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Budget primary balance beats target by 4.64 bln in July on back of impressive tax performance
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance up to July 2022 came to a deficit of 1.17 billion euros, compared to a deficit of 9.06 billion euros in the same period last year, according to the preliminary Finance... came to 3.15 billion euros, 758 million euros above target. Expenditure Up to July, overall
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Imminent parliamentary clash over phone-tapping puts PM on alert
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece’s politicians are gearing up for the first head-on clash over phone-tapping next week, which is forcing Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to be on his toes for potential dissent within his... rising in significance during the cost-of-living crisis, exacerbated by no let-up in the rise
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Another strong rise for industrial turnover in June as petroleum products drive 43.1 pct increase
EconomyMacroeconomy, with the mining and quarrying index also up by 4.4 percent. Manufacturing turnover increases were recorded in coke... by 45.6 percent, while the non-domestic market was up by 39.1 percent. In the domestic market
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First head-to-head clash over spying scandal in Parliament fails to deliver decisive blow
PoliticsGreek Politicsof politicians. He called on the opposition parties to work with the government to draw up a suitable... no signs of wanting to give up the pursuit of the issue. Friday’s debate left enough room for both
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Parties tussle over scope of surveillance probe as latest poll puts Mitsotakis in frame
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThere has been no let-up in the pressure on Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his government to account for the surveillance of a politician and a journalist by Greece’s national security... Skandalidis said that they intended to call everyone with an involvement to testify, up to and including
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PM brushes aside spying scandal, lowers expectations for handouts
PoliticsGreek Politics. Bratakos will also take up the position of deputy minister to the prime minister, broadening an already-large line-up of ministers, deputy ministers and alternate ministers. Bratakos will be the 59th
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Scandal erodes support for ND, complicates path to elections
PoliticsGreek Politicspct, hardly moving since the beginning of summer, while PASOK has edged up from 12.3 to 12.7 pct... The opposition parties, though, are not likely to give up on the issue any time soon
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Mitsotakis hits back at Erdogan's rhetoric, but leaves door open for meeting
PoliticsForeign Policypicked up in Athens The Greek premier said that Greece will follow a policy based on three elements vis... and the Eastern Mediterranean is being violated. “For the past few years, [Turkey] has been building up its
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Tax overperformance continues in Aug, as budget balance beats target by close to 6 bln
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance up to August 2022 came to a small surplus of 10 million euros, compared to a deficit of 6.38 billion euros in the same period last year, according to the preliminary... in the month. Tax refunds came to 3.58 billion euros, 704 million euros above target. Expenditure Up
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Govt unveils affordable housing scheme, but struggles to shunt wiretapping aside
PoliticsGreek Politicsat the Thessaloniki International Fair. The programme envisions up to 10,000 Greeks aged between 25 and 39 receiving low-interest mortgages of up to 150,000 euros. It also aims to provide at least 1,000 low
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