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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. Revenues at 4.77 bln in Oct, beating target for fourth straight month

    Economy

    to the targets being beaten over the last four months, even though there is a steady increase in unpaid... of Finance (MoF) on November 13, showing revenues beating monthly targets by 763 million euros... for the disbursement of the next tranche of €1bn, the lifting of a ban on some foreclosures and a number

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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. Outdoor gatherings with hint of protest raise concerns over relaxation of lockdown
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    have attributed a political flavour to the events, there are hints that the evidence of growing restlessness could be prompting a rethink around the timing of some of the exit steps. Since the lifting... incident a complaint has been filed against police by a local resident who claims to have been beaten

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  7. From the National Energy and Climate Plan to COP26: What has Greek climate policy learned?

    Society

    pronouncements at the COP26 summit, ongoing negotiations over EU policy instruments, and hints on the content... to subsidise domestic gas boilers and build new regional distribution networks. All of this is important... been to turn back the clock with the introduction of measures which subsidise the existing fossil fuel

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  8. Coalition hopeful on pensions, looks to maximise impact of limited relief measures
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    after being beaten in the European votes, which is a strong deterrent factor for the SYRIZA leader.... for the self-employed and a programme to subsidise the contributions of young workers. The icing on the cake

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  9. Newsletter 177 -05/10/2018

    Newsletters

    finances and the fact that the 2017 primary surplus target was beaten, a performance... of social security contributions for the self-employed and a programme to subsidise

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  10. Newsletter 352 - 23/09/2022

    Newsletters

    as the targets up to August were comfortably beaten, by close to 6 billion euros. Revenues were 5.7 billion..., the SYRIZA leader also put forward a plan to subsidise rents for young Greeks but he also stated his

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