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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 203 -15/04/2019

    Newsletters

    More voter-friendly measures eyed Tsipras vows to leave tax-free threshold untouched as EC hints... million euros in European Central Bank (ECB) funding, along with a smaller drop of 75 million euros in Emergency Liquidity Assistance (ELA). ECB funding in March came to 8.36 billion euros, along with 19

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  5. Greece's post-lockdown hubris
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    Agora

    that holidaying was not only safe, but to be encouraged, along with all the associated behaviours... any hints to passengers and passers-by of the exceptional circumstances. Signage in parks..., ignoring the fact that doing so directly undermined the scientific guidance. Crucially, somewhere along

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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. Next key programme developments due in April as Athens shapes growth strategy
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    EconomyProgramme

    Eurogroup, along with plans for debt relief and the programme exit, which have been put off for now because... Minister Giorgos Houliarakis, details of which have been reported in the local media, hints

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  8. Rising clinical depression hints at hidden side of Greek crisis

    Society

    The proportion of Greeks suffering from major depression has increased substantially since 2011 and is several times higher than pre-crisis levels, according to a new study by the University of Athens. The institution’s Mental Health Research Institute ...

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  9. Tsipras hints at post-election scenario of grand coalition, without him as PM

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    In his first televised interview of this election campaign, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has claimed he will not continue as premier if SYRIZA is forced into an alliance with New Democracy, To Potami and/or PASOK. Tsipras told Alpha TV on Wednesday nig...

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  10. IMF hints at flexibility as debt relief talks continue
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    The terrorist attack on former Prime Minister Lucas Papademos in Athens on Thursday has drawn attention away from the uncertainty created by the failure to reach an agreement on debt relief at Monday’s Eurogroup, but discussions are continuing in the ba...

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