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Travel balance surplus up by 10.9 pct in 2019 as 31.3 mln visitors roll in
EconomyMacroeconomyduring the month to 692,200 visitors, while the average expenditure per trip edged up by a slight 0.7... percent YoY, while flows from outside the EU28 were up by 6 percent. During all of 2019, travel receipts... down by 0.2 percent to 2.96 billion. Revenues from French visitors were up by 14.5 percent to 1.09
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ND focussed on keeping coronavirus numbers down in build-up to Greek Easter
PoliticsGreek Politicsoutbreak sources being discovered. Authorities are wary that due to Easter coming up on Sunday... risen to 98 (average age: 72), while the number of cases was up to 2,114. Of those 76 people... new arrivals in quarantine for 14 days and that an emergency plan is being drawn up to deal
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General govt primary cash surplus down to 774 mln in March, arrears up by 195 mln
EconomyMacroeconomypercent of the total, tax refunds make up the majority of arrears during the month, followed by SSFs... came to 33.83 billion euros in March and made up 9.4 percent of the total. In other underlying categories, a rise of 405 million euros was seen in T-bills, making up 3 percent of the total. EFSF/ESM
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Satisfied with reform commitment and pandemic response, EC wraps up sixth post-MoU review
EconomyProgrammespecific reform commitments by Greece in six key areas up to mid-2022. The report is based... of the next review, the Commission urges the authorities to engage the necessary resources and step up... include the new insolvency code. Progressing the mid-2020 commitments, combined with follow-up
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Vaccination scheme gearing up as more jabs arrive, but some scepticism persists
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the Pfizer vaccine, which could potentially be topped up if the EU reaches an agreement to purchase... to earlier announcements by the government, the plan is to administer up to 2 million doses a month once... not deliver a full line-up, however the majority of parliamentary party leaders stepped forward
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Greek #MeToo claims snowball amid accusations of political cover-up
PoliticsGreek Politicswas a personal choice of PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis, while openly accusing Mendoni of a cover-up. A subsequent.... While the minister continues to stand her ground, denying both the favouritism claims and the cover-up... claimed that he was being subjected to “trial by media”, while a self-proclaimed anarchist group put up
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Parties turn attention to green transition as climate issues move up political agenda
PoliticsGreek Politicshardly featured as an issue in the 2019 elections, it has gradually moved up the political agenda... that in just two years green issues have risen up the political agenda at an impressive rate as the parties... will reportedly be on June 17. The draft law, which is up for public consultation, has already drawn
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PMI up to 59 pts in Dec as manufacturing nears year of growth despite supply chain challenges
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s manufacturing PMI edged up slightly in December to 59 points, from 58.8 in November, according to Markit data released on Monday. The data shows another marked improvement in the Greek... pushing up prices as firms attempt to pass-through their costs to clients. Input prices were pushed up
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Relief measures being lined up, but PM's eye also on reforms rollout
PoliticsGreek Politicssubsidy, which will aim to put up to 100 euros in the pockets of as many as 3.1 million drivers... stipend, when the PM had promised up to 600 euros per each bill. SYRIZA accused the government... to conclude up to 50 actions by the end of the year and to complete the reform programme it set out in 2019
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No let-up in pressure over spying scandal as govt unveils intelligence agency changes
PoliticsGreek Politicsin criminal investigations are recorded separately. There were 3,190 such petitions in 2020, up from.... Opposition pressure Understandably, the opposition parties show no signs of letting up over the scandal... the government of trying to cover up the affair and not coming clean about why Androulakis was bugged. ND
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