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Greek primary budget surplus at 707 mln as revenues beat target in May
Economyreleased by the Ministry of Finance (MoF) on Tuesday. The state budget deficit to May narrowed... a deficit of 339 million in May from 495 million posted in April. In contrast, May budget deficit rose... trend in May increasing by 6.9 percent (from -1.4 percent in April), which led the 5-month figure up
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University bill threatens PASOK consensus as probes launched into alleged infractions by politicians
PoliticsGreek Politicsto have persuaded one of the rebels to toe the line, while the other is hinting that they may abstain... investigation in the Interior Ministry, which is the suspected source of the data leak, while on Tuesday.... The Interior Ministry has denied that it provides voters’ contact information, while the chief
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Politicians have commissioned, and largely ignored, multiple reports on wildfires
Societyin the aftermath of the deadly Mati wildfire of the previous summer, for which Mitsotakis laid the blame... the first anniversary of Mati, in no small measure thanks to the public anger stemming from SYRIZA’s... focussed more narrowly on what went wrong with the evacuation of Mati, and made recommendations
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The positives and negatives that will decide Greece's elections
Agora155 to 164. The fact that New Democracy beat SYRIZA by almost 10 points in the May 26 European.... They are concerned that any complacency which may have set in because of the size of the ND victory in May and the fact the national vote is being held while summer holidays are in full swing
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PM seeks to douse snap election talk, points to October polls
PoliticsGreek Politicsgeneral elections in May, the prime minister has given the strongest public indication yet that he... is due to be held on May 26. “This will not happen,” he said. His comments come on the back of media... on Tuesday, also foresees polling stations being divided in two on May 26, so voters will cast ballots
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Piraeus Bank sells first real-estate backed NPE portfolio worth 1.95 bln
EconomyBankingto Piraeus and Zepos and Yannopoulos as Greek legal counsel to Piraeus for the transaction. Around 20
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PM's strategic bet on Israel meets domestic blowback over Gaza
PoliticsGreek Politicscarrying IDF soldiers on leave as well as tourists. On July 29, police clashed with protesters in Agios
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Budget primary surplus of 2.28 bln in first five months of 2016, tax revenues beat target in May
EconomyMacroeconomyeuros in May from a small surplus of 43 million in April. In addition, the 5-month state budget deficit... by 15.9 percent in May after falling in the two previous months. In absolute terms, revenues stood at 3.38 billion euros in May, beating the target by 514 million, which represents the highest monthly
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Newsletter 174 -14/09/2018
that responsibility for the death and destruction inflicted by the Mati fire. The fact that all four officials involved argued that while some mistakes may have been made, the response from authorities was correct... and European Parliament) in May, or a vote any sooner. Earlier, his coalition partner Defence Minister Panos
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General gov't cash primary surplus to May halves, arrears keep rising
EconomyMacroeconomy, albeit at a slower rate, by 4.5 percent month on month (MoM) in May from 9 percent in April. The increase... showed arrears reached 5.04 billion at the end of May from 4.82 billion in April. This means that creation of arrears almost halved in May to 218 million from around 400 million in each
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