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Final budget sees strong growth, fiscal overperformance in 2018
EconomyMacroeconomyin the MTFS, with both direct and indirect tax intakes lower than initially thought at 20.77 billion
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at 50.51 billion euros from 51.27 billion in the MTFS, with both direct and indirect tax intakes
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Erdogan makes forceful start to visit, catches Athens off guard
PoliticsForeign Policywith Pavlopoulos’s more direct approach. Greek motivations Many commentators in Greece had wondered
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Concerns prompt Athens to dampen optimism as Macedonia name talks begin
PoliticsForeign Policydirect role in the talks to overcome the difference over the name”. There have always been unofficial
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Travel balance for nine-month period shows surplus of 11.57 bln
EconomyMacroeconomyclose to a fifth of the country's overall GDP in direct and indirect activities.
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Thessaloniki rally highlights political complexities of addressing name issue
PoliticsGreek Politicsand direct it solely at the government. At the same time, though, the conservative leader knows
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November current account deficit at 954 mln, goods balance improves
EconomyMacroeconomythe aggregate period, residents’ external assets under direct investment rose by 512 million euros
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Greek banks complete first round of covered bond issues
EconomyBankingAlpha Bank has become the latest among Greece’s four systemic banks to carry out a successful covered bond issue with the public auction of a 500-million euro bond last week. The bond was released as part of the bank’s 8-billion euro direct issuance covered bond programme. It carries a 5-year tenor
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December current account deficit at 1.24 bln on falling services balance
EconomyMacroeconomy-residents' holdings of Greek government bonds and T-bills. In 2017, residents’ external assets under direct
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Macedonia name talks move along but key issues still to be addressed
PoliticsForeign Policy, in the first direct flight made by a Greek official to Skopje in 12 years. Some sources suggest Kotzias
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