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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. Approaching Golden Dawn verdict shines spotlight on Greek politics, justice
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    members of Greek far-right party Golden Dawn is due to reach a verdict on Wednesday morning... of Golden Dawn imprisoned for up to life terms. However, most of the focus is on the charges... that the hierarchy of Golden Dawn, including its leader Nikos Michaloliakos, directed lower-ranking members

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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. Down but not out: Golden Dawn rears its head again
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    Agora

    Draped across Golden Dawn party offices in a northern Athens suburb, a large white banner proudly... of them voted for Golden Dawn because they wanted someone big and strong to stand up to the political.... In September, a Golden Dawn member stabbed to death an anti-fascist rapper, Pavlos Fyssas, in a Piraeus

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  6. What brought down Golden Dawn?
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    Society

    The Greek neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn burst onto the parliamentary scene overnight in 2012... in the intervening period. Golden Dawn’s leadership remain on trial for forming a criminal organisation...-nationalist parties. While there is undoubtedly cause for celebration in the defeat of Golden Dawn

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  7. 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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  8. Newsletter 269 -16/10/2020

    Newsletters

    turbulence caused by the Golden Dawn trial refused to subside. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis flew... the Golden Dawn affair as the court prepared to issue its sentences to the leadership and members... the country,” was the premier’s response in an interview with Sunday’s To Vima. A few days later, Golden Dawn

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  9. Greece in danger of repeating familiar mistakes with Golden Dawn
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    Agora

    Barring any last minute upsets, Golden Dawn will officially become Greece’s third-largest party.... In the 2009 national elections, Golden Dawn gained less than 0.3 percent of the vote. In June 2012, 6.9... of Golden Dawn. For decades the two parties that governed Greece - PASOK and New Democracy - often fed

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  10. Golden Dawn rears its head in local polls, prompting rethink from main parties
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    The first round of local elections on Sunday reinforced the belief that the threat of Golden Dawn... governorship. In the municipal elections, there were several electoral precincts where Golden Dawn got.... Golden Dawn was the leading party in 11 of the 58 precincts in Athens. Panagiotaros was also

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