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Budget primary surplus at 3.16 bln in December, missing target for full year by 443 mln
EconomyMacroeconomybillion euros and was below target by 611 million. Net revenues came to 50.96 billion euros, under... expenditure came to 44.20 billion, below target by 611 million euros. Interest payments declined YoY
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Mitsotakis surprises with cabinet tweaks featuring familiar faces
PoliticsGreek Politicsas a safe move, with familiar faces returning to posts they had held in previous administrations... Simitis in 1999. The former PASOK politician is often touted as a “safe pair of hands” due... for critical reforms. However, the move was reportedly prompted by internal polling capturing
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Parliament starts debating censure motion as poll captures falling support for government
PoliticsGreek Politicssafe in the aftermath of the crash. Responding to the initiative in Parliament, PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis... of failing to deliver safe transport infrastructure. Mitsotakis is hoping to sow discord among... Kyriakos Mitsotakis spurred by public outcry over the 2023 Tempe rail accident. The latest polling shows
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Tsipras gets ball rolling on lengthy, ambitious bid to change constitution
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlexis Tsipras unveiled his proposals for the changes to the Greek Constitution on Monday night, indicating that he hopes it will be a process that engages voters and delivers political benefits for his government. The ideas set out by the prime ministe...
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Cyprus talks rolling again but Athens seems sceptical
PoliticsForeign PolicyCyprus President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci have decided to hold four bi-communal meetings starting on April 20. That was the main outcome of the first meeting of the two leaders under United Nations auspices following ...
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Hospital report gets ball rolling in coalition effort to target former governments
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe coalition took on Monday the next step in pursuing former ministers over alleged healthcare scandals, a key element of the government’s pre-election toolbox. The two governing parties, SYRIZA and Independent Greeks (ANEL), published on Monday the re...
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Backpay for civil servants gets "positive" measures rolling for government
EconomyThe Greek government has submitted to Parliament draft legislation that paves the way for thousands of civil servants to receive millions of euros in backpay, marking the start of a period of intense activity for MPs as the coalition plans to follow thi...
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New Democracy starts rolling out its first three bills
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government has begun tabling the first draft laws it promised to pass through Parliament before the summer recess begins on August 10. The bill regarding the executive arm of the state was submitted to Parliament on Thursday night. The first part of...
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Mitsotakis gets policy ball rolling as clues sought for decision on next president
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was due to chair his first cabinet meeting of the year on Friday as the moment that he will propose a candidate for the Greek presidency nears. Media reports suggested that the economy was to be the main topic of discu...
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EU elections in Greece: Applying a different scale of values
Agorato indicate what kind of effect these interventions had on voters’ choices but it is safe to assume.... At this stage, the safe conclusions we can draw following Sunday is that it was a big defeat for SYRIZA (which... to voters just a few days before they went to polling stations. But it is wrong to say that New
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