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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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Evia flooding reopens government's summer wounds
PoliticsGreek Politicsof developments in Austria, where Chancellor Sebastian Kurz announced he would be resigning pending.... This prompted an immediate response from SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras, who drew parallels between Kurz... from the Kurz affair is that a similar kind of investigation in Greece, where links between
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Newsletter 312 - 15/10/2021
Kurz announced he would be resigning pending an investigation into the use of public funds to influence the country’s media and rigging opinion polls. This prompted an immediate response from SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras, who drew parallels between Kurz and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis
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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... at a deficit of 7.01 billion euros. The budget primary balance for the same time last year came... euros, bringing the total figure to a deficit 53 million euros. The equivalent figure for the same
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Greece seeks to mend fences with Austria but frets about EU-Turkey deal
PoliticsForeign Policygestures to his Austrian counterpart, Sebastian Kurz. The Greek minister invited Kurz to Greece... sentiments, understandable, but today the climate is much more positive.” Kurz expressed his... led to the significant drop of refugee numbers, Kurz claimed. The Greek foreign minister claimed
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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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Athens resumes contact with Ankara as interest in FYROM referendum grows
PoliticsForeign PolicyChancellor Sebastian Kurz is expected in FYROM. Austria currently holds the EU’s presidency and Kurz
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SYRIZA attempts to corner ND with media influence inquiry
PoliticsGreek Politicsof manipulating public opinion. After the Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz resigned in the face... to lack transparency but lack the “smoking gun” nature of the evidence against Kurz – SYRIZA
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Revenues at 4.77 bln in Oct, beating target for fourth straight month
Economyto 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... three months, bringing the 10 month figure proportionally slightly above the annual target. The sharp
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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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