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Govt lines up new handouts to fight inflation as SYRIZA moves to election footing
PoliticsGreek Politicseuros. It is expected that the Finance Ministry will table a supplementary budget in September, when
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Handling of energy crisis under fire as gas interruption tests supply security
PoliticsGreek Politicssmuggling. The party’s shadow finance spokeswoman Efi Achtsioglou noted that Greece’s petrol prices
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Subsidies fuel pre-election mood as SYRIZA starts preparing
PoliticsGreek Politicsconstituency that helped bring the centre-right to power in 2019. The Finance Ministry has set aside
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Parties get into campaign mode as ND mulls possible election dates
PoliticsGreek Politicsof an autumn date, while jockeying for position in post-election scenarios. Last week, former finance
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Jan-May primary budget deficit contained at 1.49 bln on back of property tax, VAT intakes
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance for the first five months of 2022 came to a deficit of 1.49 billion euros, compared to a deficit of 8.14 billion euros during the same period last year, according to the final Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution data released on Monday. The primary balance beat
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High energy prices fuel uncertainty on fiscal front
EconomyMacroeconomyThe energy crisis fuelled by the Ukraine conflict will dominate the attention of Finance Ministry officials in the coming months as uncertainty over supplies during the winter has been priced into natural gas prices, which have reached 160 euros/MWh, creating doubts about the cost of the latest
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Govt turns attention to more relief measures in absence of snap polls
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat a strong tourism season this summer will create additional fiscal space that the Finance
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Relief measures being lined up, but PM's eye also on reforms rollout
PoliticsGreek Politicsalso reported over the weekend that officials at the Labour and Finance ministries are working
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Budget primary balance in H1 beats target by 1.47 bln on back of improved tax haul
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance for the first half of 2022 came to a deficit of 3.43 billion euros, compared to a deficit of 9.09 billion euros in the same period last year, according to the preliminary Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution data released on Monday. The primary balance beat the target
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Early details show energy emergency plan facing practical challenges
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat Greece faces one of the lowest risks in Europe in terms of security of supply, while Alternate Finance
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