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Mitsotakis calls for no-confidence vote, hoping to exert more pressure on coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicscoalition partner, Independent Greeks (ANEL), to the settlement. However, there does not seem to be any chance of the censure motion leading to a vote of no confidence in the government. Despite ANEL’s... ANEL deputy Dimitris Kammenos, who has been involved in frequent public arguments with his SYRIZA
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Greek trade deficit up by 21.9 pct in May as exports sink further
EconomyMacroeconomyThe rate of increase in Greece’s trade deficit accelerated to 21.9 percent in May from 17.2 percent in April, according to the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT). May’s figure indicates that trade deficit rose for the fourth straight month and the ...
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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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Mitsotakis lets budget measures sink in as he mulls presidential pick
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe measures announced in the budget appear to have hit the mark with New Democracy lawmakers, who met with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Tuesday in a pre-holiday gathering. The PM later told ERT TV that he would not be announcing his candidate ...
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No late rally for Tsipras
Agorapoll for the centre-right party. The crushing nature of the defeat, which saw SYRIZA’s share... saw ND dominate in the municipal and regional elections. SYRIZA’s main target will be to achieve... to power delivering a message that many crisis-weary voters saw as hopeful, envisioning a life beyond
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Coalition caught between pleasing lenders and voters ahead of next troika review
PoliticsGreek Politicsconditionality. The Wall Street Journal reported that the eurozone is considering attaching terms to any debt.... The subsequent cabinet reshuffle saw a number of conservatives representing the so-called “popular right
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Greece and lenders with conceptual, as well as practical, gaps to bridge
PoliticsGreek Politics, which saw Athens receive loans largely to pay off debt after meeting tough fiscal targets and executing.... This means that there is room for compromise in the days ahead – as a Wall Street Journal article published
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SYRIZA's long, slow march
Agorato the depth of problems facing Greece growing that bit larger. Speaking to the Wall Street Journal last week..., the leftist party saw itself in the vanguard of the backlash against austerity in the eurozone
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Newsletter 86 - 02/09/2016
continues Retail sales fell for the 13th straight month in June, which saw a 5.2 percent drop from 7.9... broadcasters and highlighting that the competition had been advertised in the Wall Street Journal
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