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  1. OECD report highlights stark contrasts in health system
    Photo by Natasha Pantazopoulou/Fosphotos

    Society

    -resourced. Greece has the lowest density of LTC workers (0.2 per 100 people aged 65+), no qualification... allocated 40 pct of its health budget to inpatient services - far above the OECD average of 28 pct. Spending on medical goods also consumed a hefty 30 pct of the budget, leaving less than 20 pct

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  2. Newsletter 492 - 23/01/2026

    Newsletters

    in 2028. This week, the final budget execution data for December was released, showing tax revenues.... The overall balance recorded a small surplus of 100 million euros, outperforming the target by 2.7 billion euros. A study published by the Parliamentary Budget Office estimates that, under the new fiscal

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  3. Newsletter 497 - 06/03/2026

    Newsletters

    budget remains intact. That budget was constructed on an oil price assumption of 62.4 dollars per..., could push prices to 100 or even 130 dollars. Such levels would force a political reckoning over

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  4. The one question SYRIZA needs to answer
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    Agora

    on the 2015 budget, interest payments during this period will reach 2.2 billion euros by March, 3.4... or cut spending in 2015, even if the budget execution is not impacted by the uncertainty

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  5. Commission sees political uncertainty hurting recovery, growth reaching 2.5 pct in 2015

    Economy

    . The EC expects private consumption to increase by 1.7 percent in 2015 and further by 2.2 percent... in the budget adopted for 2015”. Greek debt-to-GDP ratio of 176.3 percent in 2014 is expected to markedly... in the beginning of the year reflecting uncertainty on the implementation of the budget measures

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  6. Gov't unveils bill to overhaul pension system, increase income tax revenues

    EconomyProgramme

    working years. The national pension is not funded by contributions but only from the state budget... from 2.2 percent for income between 12-20,000 euros up to 10 percent for incomes above 220,000 euros... of 190 million euros in 2016 that was never implemented. The 2016 budget envisaged gaming revenues

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  7. Revenues spring surprise by beating Sep target, providing 1.4 bln cushion for Q4

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    that the preliminary budget execution bulletin with the official revenue and expenditure figures is due... stood at 466.83 million. This brings the total ENFIA due at 3.18 billion for this year, 2.2 percent... will be available upon the release of the final budget execution bulletin due after October 20

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  8. Coalition banks on surplus transfers, waits for Hellenikon verdict
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    fiscal overperformance will help it win the public relations battle over the draft 2018 budget... reaching 2.2 percent of GDP, against a target of 1.75 percent. This would allow the government... of next year. The draft budget also foresees 2.4 percent growth next year, driven to a large extent

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  9. Review gathers pace as mission chiefs prepare for Athens return
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    EconomyProgramme

    with a high degree of anxiety for the lenders to give their views on the 2018 budget. The International... expecting Greece to produce a primary surplus of 2.2 percent of GDP, compared to the 3.5 percent..., which is the latest that the government can submit the final budget for 2018 to Parliament

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  10. Greek health care spending in the spotlight
    By Natasha Pandazopoulou/Fosphotos

    EconomyFeatures

    governments increased subsidies for the system and pushed the country’s health care budget deficit to 50... 2.6 to 2.2 percent of GDP over the same period, from the highest to the second highest in the EU... as a result. That said, Greece continues to spend a high proportion of its total health care budget

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