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Meimarakis and Mitsotakis make it into run-off vote for New Democracy leadership
PoliticsGreek Politicswas thought to have gained less than 45 percent and Mitsotakis more than 30 percent, which would leave... chances of staging a second surprise. Opinion polls had indicated that Tzitzikostas, rather than... to vote for a 3-euro fee) led to some 400,000 people casting ballots, which was much more than had been
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2015 primary surplus exceeds target as revenues outperform and expenditure is reined in
Economyto an over-performance of 1.13 billion. Primary expenditure was 626 million better than target, while.... For the whole year, primary expenditure eased 1.5 percent to 41.3 billion, 626 million better than target... was kept broadly stable (-0.2 percent) to 48.55 billion for 2015, 719 million better than target. PIB
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A marriage of inconvenience
Agora, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. When Kostas Karamanlis attended the Istanbul nuptials more than... to go further than the customary unauthorised overflights in its attempts to rattle Athens... reportedly would have only allowed the plane to enter their air space if it stopped in Bodrum rather than
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Newsletter 64 - 26/02/2016
of the year, more than 110,000 refugees and migrants Almost 110,000 migrants have entered Greece from... of farmers paying less in tax and contributions than is now the case. Τhe IMF confirmed on Tuesday... of this compassion is the underlying psychological connection. It is less than 100 years ago that Greeks from
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Budget primary surplus jumps to 1.19 bln in Jan, largely on rising PIB revenues
EconomyMacroeconomyyear and 876 million better than the target. Revenues Revenues (before tax refunds) grew by 2.3... in January, 86 million better than the target and mitigated the underperformance of tax revenues. Meanwhile, tax refunds declined by 16.9 percent to 296 million, 50 million lower than target
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Healthy eating and smoking on decline in Greece over last five years
SocietyGreeks ate vegetables and fruit, smoked cigarettes and drank less frequently in 2014 than five... was greater for men (14.6 percent) than women (6.1 percent). In comparison with the 2009 results... smoke occasionally over the same period. Men were much more likely to smoke (39 percent) than women
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Newsletter 75 - 27/05/2016
of no more than 1.5 percent of GDP, compared to the 3.5 percent envisaged in the third eurozone bailout... a high of 220.43 billion at the end of December and currently make up more than 68 percent of central... pretty simple: look no further than German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble. Even when it appeared
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Five-month budget primary surplus of 2.27 bln, revenues outperform in May
EconomyMacroeconomyby more than 50 percent from last year’s figure of 1.51 billion, the Finance Ministry (MoF) preliminary... billion less than the target, while revenues (before tax refunds) beat the target by 879 million... percent in April, to 3.17 billion euros, 240 million lower than target. For the 4-month period, primary
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Net job hirings hit 33,608 in June, highest since 2001
EconomyMacroeconomysince June 2001 and more than double the previous high of 16,017 in 2003. The employment breakdown..., with the bulk of more than 126,700 related to lay-offs and the remaining of 79,260 to voluntary departures. Less than half (around 44 percent) of June hirings involve full-time employment, compared to more
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Unpopular but effective property tax returns for another year
EconomyMacroeconomyENFIA due would be much higher than that of last year and could top 4 billion in 2016 from less than 3.3... property value, while the ENFIA due was less than 50 euros for an aggregate amount of 21.1 million making... percent. The breakdown also showed that more than half (51.5 percent) of taxpayers were due to pay
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