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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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Running the wrong way: Rama's spat with the EU over vaccination underlines growing frustration
Agorain Albanian politics. Rama’s statements about the EU’s ‘second-hand’ treatment of the Western Balkans during..., an airplane filled with equipment arrived in Tirana two days later from Turkey. Although Rama’s criticism has... immunization plan in January, Rama criticized the EU “for thinking only for itself.” According to him
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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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Greece and Albania seek path to resolving stack of differences
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAthens can put faith in Rama as an honest interlocutor. For example, in a recent address to members... by Prime Minister Edi Rama. Monday’s rally demanded compensation for members of the Cham community who... leader and current premier Rama Albania's treatment of the ethnic Greek minority, the compensation
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Greece offers to assist in Gaza humanitarian effort
PoliticsForeign PolicyMacedonia. The opposition in Albania fears that Athens is just paving the way for Edi Rama’s re-election. They seem certain that Rama will use the argument that Greece is blocking Albania’s EU path... Ramallah, where he met with his counterpart Riyad al-Maliki, and was received by Palestinian Prime
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Beleri case dents Greek-Albanian relations, puts progress on hold
PoliticsForeign Policythat Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama does not appear willing to cooperate with the Greek government... the presumption of innocence and the right to a fair trial. Athens seems put out by Albanian authorities... Rama, on the sidelines of NATO Summit, in Vilnius but with no concrete results. Athens believes
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Foreign policy tops political agenda as relations with Greece's neighbours come under scrutiny
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMinister Edi Rama to Athens to speak to members of his country’s diaspora in Greece. The Greek government was put on the spot on Sunday when the newly elected president of North Macedonia, Gordana.... Instead, it wants to put the focus on Mitsotakis’s reluctance to engage with the pact and portray him
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PM sees progress on lasting dispute with Albania after Tirana visit
PoliticsForeign Policy, Edi Rama”. Even though the Albanian side has never denied this info leaked by Dendias, his Albanian... a legal challenge by Edi Rama’s socialist party, then in opposition. The 2009 agreement... and this in itself is underlining the will of both governments to put our bilateral relations on a new trajectory
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