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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

    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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  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. Eighteen core goods led exports during crisis, NBG study notes

    EconomyFeatures

    percent before the crisis. This mainly reflects a decline of Greek products to the USA, Albania.... These include aluminium, marble, olive oil, olives and feta. The second category consists of what... percent of the market share. In terms products such as marble, cement and aluminium, a strategy

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  6. Tsipras sets off for USA as prior actions, e-auctions dominate at home
    By Panayotis Tzamaros/Fosphotos

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras chaired a meeting with key ministers on Friday to assess the progress the government is making in completing the 95 prior actions that have to be ticked off this year. The meeting was held a few hours before the Greek leader set off for his official visit to the USA

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  7. Revenues at 4.77 bln in Oct, beating target for fourth straight month

    Economy

    to the targets being beaten over the last four months, even though there is a steady increase in unpaid...The final budget execution to October confirmed preliminary figures, released by the Ministry of Finance (MoF) on November 13, showing revenues beating monthly targets by 763 million euros

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  8. Tsipras's choices are becoming clearer but not any easier

    Agora

    from a cut to spending on existing pensions. This is a tall order for the Greek coalition. Even if one... surplus target being beaten by 1.5 percentage points in 2016 (an assessment that the European

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  9. Newsletter 95 - 11/11/2016

    Newsletters

    to complete the review, which seems like a tall order, especially given the arrival of new ministers. Once.... The Daily Mail in the UK and Fox News in the USA were leaders in poisoning the public debate with prejudice

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  10. Hitman's furlough and investment complications pose new problems for Tsipras
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    with Washington so soon after Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s visit to the USA, where he held talks... for the construction of a significant number of tall buildings, with no height constraints, the ministerial

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