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Small total surplus for budget at close of 2025 as underspend remains prominent
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance produced a surplus of 8 billion euros up to December, according.... The total budget balance up to December showed a minor surplus of 17 million euros, from a 369 million euros surplus up to December 2024. The overall balance is better than the target by 2.6 billion euros
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PM hails hydrocarbon deals as win for energy security and geopolitical standing
PoliticsGreek Politicsadministration for speeding up the process of granting the new licenses, and for opening up the path... in recent days outlined the elements which make up the US vision of the strategic relationship, including... in Athens on Tuesday, Guilfoyle reiterated the pledge made shortly after taking up her post
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Central government debt rises to 406.18 bln in Q4 as repos increase
EconomyMacroeconomy. FSM loans continue to make up the bulk of the total at 211.42 billion euros in Q4, having dropped... maturity showed that long-term (over 5 years) debt made up 71.5 percent of the total, while short-term (up to 1 year) and medium-term (1 to 5 years) debt accounted for 19.1 percent and 9.4 percent
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Retail sales conclude 2025 with jump of 6.9 pct YoY in Dec
EconomyMacroeconomywas also up by 1.1 percent. Compared to December 2024, automotive fuel was down by 2.5 percent, non... percent and food and beverages were up by 6.8 percent. Clothing and footwear moved up with 2.8 percent... down by 1.2 percent, a 6.8 percent rise in foods and non-food up by 7.7 percent. According
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Mitsotakis hoping for stability dividend, but Predator lurks in background
PoliticsGreek Politicsbegun to firm up: A cluster of recent opinion polls - all conducted after the outbreak...-up”. This is why the government is moving aggressively to keep the political initiative. The PM’s...”. Predator, he said, was “the weapon of a shadow state apparatus set up by the prime minister
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Strong rise in food sales pushes 7 pct YoY increase in Jan retail
EconomyMacroeconomymonthly movement was also up by 0.9 percent. Compared to January 2025, automotive fuel was down sharply... sales rose by 14.4 percent and food and beverages were up by 8.5 percent. Clothing and footwear moved up with a 4.9 percent rise. Pharmaceuticals increased by 5.1 percent YoY. The volume data captures
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Retail sales growth remained strong in Feb with 7.2 pct YoY rise
EconomyMacroeconomymonthly movement was also up by 1.4 percent. Compared to February 2025, automotive fuel was down.... Supermarket sales rose by 9.7 percent and food and beverages were up by 15.8 percent. Clothing and footwear moved up with a 9.7 percent rise. Pharmaceuticals increased by 7.7 percent YoY. The volume data
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Officials downplay significance of Trump F-35 signal to Turkey amid fears of softer US sanctions
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece and continuing presence in Cyprus. In the run-up to the summit, Foreign Minister Giorgos..., ahead of a declining PASOK. With ELAS shaping up as the main opposition, some of the findings test..., from just over 14 percentage points in the last round of polling, to 11.5 points. ND has given up 1.1
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Economic sentiment moderates slightly in July, while consumer confidence rises
EconomyMacroeconomyin the EU stood at 97.2 points in July, from 95.7 in the previous month. The euro area’s ESI was also up.... The services index dropped to 31.8 points, from 39 in the previous month. Services confidence is up by roughly... in the previous month, now up by 18.5 points since August 2025. Construction confidence had a recovery, up
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Murder the result of Golden Dawn acting with impunity and targeting working class neighbourhoods
Society- was, it hardly came as a surprise after months of neofascist Golden Dawn stepping up its presence on Greek..., over the last few years. This kind of action peaked in the days building up to Fyssas’s murder... members in Perama, western Athens, as they were putting up posters. Several of the victims were taken
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