 percent. Net exports are the main contributor for last year’s performance... government’s budget assumption of real GDP growth of 2.8 percent. Since 2016, when Greece essentially
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Government tables 2016 budget, upgrades GDP forecasts but leaves fiscal estimates unchanged
EconomyMacroeconomyThe Finance Ministry (MoF) tabled the 2016 budget in Parliament on Friday. Parliamentary Speaker... sessions. The discussion in the plenary is scheduled to start on December 1 and the budget is due... previous macro assumptions incorporated in the 2016 draft budget published on October 5. GDP is now
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