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  1. Budget primary shows deficit of 7.01 bln in September
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    The budget primary balance recorded a deficit of 7.01 billion euros in the first nine months of 2020, compared to a surplus of 4.47 billion noted in September 2019, the final Finance Ministry (MoF... during the first nine months of the year. Personal income tax (PIT) was below target by 763 million

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  2. Kasselakis offers more hints of a positive narrative for SYRIZA's post-Tsipras era
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    hate speech and a lack of public dialogue around the importance of protecting human rights... and described it as a wake-up call for the defence of democracy and human rights in Europe.

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  3. Govt hints at more relief measures as opposition lambasts electricity bill fixes
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Sokratis Famellos accused New Democracy of introducing a “Frankenstein” model of piecemeal solutions which

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  4. New president receives strong endorsement, hints at areas of interest

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    and initiatives.” She also spoke of aspiring towards a society that respects human rights

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  5. Podcast - Long live the revolution: The legacy of Greece's 1821 war of independence

    Agora

    Greece is celebrating the 200th anniversary of its war of independence, which began in 1821 and allowed Greeks to free themselves of Ottoman rule and oppression, and form their own nation-state. To mark this occasion, we spoke to Sakis Gekas, the Hellenic Heritage Foundation (HHF) Chair of Modern

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  6. Policeman's death prompts PM's pledge to act on hooliganism
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    The death of a policeman from injuries received during a clash with hooligans has prompted further... greeted the news of the death of the 31-year-old riot policeman in hospital on Wednesday with a stern... incidents of violence against police. Far-right Spartiates noted the death of a motorcycle policeman

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  7. General govt primary cash deficit at 7.01 bln in Sept, arrears up by 113 mln
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    Greece’s general government (gg) primary cash deficit came to 7.01 billion euros in the first nine months of the year compared to a surplus of 4.53 billion in the same period last year, according... at a deficit of 7.01 billion euros. The budget primary balance for the same time last year came

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  8. The first cut is the deepest? Greek pension reforms in context

    EconomyFeatures

    government figures have been drip-feeding hints of a post-MoU relaxation to a desperate domestic.... It is worth asking whether this is the right model for the future. Sadly, there is very little indication

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  9. Latest criticism regarding human rights, civil society rebuffed by govt
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    The Greek government’s attitude towards civil society and human rights has come under fire from... media reports and complaints by press freedom and human rights advocates that the Greek authorities.... On Wednesday, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders presented her preliminary findings from

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  10. Greece's post-lockdown hubris
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    Agora

    in mid-June said that they believed Covid-19 to be a human creation, while one in three believe... any hints to passengers and passers-by of the exceptional circumstances. Signage in parks

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