Greek state budget primary deficit at €6.21 billion in Jan-April
Greek state budget primary deficit at €6.21 billion in Jan-April
May 17, 2021
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The Greek state budget recorded a primary deficit of 6.21 billion euros in the January-April period this year, up from a budget target for a shortfall of 5.24 billion, the finance ministry said in a report on Monday.
More specifically, tax revenue was up 215 million euros in April, boosted by a dividend payment of 470.5 million euros by the Bank of Greece. Excluding this, tax revenue was down 7.9 pct from budget targets in April. According to provisional budget execution data, on an amended cash basis, the state budget showed a deficit of 8.807 billion euros in the four-month period, up from a budget target for a deficit of 7.768 billion and up from a deficit of 4.072 billion euros in the corresponding period in 2020. The primary result showed a deficit of 6.21 billion euros, up from a budget target for a shortfall of
First picture of Brit mum tortured and murdered in front of baby girl in Greece
The victim of the barbaric home invasion has been named as Caroline Anagnostopoulos, 20, who investigators say was killed after being tortured for an hour to reveal where cash and jewellery were hidden in the house
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The victim has been named as 20-year-old mother-of-one and British citizen Caroline Anagnostopoulos (Image: ᴄᴀʀᴏʟɪɴᴇ ᴄʀᴏᴜᴄʜ/Instagram)
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Greek state offers 300K euro bounty for info on perpetrators who murdered woman during early morning home break-in
Tuesday, 11 May 2021 21:48
UPD:21:49
The government on Tuesday proclaimed a rare, by modern Greece standards, bounty for information leading to the perpetrators who murdered a 20-year-old woman hours earlier during a early morning home break-in east of the Greek capital.
Following a joint ministerial decision, the Greek state will offer 300,000 euros for information leading to the arrest of what initial reports pointed to a trio of perpetrators, and possibly a fourth suspect acting as a look-out.
Greek society was shocked on Tuesday morning after the woman was found strangled or asphyxiated in her two-storey condominium in the suburban east Attica prefecture township of Glyka Nera. Her husband, 31, was bound to a chair nearby, while her 11-month-old baby was in a crib next to her body.
Will Reopened Beaches in Greece Lure Tourists, Investors?
This past weekend, Greece eased its Covid-19 restrictions with the anticipation of more tourists heading to the country’s shores. It’s a positive sign for a country where tourism accounts for about 20% of the economy.
As expected, the pandemic last year hurt tourism, so Greece is banking on its beaches to bring back the crowds. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis noted that a combination of widespread testing, immunization, and outdoor activities would help bring tourists back.
“We’re pinning our hopes on tourism,” said Nikos Venieris, “who manages a sandy beach in the seafront suburb of Alimos, just outside the capital, Athens, where social distancing measures will remain in place,” per a Reuters report.