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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. Down but not out: Golden Dawn rears its head again
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    Agora

    with 8.8 percent, up from 6.6 in a previous poll carried out a month earlier. A Pulse survey for To Pontiki... as spring boards – a model seen at work in Antwerp, the base of Belgium's far right Vlaams Belang

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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. Greece bolsters ties with UAE, building on opposition to Turkish actions
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visited Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates... opposition to Turkey’s attempts to extend its military reach in the Eastern Mediterranean and Libya. Abu... the cooperation trilaterals (to add Abu Dhabi in the scheme with Israel) or even to create new ones, especially

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  7. Polls turn in SYRIZA’s favour but also show that doubts persists

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    for To Pontiki weekly also put SYRIZA comfortably ahead of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’s party. Pulse poll for Pontiki weekly: SYRIZA 23%, New Democracy 20, Golden Dawn 11, PASOK 5.5, KKE 5, Ind

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  8. Undecided voters could still decide crucial aspects of Greek elections
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    indicate that a lot of Greeks have yet to decide who they will vote for. An Alco poll for To Pontiki weekly... to gain (but also potentially lose) from those yet to make their mind up. Alco poll for To Pontiki

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  9. Submarine deal resurfaces, threatening new political divisions

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    to ask for a parliamentary investigation into a contract between the government and Abu Dhabi Mar... was signed in 2010, when the Abu Dhabi holding company agreed to buy a 75.1-percent stake... and ThyssenKrupp resulted in Abu Dhabi Mar’s arrival. However, problems have persisted as the new

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  10. Storm fallout sweeps PM to crucial juncture early in second term

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    in Thessaly as only four of the 12 Super Pumas that Greece possesses are in a condition to fly

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