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Lenders appear at ease with Tsipras pledges, cautious on pension cuts
EconomyProgramme-programme inspection, which will also include a close look at the pledges made by Prime Minister... insists that the 3.5 percent of GDP target will be beaten. The visiting experts have also... there will be. It is thought that the pledges made by the prime minister did not cause any major concern among
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Newsletter 367 - 27/01/2023
motion against the government in yet another bid by the opposition party to put Prime Minister..., the head of the army, a former national security adviser to the prime minister and two senior officials..., and by the prime minister himself as lies and fabrications. It is unclear precisely what SYRIZA can
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Budget deficit of 6.38 bln in Aug confirmed; target beaten due to one offs
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance was confirmed at a deficit of 6.38 billion euros in the first eight months of 2021, compared with a deficit of 5.48 billion in the same period last year, the final Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution data showed on Monday....
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VAT and income taxes buoy revenue performance as primary surplus target is beaten in Sep
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance in September was confirmed at a surplus of almost 6 billion euros, compared to a surplus of 52 million euros in the same month of 2022, according to the final Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution data released on Wednesday....
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New Democracy and PASOK ponder next moves after election defeat
PoliticsGreek Politicsdiscontent at the way Samaras handled the defeat. He was not present at the prime minister’s office on Monday for the traditional handing over of responsibility to the new prime minister, Alexis Tsipras... (with 4.68 percent it was beaten by Independent Greeks into seventh place among the seven parties
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Rifts in New Democracy as Samaras vows to stay as leader
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Antonis Samaras presided over the first meeting of New Democracy’s parliamentary... challenge following her failed attempt in 2009, when she was beaten by Samaras. One of the interesting... did not come from a specific camp within the party, such as the one still loyal to former Prime
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Newsletter 83 - 22/07/2016
percent to 22.39 million. It is worth noting that revenues have steadily beaten targets over the past.... Fairly intensive diplomatic exchanges between the two sides culminated in Prime Minister Alexis... replaced as prime minister and Erdoğan has embarked on a domestic purge of military and civilian
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Tsipras's choices are becoming clearer but not any easier
AgoraThe mist is gradually lifting and the choices available to the beleaguered Greek Prime Minister... the third programme expires. The Greek prime minister is, quite literally, being asked to go above... surplus target being beaten by 1.5 percentage points in 2016 (an assessment that the European
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Athens and lenders left with gap to bridge ahead of Eurogroup
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThere was a distinctly domestic flavour to the exchange between Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras... by the prime minister designed to rally his party at this challenging time. It was certainly enthusiastically... if the primary surplus target is beaten. There has been no indication that Athens and its lenders
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Athens braces for return of lenders, discussion about measures
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the upcoming talks. As a result, government officials, including Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, Finance.... “If the annual fiscal target is seen being missed or beaten, the positive fiscal measures will be increased.... The prime minister has so far taken a central role in defending the concessions from Athens
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