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Polls indicated support for two main parties growing as start of elections marathon looms
PoliticsGreek Politicsopinion polls suggest is likely to happen in the coming weeks. An Alco poll conducted for Alpha TV... things would be worse under SYRIZA was fairly lower at 35 pct, while those thinking the leftists would.... This will be followed by Interior Minister Makis Voridis stepping down on March 12 so an interim minister, who
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Newsletter 389 - 14/07/2023
to speak a week after Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. In a TV interview on Thursday, Mitsotakis... become a millstone for the leftists. His popularity ratings were low, often lower than some other... had a presence in the country for at least two consecutive years in the past 35 years. Interior
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Newsletter 454 - 07/03/2025
for interfering with the scene of the crash. The motion was carried with 277 votes in favour, 12 against and 4... has taken on New Democracy. In the sounding by GPO for Star TV, ratings for New Democracy have
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Greek pensions laid bare
Agorapaid in March with a cost of 277 million euros, which corresponds to an average supplementary pension... a large part of these cases relate to early retirement, which results in lower payouts. Another 7.2... is four years below that of the private sector and reflects the lower retirement age for armed
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Government tables 2016 budget, upgrades GDP forecasts but leaves fiscal estimates unchanged
EconomyMacroeconomyand 4.19 billion next year. Compared to the draft budget, the interventions are 647 million lower...) and lower military expenses (500 million). Debt The MoF projects general government debt to slip to 316.5... (1.3 billion), development of Hellenikon (345 million), sale of real estate and shares (277 million
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Tsipras conducts varied reshuffle in further bid to revitalise coalition
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPappas (who retains his position), reportedly drafting the legislation for digital TV permits and the re... be leaving the Interior Ministry to become SYRIZA’s secretary, several other frontline officials... role is Alexis Haritsis. The 41-year-old was appointed interior minister, replacing the outgoing
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Government tries to mount defence against criticism about wildfires
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMinister Akis Skertsos admitted on TV that the response to the fires was not “as good as it could... if India is interested in using the port of Piraeus as a staging post in the shipment of its goods
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Greek primary budget surplus eases to 1.95 bln on back of lower revenues in Aug
Economyto lower revenues, which stood at 3.51 billion euros, broadly in line with those posted in May and June... the target. The outperformance is fully attributed to lower expenditure (1.74 billion euros better... budget surplus is lower by 31.8 percent and the budget deficit is higher by 13.7 percent. However, last
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Lower spending, extra revenues result in budget execution beating targets in March
EconomyMacroeconomy. The year to date primary surplus outperformance is mainly attributed to lower primary expenditure... lower revenues (by 386 million). The monthly data showed revenues (before tax refunds) exceeded target by 491 million, primary expenditure was 589 million lower than target, while PIB revenues were
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Alpha Bank reports lower losses of 115.8 mln in Q1 2015
EconomyBankingAlpha Bank reported lower quarter on quarter (QoQ) net losses of 115.8 million euros in the first... lower operating expenses and impairment losses. Core pre-provision income (PPI) - excluding trading... to lower costs. As expected, net interest income (NII) fell 2.8 percent QoQ to 481.5 million primarily due
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