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Industrial Production grows 10.6 pct in Jul as electricity and manufacturing lead way
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s Industrial Production Index (IPI) grew in July by 10.6 percent year-on-year (YoY), after a 9.9 percent increase in the previous month, according to Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) data released on Tuesday. The index now has just one neg...
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Import prices drop by 1.6 pct YoY in Jul due to energy, as all other categories rise
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s import price index turned into contraction in July, dropping by 1.6 percent year-on-year (YoY), after a 4.4 percent rise in June, according to data released by the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) on Friday. The index recorded more than ...
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Building activity returns to growth with 15.2 pct YoY rise in Jul
EconomyMacroeconomyBuilding activity returned to growth in July, with a rise of 15.2 percent year-on-year (YoY), after a sharp drop of 1.7 percent in June, according to the data released by the Hellenic Statistical Agency (ELSTAT) on Thursday. The total number of permits ...
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Producer prices record first rise since Jul with 0.3 pct YoY increase in Jan
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s Producer Price Index (PPI) started the year in marginal growth, with a rise of 0.3 percent year-on-year (YoY), after a decline of 0.8 percent in December, ELSTAT data showed on Friday. This is the first positive reading since July 2024 and a co...
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Greece near top of EU charts for proportion of population over 65 and 80
Society) and Hungary (17.3 point difference) were over 65s less likely than the rest of the population... point gap in this regard, behind Hungary (11.7 percentage point difference) and Luxembourg (11.1... in this indicator was the second lowest, after Hungary (12 point difference), but above Cyprus (8.2), the UK
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Tusk proposals over refugee quotas puts Athens on alert ahead of EU summit
PoliticsGreek Politicsyet to be relocated under the quota system agreed more than two years ago. Hungary and Slovakia... in September. The European Commission announced last week that it is taking Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech..., Slovakia has relocated 16 and Hungary and Poland have not taken any. The suggestion that the quota
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EU disunity on refugees and its poisonous effects
Agorascheme a free pass and a way out of living up to the responsibilities they have as EU members. Hungary... Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic to court over their opposition to the relocation scheme... and Hungary and Poland have not taken any. To many in Greece, and most likely Italy from where refugees
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Clashes add to political tension over division, police violence
PoliticsGreek Politicsadvised them that the man who had been beaten was a member of a radical left group and had been... as police clashed with some protestors. One policeman was dragged off his motorcycle and beaten. Along
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Newsletter 27 - 22/05/2015
and reform priorities. In short, while Nicosia is in the process of winding down its affairs... complex reforms and finding compromise solutions with international creditors. Although Cyprus
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Growth, not just of the economic variety
Agorastage. Nevertheless, in the journey along the winding, precipitous road towards better days.... One of the less obvious ones involves the media finding a role that lies far from the extremes
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