State Budget showed a primary surplusfor the seven-month period January - July 2014 amounting to 2.3 billion euros or 1.25% of GDP, against a target of 800 million euros or 0.4% of GDP, as announced today by the Deputy Minister Finance Christos Staikouras.

Today, the Greek Finance Ministry confirmed a 1.797 billion euro primary surplus, for the first half of 2014.

In a report on budget execution, the Finance ministry said that the primary surplus totalled 1.8 billion euros in the January-June period this year, from a primary deficit of 1.9 billion euros in the corresponding period in 2013, while excluding the overdue debt repayment program, the primary surplus totalled 2.2 billion euros.