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Primary budget deficit at 1.69 bln euros in Q1 as tax revenues continue to overperform
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance for the first three months of 2022 came to a deficit of 1.69 billion euros, compared to a deficit of 3.41 billion euros in the same period last year, according to the preliminary Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution data re...
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March budget primary balance short of target, but taxes continue to overperform
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance for the first three months of 2022 was confirmed at 1.65 billion euros, compared to a deficit of 13.4 billion euros during the same period last year, according to the final Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution data released...
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Newsletter 408 - 19/01/2024
36 MPs, 25 of PASOK’s 32, all 11 New Left lawmakers and 6 from Sailing for Freedom will vote... for Mitsotakis to brush under the carpet. The government will definitely be relying on support from
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Political world unites behind victims of sex abuse, but remains divided over policing proposals
PoliticsGreek Politicsas Greece’s #MeToo moment, the high-profile public support for Olympic sailing gold-medallist Sophia... in a magazine interview with a description of an incident in which a senior official in the sailing... at an international event. While the initial response was muted, with the Hellenic Sailing Federation
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Turkey maintains maritime pressure as Athens and Ankara court Haftar
PoliticsForeign Policyas Chevron’s decision to submit a proposal for two blocks south of Crete despite the Turkey-Libya... spatial planning (MSF) last April, but since then is trying to leverage its footprint in Libya... the Turkish-Libyan memorandum. Belgacem Haftar, the son of Khalifa Haftar and director of Libya’s
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Athens presses Benghazi in bid to block ratification of Turkish–Libyan maritime pact
PoliticsForeign PolicyGerapetritis and Aguila Saleh, president of Libya’s Benghazi-based House of Representatives. The meeting formed part of Athens’ regular contacts with representatives of Libya’s de facto government... of Exclusive Economic Zones among Greece, Turkey, Libya, Egypt and Cyprus. During the meeting, Gerapetritis
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Greek-Turkish rift puts strain on Cyprus reunification talks
PoliticsForeign Policyand guarantees chapter, and then put pressure on the guarantors to agree on security. The same... pave the way for the prime ministers of the three guarantor powers to meet. The ambition of the United.../replacement of the Treaty of Alliances of 1960 (of the Guarantor Powers) as a matter of principle
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Blame game follows collapse of Cyprus reunification talks
PoliticsForeign Policyto withdraw altogether to be made “at a higher level,” meaning the three guarantors’ prime ministers... tabled by Greece according to which prime ministers of the three guarantor powers would have decided... emerged that could have allowed the prime ministers of the guarantor powers to take part
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Athens buoyed by EU, US support over maritime spat with Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policyon the Turkey–Libya maritime border deal. A common statement adopted by the EU leaders during... on Thursday decided to appoint a special envoy to Libya. This will be Ambassador Christodoulos Lazaris. His mission will be to maintain contact with all sides in Libya in order to closely monitor developments
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After signing EastMed pipeline pact, Athens aims to tackle Turkey challenge
PoliticsForeign Policymemoranda with the Tripoli-based government in Libya. Officials in Athens stress, however... following Turkey's intervention in Libya, the message to Ankara in the joint statement they issued... in Libya presents a dangerous threat to wider regional stability.” The statement also noted
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