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Budget primary shows deficit of 7.01 bln in September
EconomyMacroeconomyThe 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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Mitsotakis raises bar for EP vote success as fringe parties and abstention hold key to result
PoliticsGreek Politics’s MeRA25 fall below the threshold. By setting the bar for success at 9 seats, Mitsotakis is both... Ombudsman is also investigating the Coast Guard’s actions in relation to the sinking. Human rights advocates.... This is the second high-profile case of alleged human trafficking to be dismissed in recent months
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Podcast - Long live the revolution: The legacy of Greece's 1821 war of independence
AgoraGreece 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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The nightmare of our choice
Agoraremoved carriages and earth, some of which contained human remains, from the crash site and paved..., focussing only on the human error of a station master in Larissa who diverted the trains onto the same... around the Tempe crash and to engage in deleterious personal battles with government officials
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General govt primary cash deficit at 7.01 bln in Sept, arrears up by 113 mln
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’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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Record FDI flow into Greece raises bar, but is it sustainable?
EconomyFeatures, the government has set the bar at 7-8 billion euros, with almost 5 billion already secured in H1, which..., when Crédit Agricole’s ill-fated acquisition of Emporiki Bank for 2.2 billion euros brought in just
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Latest criticism regarding human rights, civil society rebuffed by govt
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe 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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Budget primary shows deficit of 7.01 bln as revenues suffer in September
EconomyMacroeconomyThe 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 preliminary Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution bulletin for September showed on Thursday. The primary surplus was below its
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Greece's post-lockdown hubris
Agorain 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.... The failure to engage young people in safe behaviour has gradually dawned on policymakers
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Human Rights Commissioner calls for improvements to battered healthcare system
SocietyA report by the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe has shown the severe impact of the country’s crisis on Greece’s healthcare sector as well as the health of Greeks. The report... to accessing healthcare in practice and greater investment in ensuring that the human rights of disabled
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