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Budget execution shows primary surplus of 711 mln, 503 mln ahead of target
EconomyMacroeconomybillion dragged by higher tax refunds. The drop in primary expenditure accelerated in May to -3.3... period. This implies an average figure exceeding 1 billion per month. Although the April figure of 763
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Budget primary confirmed at deficit of 9.07 bln in October
EconomyMacroeconomyby category, other current taxes were below target by 39 million or 3.3 percent. Personal income tax (PIT... at 4.44 billion, above target by 1.68 billion. Aggregate PIB expenditure came to 7.01 billion
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Lenders put spotlight back on pending reforms ahead of second post-MoU review
EconomyProgrammeto modernise human resource management in the public sector, the report noted that the appointment
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Clash over refugees in central Athens prompts warnings of far-right resurgence
PoliticsGreek Politicsdescribed as efforts by solidarity groups to “exploit human misery to create an impression”. Around 300... and exclusionary. Critics blame the action on pressure being put on the city council by the right... to 11,000 recognised refugees faced eviction from subsidised accommodation when the government cut
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Tax chief's departure brings coalition revenue plans under scrutiny
PoliticsGreek Politics. The government’s decision to force Theoharis out as it prepares for a cabinet reshuffle has put... euros. #Greece new unpaid taxes at €763 mln in Apr (from €1.21 bln in Mar) & at €4.33 bln year
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Newsletter 144 -15/12/2017
Prior actions, auctions dog coalition Key deliverables still pending as spectre of early elections emerges once more Greek government officials attempted to put Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.... The budget balance in the first 11 months of 2017 recorded a deficit of 763 million euros, landing
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Bond difficulties put a dent in coalition's exit plans
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the third bailout in August has put another dent in the government’s hopes of making as clean a break... official told Reuters that the bond issue plans have been put on hold due to the market turbulence... sensing that the debt relief package which Greece’s lenders are due to put forward is likely to fall
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Differences over Macedonia name issue put coalition unity under scrutiny
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the two coalition partners to put this course at risk over this issue, which might not be solvable... the NATO summit in July. This could put the coalition parties in an awkward position before
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PM livens up ministers over fourth review as debt relief proposals are put together
EconomyProgrammePrime Minister Alexis Tsipras urged his ministers on Tuesday to concentrate on any tasks they have related to the fourth review, thereby ensuring that the government does not put at risk the timely... the exit from the MoU in August to be put at risk. “We are in the final stretch to leave behind
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Opposition tries to put surveillance scandal back on political agenda
PoliticsGreek Politicsand transparency committee is the first step in the effort to put New Democracy under more pressure as opinion... and on Tuesday he indicated that the government is unlikely to put forward a third round of its Fuel Pass
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