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Budget primary deficit at 1.47 bln euros in Jan, revenue shortfall hits 812 mln
EconomyMacroeconomybillion euros. Net revenues came to 3.85 billion euros, below target by 812 million euros... a deficit of 782 million euros for the month.
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New Democracy losing grip on regions as farmers’ protests highlight rural frustration
PoliticsGreek Politicsnumbers of voters in rural areas. Footage of the visit show the PM’s convoy being diverted along farm... in rural areas, where anger is boiling over of the misappropriation of farm subsidies, combined... the mood, which has grown increasingly restive as rural voters complained of being condemned
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Athens buoyed by content, mood of Mitsotakis trip to Washington
PoliticsForeign PolicyEurope. Additionally, Mitsotakis has announced the appointment of Nikos Tsafos, a member of the Center... the world's longest submarine power cable (310 kilometres (190 mi) from Israel to Cyprus and 898... of talks Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias held with his US counterpart, Antony Blinken at the US State
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ND braces for rural backlash to OPEKEPE scandal as law and order initiatives take centre stage
PoliticsGreek Politics, as mounting discontent over the OPEKEPE scandal and the government’s handling of rural affairs... focus back on law and order in a bid to win back disaffected conservative voters. Rural Development Minister Kostas Tsiaras is set to meet New Democracy deputies from rural constituencies today
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Reactions to reshuffle continue as government seeks fast track prosecution of former minister
PoliticsGreek Politics. On Monday, Deputy Energy Minister Nikos Tsafos came under fire from opposition parties over... to show understanding for some of Turkey’s claims in the Aegean make Tsafos unsuitable to hold such a sensitive post. Tsafos, who had previously served as Mitsotakis’s advisor on energy, was forced
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Rise in overdue contributions slows to 310 mln in Q3, total at 16.9 bln
EconomyMacroeconomyThe rise in unpaid social security contributions (SSCs) slowed quarter on quarter (QoQ) to 310 million euros in Q3 of 2016, from 831 million in Q2. The outstanding amount reaching 16.92 billion, the quarterly bulletin of the single SSC collection centre (KEAO) displayed on Monday. The increase
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Budget primary confirmed at deficit of 1.47 bln in Jan as taxes dwindle
EconomyMacroeconomy. Net revenues came to 3.85 billion euros, below target by 812 million euros. The monthly primary... a deficit of 782 million euros for the month.
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Mitsotakis dismisses poll speculation, promises swift housing relief and rural support
PoliticsGreek Politicsrural unrest and the government’s handling of agricultural subsidies. Mitsotakis reiterated his
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Common ground absent after latest round of Cyprus discussions
PoliticsForeign Policyleader Ersin Tatar, and the foreign ministers of Greece, Turkey and the UK - the three guarantors... said the two sides, the three guarantors and the UN would meet again within two to three months... to allow the beginning of new formal talks. In Geneva, Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias clarified
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Athens sticks by effort to build bridges with FYROM
PoliticsForeign Policythe pair met last week. Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias decided to set aside the unstable... (Monastiri). Greece also values the fact that 3 million people from FYROM visited Greece
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