Greek budget

The Greek government on Tuesday reported a primary surplus of 2.654 billion euros in its state budget in the January-October period this year. In a report on final budget execution data on a revised cash basis for the January-October period,...

Fitch Ratings affirmed Greece’s long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) at 'B' and its outlook as stable. The rating in May was 'B-'. However, the rating will drop if the country goes to premature elections without clear...

AP - Greece's government has submitted its 2015 budget to Parliament, predicting the economy will emerge from recession with growth of 2.9 percent next year. The budget submitted Friday projected Greece's primary surplus - state income without taking into account...

In a meeting with Greece 's international creditors on Saturday, the Greek government finalized the 2015 budget. According to Finance Ministry officials, the primary surplus target was set "very close to 3% of GDP" with no new austerity measures needed. The...

The Greek Parliament concludes its summer recess sessions this week and launches the new period for the Regular Plenary Session on Monday. On Monday, October 6, Greece's Finance Minister Gikas Hardouvelis will table the 2015 draft budget in Parliament. According to...

On Thursday, Greece reported a primary budget surplus of 2.279 billion euros in the January-July period. In the corresponding period in 2013, primary surplus stood at 2.555 billion euros. The budget target for this year was a primary surplus of...

Greece continued to beat its budget targets, the Finance Ministry said Wednesday, posting a smaller-than-expected deficit for the central government in the first seven months of the year and a primary surplus three times better than targeted. The Ministry reported a...

In a report on budget execution, the finance ministry said that the primary surplus totalled 1.8 billion euros in the first half of 2014, up from a primary deficit of 1.9 billion euros in the corresponding period in 2013....

Greek budget recorded a primary surplus of 1.2 billion euros in the first five months of the year, Alternate Minister of Finance Christos Staikouras said on Monday. In a report on budget execution, the Finance Ministry announced that the primary surplus totaled...

Greek authorities on Tuesday reported a primary surplus of 707 million euros in the first five months of 2014. The Ministry of Finance, in a report on the final figures of budget execution, said that the state budget reported a...