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Budget primary shows deficit of 7.01 bln in September
EconomyMacroeconomyThe 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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Podcast - Long live the revolution: The legacy of Greece's 1821 war of independence
AgoraGreece 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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General govt primary cash deficit at 7.01 bln in Sept, arrears up by 113 mln
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’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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Budget primary shows deficit of 7.01 bln as revenues suffer in September
EconomyMacroeconomyThe 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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Next key programme developments due in April as Athens shapes growth strategy
EconomyProgrammeto rubber stamp the decision to disburse the next bailout tranche of 5.7 billion euros after... Minister Giorgos Houliarakis, details of which have been reported in the local media, hints
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Mitsotakis mixes old hands and technocrats to stamp reformist bent on cabinet
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKyriakos Mitsotakis’s first cabinet reveals a strategy for reforming Greece by mostly putting experienced ministers in key posts and backing them up with a layer of specialists underneath. While the 51 ministers sworn in on Tuesday are more than the sma...
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Mitsotakis-Erdogan talks rubber stamp roadmap, allowing next steps
PoliticsForeign PolicyFollowing their re-election and the first meetings between Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in almost 1.5 years, Greek-Turkish relations seem to have found a steady rhythm. It also seems that the Turkish pre...
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Newsletter 211 -21/06/2019
Mitsotakis gearing up for govt Beyong tax cuts, ND lines up range of reforms and overhaul of governing structure Given New Democracy’s dominant position in the opinion polls, attention is turning towards the centre-right party’s plans for office. Opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis indicated
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Bulgaria's Covid-19 vaccination fiasco: excessive risks, mediocre results
AgoraBiotech and India’s Bharat Biotech. A question of price While the exact prices the different vaccine
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Tragedies bring period of calm in Greek-Turkish relations
PoliticsForeign Policymeeting with his new Cypriot counterpart, Konstantinos Kombos, in Athens. “Turkey is experiencing
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