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Primary budget surplus 923 mln short of target in Jan as revenues fall by 18.4 pct
Economyexpenditure to remain almost flat (-0.1 percent) in 2015. Interest payments, which are historically low... to 622 million, slightly above the 611 million target. One of the first interventions announced
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New Democracy targets SYRIZA over law and order, independent institutions
PoliticsGreek Politics. One of the issues which it has regularly turned to over the last couple of years is law and order
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Draft 2022 budget represents first attempt to restore post-pandemic fiscal order
EconomyMacroeconomyFollowing two years during which Greece was allowed, thanks to the SGP escape clause, to run substantial deficits to protect its economy from the impact of the pandemic, 2022 sees some sense of fiscal order returning based on the draft budget submitted to Parliament on Monday. Using the enhanced
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New prior actions may prove obstacle as Athens talks intensify
PoliticsGreek Politicswill have to pass a third set of prior actions before the agreement is sealed. Athens insists... set of prior actions when it became clear the farmers' taxation in particular was causing a considerable backlash from government and opposition MPs. Beyond these two prior actions, other legislation
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Agreement on third bailout with revised fiscal and macro targets, host of prior actions
EconomyProgrammebeen successfully concluded, apart from a couple of details relating to prior actions remain... of 35 prior actions that will be probably voted on Thursday. The bulk of those prior actions were
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Loose ends to tie up on prior actions as lenders head back to Athens
PoliticsGreek PoliticsHaving got through the parliamentary debate and vote on the first set of prior actions Greece has...’ first task will be to check how much progress the Greek government has made in completing the 49 prior... of the week, is to put in motion the preparations for the second batch of prior actions, which
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Gov't hopes deal with lenders on prior actions will prove politically palatable
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece and its lenders have reached an agreement on the details of the 13 prior actions... in the current prior actions and, as such, their exclusion does not represent a victory for the government... with the remaining NPLs by mid-February. The vote on the multi-bill containing the 13 prior actions is expected
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Athens ties up prior actions, IMF hints at programme role
PoliticsGreek Politicsat ensuring that Greece has completed all 140 of its prior actions ahead of Thursday’s Eurogroup... report in time for Thursday’s meeting in Luxembourg. Completing the prior actions means... that some of the lenders would prefer the discussion on Thursday to focus on the prior actions rather than
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Eurogroup marks start of countdown for prior actions
EconomyProgrammeon the SYRIZA-led coalition to implement the 95 prior actions included in the review. One matter... of the year. This will require some 70 prior actions to be completed in less than a month... with the institutions. Some of the prior actions will prove trickier than others. One
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Airport redevelopment gets green light, leaving one prior action as lenders return to Athens
EconomyProgramme, meaning just one prior action from the third review remains to be completed as the Greek government... as the only remaining prior action that Athens has to complete before the third review can... and its 88 prior actions are due to begin on Monday. According to reports, 260 property auctions
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