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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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Greece bolsters ties with UAE, building on opposition to Turkish actions
PoliticsForeign PolicyPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visited Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates... opposition to Turkey’s attempts to extend its military reach in the Eastern Mediterranean and Libya. Abu... the cooperation trilaterals (to add Abu Dhabi in the scheme with Israel) or even to create new ones, especially
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SYRIZA and ANEL: Far from picture-perfect
Agoradeplored. Instead, Tsipras opted to join forces with Kammenos. His nascent Independent Greeks (ANEL... New Democracy to found nationalist, anti-bailout ANEL. If this meant turning a blind eye and deaf ear to some of the extreme views and unsavoury behaviour of ANEL and its leader, this was a risk worth
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Kammenos prepares to quit coalition amid ANEL unrest, issues to settle with PM
PoliticsGreek Politicshas been engaged in a public battle over the last few weeks. The ANEL chief seemed irked by the fact...The much-advertised split between SYRIZA and Independent Greeks (ANEL) seems to be just days away... ANEL, has called a meeting of the party’s parliamentary group and executive committee on Wednesday
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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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Submarine deal resurfaces, threatening new political divisions
PoliticsGreek Politicsto ask for a parliamentary investigation into a contract between the government and Abu Dhabi Mar... was signed in 2010, when the Abu Dhabi holding company agreed to buy a 75.1-percent stake... and ThyssenKrupp resulted in Abu Dhabi Mar’s arrival. However, problems have persisted as the new
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Growing Greece: From narrative to reality
Agorabringing New Democracy to power with a clear majority, the result, which saw a swing of about 1 million... highlighted by the news earlier this month that China’s Fosun and Eagle Hills from Abu Dhabi have dropped out
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Coronavirus to delay much of privatisation plan
EconomyFeaturesthe privatisation’s timeline off track. Athens International Airport saw its total air traffic fall... Abu Dhabi, said that it expected work to continue on the project despite the pandemic. As Greece
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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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