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PMI rises to 54.7 in March as first quarter comes to strong end
EconomyMacroeconomymonths, stemming from higher raw material costs and a poor harvest. However, firms sought to remain... prices. Input buying also picked up pace as firms replaced depleted raw material stocks. Overall... their output charges for the second month running following a sharp increase in raw material prices, despite
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Faltering relationship with farmers a sign of wider concerns for government
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the Panos Ruci affair. In raw voting intention, ND stands at 21.5 pct, down 0.3 point on the September poll... undecided in raw intention and sizeable minorities say they would back new parties led by high-profile figures, most notably Maria Karystianou. The combination of a high undecided share in raw voting
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Is New Democracy really trying to ease political tension?
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAddressing the nation in the wake of anti-fascist rapper Pavlos Fyssas's murder by a Golden Dawn... together Greece's leftist parties as "extreme opposition." "The cases of Golden Dawn on the one hand... with the so-called "theory of the two extremes". As the theory would have it, if Golden Dawn is one
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SYRIZA's poll lead consistent but parliamentary majority elusive
PoliticsGreek Politicsand Golden Dawn favourite for this spot but some pollsters suggest that PASOK is not far behind. A Kapa... SYRIZA 28.1 ND 25.5 Potami 6.5 G Dawn 5.4 PASOK 5.2 KKE 5 Papandreou 2.8 Ind Grks 2.6 Other 4.1 Undecid... ND 28 Potami 4.5 G Dawn 4.2 PASOK 4 KKE 3.7 Ind Grks 2.2 Papandreou 1.5 Other 4.4 Undecided 9.6
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New Democracy on course for clear majority, opinion polls suggest
PoliticsGreek Politicslike to squeeze Greek Solution and neoNazi Golden Dawn to such an extent that they fail to meet... support away from Greek Solution and Golden Dawn, as well as attract more undecided Greeks or those who... percent, SYRIZA on 23.7, KINAL 6.2, KKE 5.1, Golden Dawn 4.6, MeRA25, the party led by former finance
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Govt holds off on new Covid-19 measures as public reacts to GD ruling
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAs Greece keenly waits for the sentencing process in the Golden Dawn trial to be completed... in the Golden Dawn case indicates that the Greek public is largely pleased with the outcome, but it also... percent. Despite Golden Dawn being declared a criminal organisation and its political activities being
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SYRIZA ups stakes over bankruptcy code as govt faces embarrassment over missing GD bigwig
PoliticsGreek Politicsdevelopments, such as Covid-19 and the sentencing in the Golden Dawn trial. By tabling the motion... of buying it back after 12 years. Golden Dawn New Democracy has also been put on the spot over the apparent absconding of Golden Dawn deputy leader Christos Pappas, who has not appeared before authorities
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Economic sentiment fell to 81.3 in July for the sharpest historical monthly drop
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s economic sentiment (ESI) dropped for the fifth successive month at a marked accelerating..., whilst the current ESI reading is 22.9 points lower than the post-crisis high of 104.2 recorded a year ago. The ESI fell to a historic low of 74.8 in March 2009 and displayed high volatility until June
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Business indicators rise for second successive month in October
EconomyGreece’s economic sentiment (ESI) improved for the second straight month by 3.4 points to 86.5 in October, European Commission (EC) data displayed on Thursday. Over the past two months, ESI has risen... in the 3-year period until Jun 2012, ESI considerably increased by more than 26 points until June 2014
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Economic sentiment improves 4 pts in Jan but consumer confidence worsens 2.8 pts
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s economic sentiment (ESI) improved by another four points in January when it rose to 91.6... May 2015. Since the beginning of the Greek crisis, ESI has fallen to a historic low of 75.2... 2014. In the following months ESI deteriorated, hitting a low of 76.1 in August 2015. There has been
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