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Moody's, DBRS keep ratings unchanged, leave no doubt that fiscal prudence is key for next moves
Economyin cleaning up the balance sheets as banks have to operate in a high-risk environment led by recession... if they are to consider pushing Greece up to investment grade. DBRS also highlights that Greece has... GDP by up to 3.3 pct by 2026. In the ratings drivers, policies of pro-growth and pro-reform
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Surveillance scandal produces more damaging revelations for ND
PoliticsGreek Politics, the head of the privacy watchdog argued that this reasoning does not stand up to scrutiny since... with the inquiry and trying to cover up the affair to minimise the damage for New Democracy and PM... elections. It was reported that Androulakis might seek to up the pressure on the government by raising
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Opposition anger at constrained surveillance inquiry not yet reflected in public mood
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the panel, is trying to wrap up proceedings as quickly as possible and failing to approve the proper... questions. PASOK also accused the government of trying to cover up the scandal and blocking any... sanguine about the phonetapping scandal and the opposition accusations that it is covering up the affair
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Budget primary balance to Aug beats target by almost 6 bln as VAT, income and property taxes drive revenue outperformance
EconomyMacroeconomyby 5.7 billion euros. The budget balance up to August came to a deficit of 4.1 billion euros, from... taxes were up by 1.76 billion euros. Excise taxes were short of target by 150 million euros. Tax... million euros. Overall, the PIB balance landed at a deficit of roughly 3 billion euros. Up to August
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Big two parties strengthen grip on voters, but dominance remains elusive
PoliticsGreek Politicsits ratings by 0.6 pct since the beginning of July and SYRIZA picked up 1.5 pct. Once again, PASOK... picked up 0.8 pct since late August, and SYRIZA has gained 0.6 pct, while PASOK shed 0.9 pct to go from.... Voting intentions still do not add up to an outright victory for ND in an electoral contest under
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Frustrated Androulakis rounds off surveillance inquiry as issue fails to gain traction
PoliticsGreek Politicsscandal by trying to cover up its involvement in the snooping on Androulakis and others. He highlighted..., which is the only one of the three leading parties that is well up on the share of the vote... of September in the wake of the wiretapping revelations. However, support now seems to be back up
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Migration back on main political agenda
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMitarachi to call on Turkish authorities to step up their efforts to stop irregular crossings because... and Independent Greeks (ANEL) were in power. With the general elections coming up in Greece next... effort. This theory was subsequently picked up by Mitsotakis, who repeated this theory in Parliament
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Fitch leaves rating unchanged at 'BB', sees small recession and primary deficit next year
Economythat has been building up in the markets during the recent months, that the prospect of the investment... stagnating in the first half of next year, before picking up in the second half, which will lead to small contraction next year of 0.2 pct. The economy is expected to resume its recovery in 2024, up by 1.8
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Final budget execution data for Sep highlights overperformance in most tax categories
EconomyMacroeconomybillion euros. The budget balance up to September came to a deficit of 4.22 billion euros, from... income taxes were up by 1.51 billion euros. Excise taxes were short of target by 125 million euros... of roughly 3 billion euros. Up to September, RRF intakes were 1.72 billion euros and all
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Surveillance claims continue to bug New Democracy
PoliticsGreek Politics, former intelligence agents and businessmen to set up a spying ring that made use of the Predator... in the setting up of the espionage network, but that many of the victims also seemed to have a poor... of Predator, targeting journalist Thanassis Koukakis, was flagged up some six months ago.
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