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Budget primary surplus at 4.96 bln in Dec, beating annual target
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance recorded a surplus of 4.96 billion euros across the twelve months of 2019, compared to a surplus of 91 million noted in December 2018, the preliminary Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution bulletin showed on Wednesday. The p...
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Budget primary deficit confirmed at 1.5 bln in Feb, beating target
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance recorded a deficit of 1.5 billion euros in the two month of 2021, compared with a surplus of 831 million in the same period of 2020, the final Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution bulletin for February showed. The primary b...
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Budget primary shows deficit of 9.08 bln in July, beating revised target despite revenue shortfall
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance recorded a deficit of 9.08 billion euros in the first seven months of 2021, compared with a deficit of 7.46 billion in the same period of 2020, the preliminary Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution bulletin for July showed o...
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Revenues continue beating targets in May, tight rein on spending remains
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance ran a surplus of 5.35 billion euros up tp May, according to the preliminary budget execution data released by the Finance Ministry (MoF) on Monday. The primary balance came in at 4.3 billion euros above the target. Expenditure...
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Officials order wider use of masks as upward trend for Covid-19 cases continues
PoliticsGreek Politicsa message to watching Greeks, was taking after the government announced that wearing face protection... of 150 euros. The government had already made wearing a mask obligatory in supermarkets a few days... for failing to make the wearing of masks compulsory in churches. In March, New Democracy had also
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Clashes add to political tension over division, police violence
PoliticsGreek Politicson Sunday, when officers were filmed beating a man who appeared to be questioning why they were fining... for as the square was populated with mask-wearing families. While some government officials expressed
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later, before beating Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s sister, Dora Bakoyannis, for the leadership in 2009... was down by 8.1 pct with decreases in refined petroleum products, motor vehicles, trailers and wearing
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Budget primary surplus confirmed at 1.85 bln in January
EconomyMacroeconomyof 2018, beating the forecast by 1.13 billion euros, the Finance Ministry (MoF) final budget execution... at 4.47 billion euros in January, beating the target by 356 million. At the same time, tax refunds... revenues to 556 million, beating the target by 24 million, along with a smaller rise of 0.6 percent
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Siemens trial hitch ratchets up tension between coalition and judiciary
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the court in Athens hearing the case had decided to suspend the legal process indefinitely. Judicial... to a delay in the appeal hearing of Tassos Mantelis, a transport minister in a former PASOK government
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Tsipras's meeting with judiciary seen crossing the line
PoliticsGreek Politicsof a Council of State hearing on the TV licence tender being postponed, the talks drew further... with the constitution. Sakellariou’s decision to call off the hearing was deemed as unusual, although not illegal
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