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Storm fallout sweeps PM to crucial juncture early in second term
PoliticsGreek Politicsanti-flood works in the area. Although tens of millions of euros were set aside to restore... is demanding answers about what preparations, especially in terms of anti-flood works, have been... and improve anti-flood defences. However, it is expected that Storm Daniel will put a much bigger
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As SYRIZA looks towards centre, will New Democracy turn to its right?
PoliticsGreek Politicsof Greece, where many still see the leftists as anti-European. “We are a pro-European force... allies, the anti-bailout Independent Greeks and Democratic Left (DIMAR), both performed terribly on May... that there is not much more support for SYRIZA to draw from the far left. Anti-capitalist ANTARSYA and pro
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Ousting of govt MP brings to fore leadership unease, angst over far right
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe wider context, they took on an inflammatory nature. Firstly, attacks by far-right extremists on anti... journalist with vocal anti-immigration views, used online channels to expose sensitive details... was intentionally adopting the kind of anti-communist rhetoric used by the banned neo-Nazi party to gain support
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Mitsotakis clinches big majority in second election, but small parties could complicate matters
PoliticsGreek Politicsbe seen as a knock-on effect of the anti-vax movement that emerged in Greece during the Covid pandemic and an anti-abortion movement that has been evident over the last few years. Questions remain about... as leftist. Instead, she has adopted a purely anti-systemic stance, with no policy programme of any
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Revenues at 4.77 bln in Oct, beating target for fourth straight month
EconomyThe final budget execution to October confirmed preliminary figures, released by the Ministry of Finance (MoF) on November 13, showing revenues beating monthly targets by 763 million euros for the fourth straight month. The year-to-date previous revenue shortfall, which peaked to 1.61 billion euros
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Tax chief's departure brings coalition revenue plans under scrutiny
PoliticsGreek Politicseuros. #Greece new unpaid taxes at €763 mln in Apr (from €1.21 bln in Mar) & at €4.33 bln year
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Budget execution shows primary surplus of 711 mln, 503 mln ahead of target
EconomyMacroeconomyperiod. This implies an average figure exceeding 1 billion per month. Although the April figure of 763
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Unpaid taxes keep rising, tax audits short of targets
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s unpaid taxes rose by 873 million in May at a slightly accelerating pace compared to the 763 million recorded in April, according to data provided by the General Secretariat of Information Systems. Following May’s performance, the year to date figure of new unpaid tax obligations stands
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Unpaid taxes rose by 1 bln a month in H1 2014, collection targets missed
EconomyMacroeconomyThe rate of increase in Greece’s unpaid taxes accelerated to 1.03 billion euros in June from 873 million in May and 763 million in April, according to data provided by the General Secretariat of Information Systems, which also revealed that most tax collection targets are being missed. The June
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Primary cash surplus widens to 2.85 bln in Q1
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s central government primary cash balance improved to 2.85 billion euros in the first quarter (Q1) of 2016 from 1.19 billion last year, Bank of Greece (BoG) figures showed on Wednesday. In March, the primary cash surplus widened by 11.1 percent to 763 million from 687 million
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