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ND wrong-foots SYRIZA with call to lift expat vote restrictions
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe expat vote has become the latest pretext for a flare-up between the New Democracy government and opposition SYRIZA, as a new bill proposes to open up remote voting to the Greek diaspora. On Monday, Interior Minister Makis Voridis tabled a bill in Pa...
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Govt responds to report on deadly incident with tougher policing measures, as critics call for rethink
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe official report into an incident in which police fired shots at a fleeing car, killing one occupant and injuring another following a high-speed chase, has prompted the government to announce a series of tough new policing measures. Following several...
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Opposition sees ND’s call for broader subsidy inquiry as attempt to muddy waters
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government caught its opponents by surprise on Monday when it announced that it will propose a broad parliamentary investigation into the alleged misuse of agricultural subsidies dating back to 1998 – a move that the opposition parties see as an att...
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Mitsotakis renews call for Turkey to scrap "casus belli" - opposition unimpressed
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKyriakos Mitsotakis returned from his appearance at the United Nations General Assembly last week feeling that he had burnished Greece's diplomatic contacts with a range of countries and had stated the country's case clearly vis a vis its ongoing disput...
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Revenues at 4.77 bln in Oct, beating target for fourth straight month
Economyestimates a gg primary surplus of 812 million (0.4 percent of GDP) in 2013, higher than the initially
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Greek primary surplus at 400 mln to Oct but arrears keep piling up
EconomyMacroeconomyEAP terms and comparable to the government’s estimate of 812 million for the whole year 2013
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Budget passed but troika accord still some way off for Greece
PoliticsGreek Politics. - Achievement of a general government primary surplus of 812 million (0.4 percent of GDP) in 2013
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Primary budget surplus in Nov at 1.2bln euros, 2013 target in reach
Economyprimary surplus at general government level at 812 million, with the 11-month state budget figure
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Despite payment of some arrears, total reached 4.6 bln at end of 2013
EconomyMacroeconomyreach 812 million. This figure is calculated by the MoF under the EAP methodology and corresponds
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Central gov't cash surplus rises by 53.8 pct to 603 mln in January
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s central government net balance on a cash basis showed the surplus widening by 53.8 percent to 603 million euros in January from 392 million last year, according to the Bank of Greece (BoG). At the same time, the primary cash surplus rose to 812 million, up by 27.7 percent compared to last
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