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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

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    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. Newsletter 269 -16/10/2020

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    regarding its intentions to engage in a dialogue with Greece within the framework of the so–called... encouraged extremists and that New Democracy even saw GD as a potential future ally, which is why... shows deficit of 7.01 bln September figures show decline in revenues On a monthly basis, net revenues

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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. Newsletter 271 -30/10/2020

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    debt problem in Greece, introduces the “second chance” principle for debtors and gives them a way... that a large portion of workers fell into one of three categories: Either they saw their work suspended... at 7.01 bln September figure confirmed as missing target by 9.58 billion euros The budget primary

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  6. Newsletter 387 - 30/06/2023

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    PoliticsMitsotakis re-elected, Tsipras beaten and far right resurgentSunday’s election delivered... into 158 seats in Parliament. Main opposition party SYRIZA saw its support dwindle even further..., will engage in the most populist and reactionary opposition possible with the aim of presenting

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  7. Lowest income groups in Greece saw wages drop and taxes rise most during crisis

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    Lower income groups in Greece saw their tax burden increase by 337.7 percent from 2008 to 2012... percent from 2008 to 2012, the bottom three income groups saw their earnings from wages sink the most...) was in the 5th decile while those at the top saw their wage income fall by 9.3 percent. It also finds

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  8. 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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  9. Samaras shoots, Samaras scores!
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    cherished. But Giorgos Samaras, the striker without a club, has beaten premier Antonis to the title... that also saw them through the game with Ivory Coast. At a time when Greek society is so deeply divided... in world football by winning the European Championships in 2004, have Greeks poured onto the streets

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  10. Greece's biggest problem? Society's lack of openness
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    been cited as being central to its malaise. Conservatives saw in the country a textbook case... of the private sector. Some analyses went a little deeper and saw clientelism as the core pathology, an acid...’s biggest problem, which it has done little to deal with, is its lack of openness as a society

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