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EU subsidies help push Q1 primary budget surplus to 1.57 bln, well above target
Economyof 2014, three times higher than the 520 million recorded in the corresponding period last year... in the 2-month period. Tax refunds in March remained flat month on month with the 3-month figure at 703... better than target. The high PIB revenues posted in February led the 3-month figure to 2.04 billion
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The joke's on Greece
Agoraa distinct feeling since 2009 that those in opposition would like to see each government fall flat... in the wings before they even come to power. However, there is more to it than that. The low quality of Greece’s political elite and its subsequent inability to get to grips with the crisis
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Newsletter 150 -26/01/2018
to get parliamentary approval for any agreement with Skopje, this approach could make it more... settled at 3.5 percent and matching the pre-sales demand, it was finally oversubscribed more than twice... consecutive quarters was in 2006, the Commission notes. While private consumption remained flat during
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Lenders highlight risks of 'short-term popular' measures unveiled by government
EconomyProgrammea flat overall level of inflation over the same period,” Dolman added. The Fund official..., stressed the need to focus on the medium- and long-term, rather than “short-term popular measures... than 5 percent. “The Greek authorities have informed us that they hope to prepay the part
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Budget primary shows deficit of 9.09 bln in June, beating target
EconomyMacroeconomyrevenues came to 3.7 billion euros which was 58 million euros higher than its monthly target. State budget total revenues stood at 24 billion euros for the first six months, higher than the target by 93... Budget. The state paid 611 million euros in compensation to lessors due to decreased rents; 155
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Tsipras and SYRIZA: More old than new
Agora, Tsipras’s path seems to have been set: after talking a good game to get elected, he will pay only lip... that through his law office Katrougalos had taken on the cases of civil servants trying to get..., if Tsipras is not able to get his own house in order, then he cannot claim to represent something new
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Budget primary deficit reaches 9.09 bln for H1, up almost 3 bln on 2020
EconomyMacroeconomysix months, higher than the target by 88 million euros. VAT and consumption taxes contributed... 611 million euros in compensation to lessors due to decreased rents; 155 million euros for the grant
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Tensions within SYRIZA en route to membership ballot, party conference
PoliticsGreek Politics. In a week’s time, SYRIZA’s central committee is due to meet, a week later than originally... to increase the minimum wage by 7.5 percent in 2020, show that SYRIZA is trying to get on the front foot, but will probably ultimately fall flat or be superseded by events. It is likely to find more
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Newsletter 188 -21/12/2018
, the challenge in the coming weeks will be to either secure at least 151 votes (i.e. six more MPs than SYRIZA... payments showed a decline of 277 million euros to come to 5.19 billion euros. Overall expenditure from... 8.83 billion, lower than the figure for the same period last year by 15.4 percent. New unpaid
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Overdue social security contributions decrease slightly to 35.11 bln in Q2
EconomyMacroeconomycontinuous quarter. Until the end of 2016, KEAO was fed by overdue contributions of more than 5,000 euros... less than 15,000 euros each for an aggregate amount of 3.85 billion euros (11 percent of the total... of 3.49 billion euros (10 percent of the total). The number of debtors in this bracket rose by 277
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