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Car sales continue to grow in Dec for rise of 23 pct in full year
EconomyMacroeconomyRoad motor vehicles going into circulation for the first time rose by 21.4 percent year-on-year (YoY) in December, from a 20.7 percent rise in November, according to Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) data released on Friday. In December 2020, the ...
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Property prices rise again in Q4 2021, taking full-year increase to 7.1 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyThe rise in the nominal value of apartments in Greece accelerated to 9.1 percent year-on-year (YoY) in the last quarter of 2021, from an upwards revised 8.3 percent in the third quarter, Bank of Greece (BoG) data released on Tuesday showed. This is the ...
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In full campaign mode, PM ventures forth to rally support
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNow in complete election campaign mode, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is touring Greece to warn voters to disregard the criticism of his government and to back his New Democracy party next year if they want the country to progress and not regress. ...
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Data for 2022 confirms tourism's full recovery, with nearly 30 mln visitors
EconomyMacroeconomyThe Bank of Greece released on Tuesday the summary travel data for 2022, re-affirming that last year came close to recovering all losses suffered from the pandemic with travel receipts reaching 17.68 billion euros, just half a billion short of the 18.18...
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Fresh elections on the cards as SYRIZA reluctantly confronts full scale of defeat
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece is headed for a re-run of last Sunday’s elections after the two main parties turned down the opportunity to start coalition talks. New Democracy failed to secure an outright majority despite a last-minute landslide at the polls, and with no allia...
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Full agenda, topped by Turkey, for new Foreign Ministry team
PoliticsForeign PolicyThe new government in Athens faces a number of foreign policy challenges over the coming years. Kyriakos Mitsotakis appointed former State Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis as his new Foreign Minister. He is a professor of constitutional law at Athens Unive...
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Kasselakis returns as SYRIZA squabble turns into full-blown infighting
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSYRIZA president Stefanos Kasselakis is due back in Greece on Wednesday after a personal trip to the USA and can expect to find a party at war with itself and utterly divided over his leadership, with a permanent split now looking like it is just a matt...
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Podcast - Full of energy: How Greece (& Europe) is handling the green transition
AgoraThe Agora hosts a discussion on how Europe, and Greece specifically, have been handling the green transition, addressing questions like how the pivot away from natural gas is going. The basis for our discussion is three articles written by MacroPolis fe...
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Industrial production ends 2024 in growth, up 5.2 pct in full year
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s Industrial Production Index (IPI) picked up pace in December with a 5.8 percent year-on-year (YoY) rise, after a downward revised 3.3 percent increase in the previous month, according to Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) data released on ...
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Government hails rising wage data, but full picture tells more complex story
EconomyMacroeconomyThe issue of wages resurfaced in the public debate last week after the government launched a communication offensive and briefed the Greek media that, based on Eurostat data, incomes in Greece have significantly improved. According to government officia...
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