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Final budget for Oct affirms new targets and tax outperformance
EconomyMacroeconomythat the primary balance now beats the target by 252 million euros. The overperformance up to last... million euros. The budget balance up to October came to a deficit of 4.77 billion euros, from... was above the target by 45 million euros, while income taxes were up by 6 million euros. Excise taxes
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Opposition fails to make inroads in spyware hearing as denials continue
PoliticsGreek Politics, the special cyber unit set up within EYP which has been linked in reports to the use of Predator, he..., representatives of SYRIZA and PASOK said it confirmed the government’s intention to cover up the surveillance... of up to 300 individuals may have been targeted with Predator as part of a concerted operation
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Oct current account deficit widens to 2.7 bln - worst since 2008
EconomyMacroeconomyof 2021. The goods balance showed a deficit of 32.21 billion euros, up from 20.51 billion euros up... deficit was 21.39 billion euros, from 16.44 billion euros in 2021. Up to October, the travel balance came... billion euros, up from 10.05 billion euros in 2021 and 4.21 billion euros in 2020.
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Newsletter 364 - 23/12/2022
, for which 650 million euros, has been budgeted will see up to 10 pct of each eligible family’s monthly... TV, support for New Democracy has edged up by one percentage point, to 33 pct, over the last month... of the energy crisis continue to be reflected in industrial turnover data. The index was up by 25.4
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Nov job data delivers worst employment figures on record, as 2022 produces 71,700 fewer places
EconomyMacroeconomyand termination of contracts. Layoffs are up by 13,956 year-on-year, while voluntary exits are down by 10,233. Hires were up by 775 jobs compared to November last year, while departures are up by 3,723. The proportion of hirings for full-time work came close to 45 percent. Part-time and shift work made up 41
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PM adds minimum wage hike to pre-election promises, with hints of more to come
PoliticsGreek Politics25s. There is also the option to raise it by up to 7 pct, in line with the recent pension rises... is seen as freeing up the government’s hands to divert some of the funds earmarked for energy measures... is that Mitsotakis will keep up the pace of announcements on the cost-of-living front, which remains
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Constitutional row follows political storm over prosecutor's intervention in surveillance probe
PoliticsGreek Politicsof serious missteps” in his opinion, backing up the objection expressed by the head of ADAE... accused New Democracy of a cover-up. In a further development, SYRIZA MEP and European Parliament Vice... and favours the cover-up of a very serious scandal of surveillance”. Another SYRIZA MEP, Stelios
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Current account deficit widens to 3.93 bln in Nov, 17.48 bln in 11M
EconomyMacroeconomy9.99 billion in the same period of 2021. The goods balance showed a deficit of 36.02 billion euros, up from 23.41 billion euros up to November 2021. The oil deficit has more than doubled, from 5 billion.... Up to November, the travel balance came to a surplus of 15.62 billion euros, from 9.32 billion euros
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Independent watchdog in eye of storm as parties clash over surveillance probe
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe political clash over the surveillance scandal went up a notch on Tuesday, when SYRIZA leader... to prompt the PM’s resignation. SYRIZA is expected to bring up the issue in Parliament on Wednesday... of ADAE marks another step in the scaling up of the bitter political feud over the surveillance scandal
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Seeking showdown in Parliament, SYRIZA tables censure motion over surveillance report
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe report. The opposition leader’s actions were widely expected to lead up to a grand gesture... minister himself as lies and fabrications. Tsipras accused Mitsotakis of setting up the surveillance... service. The SYRIZA leader also accused the government collectively of colluding to cover up the affair
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