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Significant revenue outperformance drives budget primary surplus to 4.4 bln in 2016
EconomyMacroeconomyincludes the payment of 630 million for one-off support to low-income pensioners. In addition, 2016... overperformance by 2.41 billion, including the one-off payment of 630 million (0.36 percent of GDP... to the 2017 budget, gg primary surplus (excluding the one-off payment of 0.36 percent of GDP) was expected
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Budget primary surplus at 918 mln in May, expenditures rise as 13th pension payment takes effect
EconomyMacroeconomymillion euros have been incorporated to 2019 figures to cover the one-off payments related to law...-off payments that took place until May of 2019 in connection with ministerial decisions issued... expenditures of 329 million euros (mainly the one-off payments of law 4575/2018) and increased PIB
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Athens waits for EU action on Turkey and Greece's Balkan neighbours
PoliticsForeign Policyto send an oil-and-gas drilling ship to waters off southern Cyprus where Greek Cypriot authorities... concerns in Athens. It seems, however, that despite the official condemnation by the Greek Foreign... of equipment to Turkey that could be used for hydrocarbon exploration. In public statements, the Greek side
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The arduous road of privatisation in Greece
Agoranews. First, the Greek privatisation agency confirmed its medium-term revenue targets. The HRADF’s... (as it is known by its Greek acronym) can reach the revenue target of 9.6 billion euros by the end... years. He was a rare example of continuity at the senior management level of the Greek privatisation
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Newsletter 34 - 10/07/2015
Sliding from No to Yes Govt proposals resemble those put forward by Commission The Greek Parliament... an explanatory memorandum in Greek (compared to the English text sent to Brussels) that put the amount... obligations from its own sources. The Greek document, submitted to Parliament as a draft law in a single
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Newsletter 202 -12/04/2019
of the second post-programme review, the Greek government has identified the early repayment of some... of the IMF and World Bank spring meetings in Washington. The Greek government is confident that it will be given the green light to settle the loans due this year and next. “When you pay off the loans
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Newsletter 231 -06/12/2019
affected by Ankara’s bid to carve out the space to its south. The Greek government appears to have... of 2.3 pct year-on-year as Q2 growth is revised to 2.8 pct The Greek authorities left Wednesday's... that Greek Finance Minister Christos Staikouras would not face any issues in yesterday’s meeting
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OECD sees Greek recession continuing in 2014, slower recovery to follow
EconomyMacroeconomyCooperation and Development (OECD) still expects Greek GDP to contract 0.3 percent in 2014 and rebound 1.9...) and Greek government, which both expect 0.6 percent growth in 2014 and 2.9 percent in 2015. The economic think-tank notes that the Greek economy has started to turn around helped by buoyant tourism
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Tsipras and Erdogan keep conversation going despite lack of specific gains
PoliticsForeign PolicyDuring Alexis Tsipras' state visit, the first in 11 years by a Greek prime minister to Ankara... agreements that mostly focus on the enhancement of trade and economic ties. The Greek premier emphasised.... Turkey viewed the departure of former Defence Minister,Panos Kammenos from the Greek government
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A tax credit for Greece: The significance of an independent public revenue service
Agoratheir book, The Depoliticisation of Greece's Public Revenue Administration, to discuss why Greek tax... for ‘the commons’. The book traces how each Greek administration since the start of the crisis toyed with the idea... managed it. What were the key obstacles or reservations that hindered Greek politicians? In the book we
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