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Greece seeks better relations with Albania as wariness of Turkey grows
PoliticsForeign Policyin the Turkish city of Edirne for more than a month after accidentally crossing the border while... described Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as a “sultan.” He also tried to distance himself
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Newsletter 235 -17/01/2020
force than some of his predecessors as prime minister, particularly SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras... was hoping that it could clinch a qualified majority of more than 200 out of 300 MPs so that the new... and could need more than one coalition partner to form a government. This means there is an increased
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Greek primary budget surplus eases to 1.95 bln on back of lower revenues in Aug
Economysurplus remains above target by 989 million euros, while the budget deficit is 1.27 billion better than... than target). Revenues and the Public Investment Budget (PIB) balance fell short of their targets.... In particular, PIB revenues dropped 15.9 percent to 3.35 billion euros, 65 million lower than target
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Complex privatisation fund faces tall order to reduce Greek debt
Economyand more than 700 million to state’s direct participation in state-controlled companies that could
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Officials order wider use of masks as upward trend for Covid-19 cases continues
PoliticsGreek Politicsis much lower than many other European countries. Nevertheless, officials are concerned
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Higher education in Greece needs radical overhaul to create labour-relevant workforce, study says
Societyin 2017 versus 39 percent in 2009) than it is for those with higher education (29 percent in 2017... euros higher than the average monthly salary in the private sector. Recommendations IOBE concludes... sector was 884 euros in 2016 compared to 1,054 euros in 2008. In the public sector, despite falling
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Samaras tax cut pledges aimed at MPs rather than voters
PoliticsGreek Politicswords were primarily aimed at MPs rather than voters. The only tangible announcement made by Samaras... tax would be 283 percent higher than in 2012, when it was raised from 60 to 330 euros per 1,000... on which it hopes that some opposition and independent MPs will join it in order to elect a new
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April primary surplus beats target thanks to improved taxes and contained spending
EconomyMacroeconomysurplus in April 2025. The overall balance is better than the target by 2.79 billion euros. Revenues... 884 million euros from the RRF this year.
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Timing factors and contained spending keep primary balance 2.89 bln above target in April
EconomyMacroeconomyis better than the target by 2.8 billion euros. Revenues At 25.18 billion euros, net revenues... euros. It has also received a new tranche from the RRF of 884 million euros.
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Unpaid contributions rise to 33.86 bln as more legacy debtors added
EconomyMacroeconomycontributions of more than 5,000 euros from the four main Greek pension funds. It is due to this ongoing... short of 1.4 million. Most debtors, 49 percent of the total, owe less than 5,000 euros for a total... contains 93,363 debtors owing 5.18 billion euros, followed by those that owe more than 1 million
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