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More lost ground made up in Aug as travel surplus nears 3 bln
EconomyMacroeconomythan doubling on last year’s figure. Visitors from the UK came to about 455,300. In total, arrivals.... In total, arrivals showed a rise of 79 percent in the first eight months of the year and came to around
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Current account deficit narrows to 5.63 bln up to April, down 3 bln YoY
EconomyMacroeconomyto a deficit of 2.95 billion euros in the same month last year. Total imports came to 6.17 billion euros in April, from 7 billion last year. At the same time, total exports came to 3.89 billion euros, from
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Current account deficit narrows further in May, down by over 3 bln in first five months
EconomyMacroeconomyto a deficit of 3.29 billion euros in the same month last year. Total imports came to 7 billion euros in May, from 8.04 billion last year. At the same time, total exports came to 3.99 billion euros, from 4.74
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Report reveals just 0.4 pct of taxpayers owe 85 pct of total tax debt
EconomyMacroeconomy. The breakdown showed 2 percent of the total tax debt (1.82 billion) is owed by 83.8 percent... million taxpayers (55.4 percent of total) owe less than 500 euros each. In contrast, just 16,290 taxpayers (0.4 percent of total) owe more than 300,000 euros each for a total amount of 78.79 billion
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Calls for snap polls, parliamentary probes set tone for polarised politics
PoliticsGreek Politicsinto a slanging match between the government and the opposition and set the tone for the upcoming months... having rising debts. He also announced plans to set up a panel of experts to assess the out... into the bank loans if the government also agreed to set up a committee to look into the imposition
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Newsletter 220 -20/09/2019
almost 3 billion euros to the International Monetary Fund, a move the government hopes will leave... activity this week centred around plans to pre-pay almost 3 billion euros to the IMF ahead of schedule...’ approval put the process on hold. Greece’s quota with the Fund is just above 3 billion euros
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Pension reform to be one of new government's toughest challenges in next weeks
EconomyProgrammeeurozone officials recently stated that pension reforms are also key for unlocking the next tranche of 3 billion euros. As a first set of prior actions for the signing of the third programme, the previous..., 344.7 million in 2018 and 455.3 million in 2019. 3) Integration into the Unified Auxiliary
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Episode 8 - Athens: An ancient city grappling with modern problems
AgoraIn this episode, we take to the streets of our home city, Athens, to get an idea of what interventions would improve life in the Greek capital. Our producer Phoebe Fronista speaks to MacroPolis features writer Georgia Nakou about the Great Walk, a pilot...
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Newsletter 191 -25/01/2018
for under-25s. Some reports on Thursday indicated that the government is set to announce next week... to 3 percent last week, have apparently swayed things. Reports suggest that the PDMA will be aiming to raise anywhere between 1.5 and 3 billion euros at a yield of 3.5 to 3.75 percent, helping Athens
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Almost 1 in 3 jobs in private sector are part-time, average full-time salary at 936 euros
EconomyMacroeconomyto a quarter of employed men. Male employment makes up more than 53 percent of the total, or 1.11 million
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