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Unemployment rate at 20.7 pct in October, previous month revised upwards
EconomyMacroeconomy, with the total for those employed standing at 3.8 million. On a year-on-year basis, the figure... the previous year, and is the third consecutive month since October 2011 where the total number
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Coalition approves multi-bill in Parliament, Tsipras picks up extra MP
PoliticsGreek Politics. The government also had support from an independent lawmaker, taking the total number of “Yes” votes up to 154... would be losing a total of 48 million euros per year. Tsipras also denied the change to the strike
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Grand projects and even loftier ambitions drive Greece's energy project bonanza
EconomyFeaturessymbolic 4 percent towards meeting Europe’s total gas demand, and will provide a lifeline... by Greece’s DEPA and Italy’s Edison. The total cost of the project is estimated at 220 million
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HRADF outlines major privatisation plan, no timelines given
EconomyProgramme. In the Ministry of Finance’s preliminary budget figures for December, the total fell short by 247 million... International Airport, DEPA and DESFA, which in total reach almost 2 billion euros. Although a relatively
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Budget primary surplus confirmed at 1.94 bln in 2017 on expenditure fall
EconomyMacroeconomy, while income tax revenues rose by 2.2 percent. In total, tax revenues beat their target by 359 million... total by 1.9 percent. Proceeds from privatisations for the full year were confirmed at 1.30 billion
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Piraeus Port Authority lays out major development plans
EconomyFeatures, between January and September, total receipts from cruise passengers were down by 7.9 percent.... This contrasts with an overall 8 percent rise in foreign visitors year-on-year in total. Shipping gateway
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Banks receive deposit inflows of 2.54 bln in December
EconomyMacroeconomypositive year-to-date figure since December 2015. Total deposits, which also include the general... central bank funding to rise to 33.67 billion euros, and represented the first increase in total
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Greek banks complete first round of covered bond issues
EconomyBankingstructure and total value of 500-million euros. It carried a fixed interest rate with a 3-year tenor... Bank’s latest issuance brings the total value of covered bonds issued by the four systemic banks
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Pensions continue to be main source of income for half of Greek households
Societyof their property. The report stated that based on Bank of Greece figures, the total for household... loans. The percentage of non-performing loans (NPLs) out of this total is 46.1 percent. On how tax
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Athens puts off bond sale, has fiscal concerns to address
EconomyProgramme, reaching a total of just over 480 million euros: - 89.4 million for the retroactive cuts in 2012... that the current total for the backpay and pensions stands at around 600 million euros. This will now have
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