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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. 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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  5. Athens assessing lay of land as Cyprus talks approach and UK seeks new role
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    leader, Ersin Tatar – a politician completely under the control of Ankara, has replaced the moderate Mustafa Akinci. Tatar is already talking about a “two-state solution” something that Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu reiterated during a joint press conference with Tatar, last Monday

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  6. Common ground absent after latest round of Cyprus discussions
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    leader Ersin Tatar, and the foreign ministers of Greece, Turkey and the UK - the three guarantors... insisted that if Tatar’s proposal is not accepted it will not participate in future talks. The Greek... that it has no intention to participate in future talks if Tatar does not change its proposals. Guterres

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  7. Athens wary as exploratory talks with Turkey approach
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    of a bizonal and bicommunal federation, seemed ever more remote. The election of Ersin Tatar in the Turkish-occupied part of Cyprus appeared to limit opportunities further. Tatar is a strong supporter

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  8. Low expectations for progress in new round of UN-led Cyprus talks
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    . The Turkish Cypriots, for instance, have elected a new leader, Ersin Tatar, who has clarified that he is in favor of a two-state solution. Ahead of his meeting on Monday with Turkey’s Tayyip Erdogan, Tatar

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  9. Unpaid taxes for September fall to 1.03 bln but up 56.5 pct so far this year

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    (MoF) cfor legacy debt collections to reach 1 billion euros in the first half of 2014 and 2 billion

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  10. EU meets on refugee crisis, bailout review but Greece's immediate fate seems sealed

    PoliticsForeign Policy

    Coeuré and Marco Buti, director of the EU commission’s economics department, was the latest attempt

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