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Only one in 10 jobless Greeks receiving unemployment benefits
Society, only 107,623 (10.18 percent) received unemployment benefit, which in real terms marks a significant... a similar percentage of the unemployed not seeking work. In terms of age, two in five jobseekers
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Greek trade deficit rises by 6.9 pct in March after successive falls
EconomyMacroeconomyterms, imports stood at 4.37 billion in March, which is the highest reading over the last 2.5 years.... The respective figures in US dollar terms showed imports and exports declined by 19.6 and 5.3
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Reopening public broadcaster poses multiple challenges for Tsipras
PoliticsGreek Politicson Parliament’s TV channel. In practical terms, Konstantopoulou’s stance also nearly led... broadcaster is even more significant for the government in symbolic terms. Its overnight shuttering
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High levels of dissatisfaction among Greeks, Eurostat report shows
Society, Greeks were joint second last in terms of their satisfaction with their accommodation (6.6 compared... with the Cypriots in terms of their satisfaction with green and recreational areas (a 5.9 average compared
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The political scenarios ahead for Greece after the referendum
PoliticsGreek Politicsbe that the current government would try to struggle on, accepting the terms offered by lenders and implementing... the terms they have offered but that as of Tuesday night, when the programme extension expired, the current
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Tsipras goes to Brussels with opposition's backing, parameters of agreement
PoliticsGreek Politicsrelatively low in terms of what Tsipras will be expected to return with from Brussels at this stage... terms. Lafazanis’s comment regarding the joint statement will not have gone unnoticed in the prime
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Greek trade deficit plunges by 24.2 pct in May
EconomyMacroeconomyAfter rising in the preceding two months, Greece’s trade deficit plunged 24.2 percent in May, according to the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT). In absolute terms, trade deficit stood at 1.3... to a decrease in imports by 5.2 percent, while exports were almost stable (+0.02 percent). In absolute terms
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Greece submits proposals to lenders in hope of paving way for agreement
EconomyProgrammein nominal terms until 2021 · increase in the health contributions for pensioners from 4 to 6 percent..., it suggest also an alternative scheme by October 2015 with equivalent results in terms of competition
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Eurobank acquires Alpha network in Bulgaria, kicking off round of consolidation abroad
EconomyBankingthe fourth largest bank in Bulgaria in terms of loans and deposits operating with more than 200... in terms of deposits, after Cyprus with assets at 3.57 billion euros and deposits of 3.22 billion. However
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On the Greek crisis and German imbalances
Agorawould have made the Greek economy more flexible in terms of price and wage adjustment and would have... than the Drachma's abysmally bad record in terms of inflation and instability. Given also the poor
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