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Budget deficit of 6.38 bln in Aug confirmed; target beaten due to one offs
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance was confirmed at a deficit of 6.38 billion euros in the first eight months of 2021, compared with a deficit of 5.48 billion in the same period last year, the final Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution data showed on Monday....
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VAT and income taxes buoy revenue performance as primary surplus target is beaten in Sep
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance in September was confirmed at a surplus of almost 6 billion euros, compared to a surplus of 52 million euros in the same month of 2022, according to the final Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution data released on Wednesday....
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Government lines up new zoning scheme, fuelling debate over growth model
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government has unveiled its plans to introduce a new zoning plan, which it says will restore some order to construction activity in Greece but which others fear will pave the way for more building in areas outside of the updated scheme. The new plan...
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Newsletter 131 - 8/9/2017
Review could spoil positive mood Macron's visit lifts hopes in Athens, though much work remains on prior actions The arrival of French President Emmanuel Macron in Athens on Thursday allowed the government to step up its efforts to focus Greece’s domest...
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Newsletter 131 -15/09/2017
Post-Macron positivity runs out Tsipras struggles to keep upbeat message going as trouble at home prevails The government had been hoping this week to bask in the glory of French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s appe...
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Greece and the euro: The flight of Icarus
Agoraeconomic model in which the state was omnipresent. The two-party system that had dominated Greek... pace. Opposing it are SYRIZA, an anti-austerity leftist party on the rise, and Golden Dawn, a racist
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What could Trump's victory mean for Greece?
Agoracredentials (a 2009 DePaul University graduate that lists attending a model UN in 2012 as one..., neo-Nazi Golden Dawn has already hailed Trump’s defeat of Hillary Clinton as a victory
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Newsletter 211 -21/06/2019
plans to appoint a chief of staff as part of his effort to re-model the prime minister’s office... and the prime minister. Instead, all the leaders of the parties represented in Parliament (bar Golden Dawn
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Credit contraction decelerates to 0.9 pct in April, net additions climb to 659 mln
EconomyMacroeconomy. The positive flow in April is almost entirely attributed to corporate sector net additions of 763... positive for the third successive month, with net additions climbing to 763 million in April
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Bound to lose
Agoramembers of Neo-Nazi Golden Dawn were convicted on October 7 of operating as a criminal organisation... to establish that Golden Dawn was a gaggle of criminals and racists. The moment proved fleeting... and social isolation of Golden Dawn its strategic target,” he said. This is not an accurate portrayal
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