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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. Dead fish in Volos cause big political stink
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    More than 100 tons of dead fish that washed up off the port city of Volos in central Greece... of visitors leaving Volos in their droves because of the stench. It appears that the fish were washed..., a prosecutor has launched an investigation into the affair. Volos Mayor Achilleas Beos has blamed

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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. Greece-Russia spat intensifies but Athens hopes worst is over
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    tensions following the diplomatic spat, during which Moscow suggested that the Greek government had been

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  7. Running the wrong way: Rama's spat with the EU over vaccination underlines growing frustration
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    Agora

    criticism, it is important to consider the underlying local context. A Spat Albania Did Not Need

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  8. 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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  9. An issue of statistical significance in Greece

    Agora

    -employee of the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT), Zoe Georganta, has accused him of colluding... to the eurozone and International Monetary Fund for emergency loans. Georganta argues that Georgiou’s... of 15.6 percent, which came about after several revisions. Georganta, an econometrics professor

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  10. Athens steps up diplomatic efforts amid ongoing friction with Ankara

    PoliticsForeign Policy

    Greece is trying to expand its diplomatic activity in the wake of its latest spat with Turkey as relations with Ankara remain the number one foreign policy issue for Athens. Greek authorities were..., as well as Alexandroupolis, Volos and Larissa. The Greek side believes that Washington could act

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