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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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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...-on-year (YoY) decline was noted in social security funds (SSFs) with an annual fall of 1.15 billion... billion. Overall, the state budget primary balance showed a fall of 11.54 billion euros, landing
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Kammenos prepares to quit coalition amid ANEL unrest, issues to settle with PM
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe 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... procedure in Skopje is due to be completed by January 14 at the latest. Therefore, ANEL’s departure
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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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Newsletter 68 - 01/04/2016
government will have to agree to in order to conclude the current bailout review. Bank deposits fall... at an accelerating pace of 3.8 percent. Retail volume also declined by 2.2 percent. The fall... was beaten again. Despite the economy entering recession, Greece being monitored for its oversized public
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Opposition pressures SYRIZA by refusing to support bills ANEL dodges
PoliticsGreek PoliticsIndependent Greeks (ANEL) have disagreed on a number of issues since first joining forces in January..., such as education, the Church of Greece and migration. Most famously, in June 2015 ANEL failed to support... in Greece. It became law with the help of PASOK and To Potami. There have been several such cases
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The men who would be prime ministers
Agora2004. He was undeterred by the fact that when the snap polls came in 2007 his party was beaten again... the line and take Greece out of the adjustment programme. Despite seeing Papandreou and Samaras fall flat... to survive. The drive for this churn of personalities, slogans, banners and logos is provided
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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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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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PM opts for compulsory vaccinations in healthcare as Covid-19 cases continue to surge
PoliticsGreek Politics, outnumbering them almost 4:1 on Monday. The average age of confirmed cases continues to fall, reaching.... Greece reported a further 2,065 new cases of Covid-19 on Monday, an increase of 158 pct on the start... increase in infections has led experts to warn that several thousand daily cases will inevitably
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