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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. 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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  3. 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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  4. Newsletter 60 - 29/01/2016

    Newsletters

    to more than 1.1 billion euros in absolute terms, could provide a cushion in the upcoming... around Greece countries are building fences to keep migrants out, the EU is looking for ways to deter... the immediate and local. If a leader as dominant as Chancellor Angela Merkel can incur so much

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  5. Budget primary shows deficit of 7.01 bln as revenues suffer in September

    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 preliminary Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution bulletin for September showed on Thursday. The primary surplus was below its

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  6. Govt counts cost of own energy package as hopes of coordinated EU response fade
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    been hints that the government is planning further measures to cushion the effects of inflation... an immediate embargo on Russian oil, asking for such a measure to be delayed until autumn or winter..., are in favour of a staged oil embargo. Political pressure The government is sticking to the narrative

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  7. Search for solutions, not scapegoats in EU's refugee crisis
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    Agora

    , the EU is looking for ways to deter people making the journey across the Aegean and, according... as Chancellor Angela Merkel can incur so much wrath over her refugee policy that 40 percent of Germans would... refugees and migrants arrive on its islands to prevent them simply moving on en masse to other

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  8. CPI rises again in November, at accelerating rate of 1.1 pct
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    Greece’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 1.1 percent in November, accelerating from the 0.7... for the 12-month period from December 2016 to November 2017 was 1.1 percent. The core index edged up... by 1.1 percent in November following a rise of 0.5 percent in October. The main driving force behind

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  9. Q1 GDP contracts 1.1 pct as Greece eyes growth in 2014
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    Greek non-seasonally-adjusted GDP contracted 1.1 percent year on year (YoY) in the first quarter... eased 1.1 percent YoY. GDP contraction at the start of 2014 showed a decelerating trend for the fifth... target of 0.6 percent growth to be achieved, GDP should post positive growth of 1.1 percent YoY

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  10. Decline in Greek CPI slows to 1.1 pct in June after sharper fall in May

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    The Consumer Price Index (CPI) fell 1.1 percent in June, decelerating from the 2 percent drop... a temporary dive in May, June CPI returned to more normalised levels similar to the 1.1 – 1.5 percent.... The year on year decline of 1.1 percent in the June CPI mainly reflects a drop of 3.9 percent

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