MacroPolis

Greek households continue to slash spending on goods and services

11/10/2016 - 16:18

Greek households devoted a greater portion of their monthly household spend on food, housing and education in 2015 compared to 2008, while a smaller share went on clothing and footwear and health, according to the 2015 Household Budget Survey published by the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT).

Greek teens less likely to smoke, get drunk than European peers but gamble more

05/10/2016 - 09:36

Teenage Greeks are less likely to be smokers, find it easier to access alcohol but don’t binge drink, and are the most likely to have gambled for money than their peers in Europe.

Greek SMEs continue to have bleak view of their future

21/09/2016 - 10:02

The vast majority of small and medium-sized businesses are in a more difficult financial position than ever before and there is a risk that the overall job losses in the sector could hit 55,000 in 2016, a study by the country’s small and medium-business association has claimed.

In EU, Athenians least satisfied with city life but becoming happier

13/09/2016 - 11:34

While residents of Athens are the least satisfied with life in the city compared to those in the capitals of the of the 27 EU member states, they are increasingly warming to the Greek capital, research from the EU’s statistical arm has found.

Latest data highlights how hard it is for unemployed Greeks to find jobs

02/09/2016 - 04:59

Out of all the people in Greece who were unemployed in the fourth quarter 2015, 94.6 percent remained out of work in the first quarter 2016, in what is the highest rate in the European Union, data from Eurostat has shown.

Over 26 pct of young Greeks out of education, training and work - second highest in EU

26/08/2016 - 10:50

Greece has the second highest share of NEETs – young people aged 20-24 who are neither in employment nor in education or training – and also saw its proportion of NEETs jump by 9.3 percentage points over a decade, data from Eurostat shows.

Study highlights overregulation and bad law-making in recent years

18/08/2016 - 11:52

In the last 15 years, Greece has passed 36 tax laws, as well as 108 temporary provisions and 238 adjustments relating to taxation scattered as riders to other legislation, with the government issuing 200 ministerial circulars to explain all these rules.

Majority of Greeks now view EU in bad light, survey indicates

04/08/2016 - 08:57

Most people in Greece now have a negative view of the European Union, with share of Greeks that views the EU in a bad light rising 13 percentage points to hit 51 percent, the latest Eurobarometer has found.

Greeks' views on Muslims out of step with other Europeans, survey indicates

25/07/2016 - 09:21

Greeks who place themselves on the left of the political spectrum are more unfavourable in their views towards Muslims in Greece than people in the right Germany are of Muslims in their country, a survey from a leading US pollster has found.

Greek expats generating 9.1 bln in taxes abroad each year, study suggests

21/07/2016 - 10:52

Following a recent Bank of Greece (BoG) study showing that 427,000 Greeks have emigrated since the beginning of 2018, Endeavor Greece has now estimated that the brain drain reached 350,000 over the same period.