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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

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    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. ND shifts into campaign mode as urban planning scandal deepens
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    corruption scandal inside urban planning departments. The juxtaposition is striking: the governing... for households. Urban planning scandal While ND accelerates its pre‑election preparations, the government is simultaneously grappling with a deepening corruption scandal inside urban planning departments - one

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  5. Urban planning scandal deepens as Tsipras unveils five cost of living pledges
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    The rapid expansion of an urban planning corruption scandal, which has already produced arrests... for the urban planning scandal, a network of public servants, engineers and private intermediaries allegedly operated a network inside urban planning departments in the Athens suburbs of Kifissia

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  6. 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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  7. Greece's post-lockdown hubris
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    any hints to passengers and passers-by of the exceptional circumstances. Signage in parks... the way it is clear they started to believe their own hype. And as anyone with a passing

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  8. On lockdown: The moments that will remain
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    of a mesmerising new encounter. No longer competing with the whirr of urban life, bird song punctuated... of supposed newfound confidence in Greece. It points to a lack of self-esteem. Believing the hype

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  9. Back from the brink: What next for Greece's property market?
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    EconomyFeatures

    in urban areas. The figure for 2007 was 4.6 percent, for 2006 12.2 percent and for 2005 10.9 percent... news was that US investment fund Fortress was in talks to take on a 90 million euro bank loan from

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  10. Bulgaria's Covid-19 vaccination fiasco: excessive risks, mediocre results
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    of AstraZeneca Bulgaria is Zoya Paunova, one of the founders of Borissov’s GERB party who is also the mother of MEP Eva Maydell (Paunova), who is also from GERB. Free Europe Bulgaria and social activists

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