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Unemployment rate unchanged at 12.8 pct in Jan, employment rises by more than 300,000 YoY
EconomyMacroeconomynegative by 25,804 more firings than hirings
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Public debt jumps by more than 6 bln in Q1, nearing 395 bln in total
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s central government debt increased by more than 6 billion euros in the first quarter of 2022 to 394.55 billion euros, from 388.34 billion euros in the final quarter of last year, the Finance Ministry's (MoF) debt bulletin showed on Thursday. The current QoQ change is the tenth consecutive
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PMI drops to lowest in more than a year at 53.8 pts, but manufacturing remains on solid ground
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s Manufacturing PMI dropped by one point in May to 53.8 points, according to S&P Global data released on Wednesday. May PMI is the lowest in more than one year, but still indicates solid operating conditions in the Greek manufacturing sector. The overall expansion is the slowest since March
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Travel balance surplus more than doubles YoY in Jan
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece's travel balance recorded a modest surplus of 112.6 million euros in January, compared to 114.9 million euros in December, according to data released by the Bank of Greece (BoG) on Tuesday. January's balance was over 106 percent higher than the 54.6 million euros recorded in January 2023
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Hiring balance improves by more than 18,000 jobs up to Aug
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s employment balance was negative in August with 2,542 more departures than hires, according to data from the Labour Ministry’s Ergani information system. The hiring balance in August last year had 5,081 more departures. This led to a year-on-year drop of 2,539 fewer departures. Total
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Budget balance up to May well above target as VAT brings in 650 mln more than planned
EconomyMacroeconomyof 103 million euros, from a 1.88 billion euros surplus in May 2025. The overall balance is better than
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Famellos aims for fresh start but existential questions dog SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe latest conference held by SYRIZA, Greece’s fading leftist party, raised more questions than... proposals put forward by the leadership being overwhelmingly approved. However, on the other hand... Kasselakis in 2023. However, rather than Kasselakis, it was the ghost of Alexis Tsipras that haunted
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Greece tops EU tables for lawyers but also pending administrative court cases
Societymore cases than were submitted. When the cases are broken down into different categories, litigious... 0.22 euros per capita in 2010 to 0.94 euros in 2014. Those figures put Greece in league with eastern.... General government total expenditure on law courts was lower in Greece than among most western
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Turkey maintains maritime pressure as Athens and Ankara court Haftar
PoliticsForeign Policyas Chevron’s decision to submit a proposal for two blocks south of Crete despite the Turkey-Libya... spatial planning (MSF) last April, but since then is trying to leverage its footprint in Libya... the Turkish-Libyan memorandum. Belgacem Haftar, the son of Khalifa Haftar and director of Libya’s
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Merkel backing for name deal overshadowed by coalition leaders' crucial talks
PoliticsGreek Politicsissues and expressed her surprise at having to comment on such claims. She added that she would put... will put an end to Greece’s neighbour being referred to simply as “Macedonia” by most of the world... straight after his meeting with Kammenos to put in motion the process for a confidence vote. His actions
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