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Sharp drop in new car sales as vehicle registrations decrease by 5.8 pct in Aug
EconomyMacroeconomysales in July came to 15,438 compared to 17,395 in 2023, a drop of 11.3 percent. Passenger cars... by 21.6 percent annually and used cars had a marginal rise of 0.3 percent. Lorries in August were up... risen by 4.6 percent annually. Passenger cars were up by 5 percent, lorries decreased by 0.4 percent
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Despite rising arrivals, reduced spending per trip leads to 1.7 pct drop in Aug travel receipts
EconomyMacroeconomy, the balance was 3.95 billion euros. This is the first back-to-back drop in the travel balance since... euros. The number of arrivals in August reached 6.91 million, up 6.6 percent. Arrivals from the EU... receipts increased by 3.2 percent to 15.18 billion euros. Payments also increased to 1.85 billion, up 15
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Energy prices drive 2.8 pct YoY import price drop, as non-durable goods rise
EconomyMacroeconomy-on-year (YoY), after a 5.5 percent drop in the previous month, according to data released... were led by refined oil products with a 3.5 percent increase, tobacco products up by 2.4 percent... by 0.3 percent. Non-durables were up by 1 percent.
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Subdued passenger car sales lead to overall drop of 1.6 pct in Nov
EconomyMacroeconomyin November came to 19,124 compared to 19,134 in 2024, a minor drop of 0.1 percent. Motorcycle... of 0.9 percent. Lorry sales were up by 10 percent in November, and buses rose sharply by 48.1... up by 3.9 percent, lorries increased by 11.1 percent and buses rose by 10.4 percent.
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Fuels at forefront of sharp drop in exports in Jan, trade deficit at 2.81 bln
EconomyMacroeconomya drop of 9.5 percent. Exports to EU countries fell by 2.2 percent while those to non-EU countries... the value of oil products and ships, the aggregate deficit was up by 1.9 percent, at 29.15 billion euros. Imports from EU countries were up by 3.1 percent YoY, while imports from non-EU markets were
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Apartment prices up by 2.5 pct in Q4 and 1.5 pct in 2018 as property recovery solidifies
EconomyMacroeconomy. Properties up to five years old saw price increases of 2.7 percent compared to an increase of 2.5 percent in Q3. For the full year, prices of properties up to five years old rose by 1.7 percent compared.... The biggest annual fall was posted in 2012 (-11.7 percent), followed by another double-digit drop of -10.9
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Tussle over labour reforms shaping up as spark for broader political battle
PoliticsGreek Politicsdid pick up a seven point drop since last summer, meaning that just 28% of Greeks said they tended...The government’s proposed labour market reforms and the extent to which they open up ideological... highlighted by right-wing newspaper Dimokratia and then picked up by left-wing media, the survey shows a high
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Govt gears up for arrival of Covid-19 vaccine amid virus flare-up in some areas
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe public’s trust in the process, which will see more than 1,000 vaccination centres set up around... in that direction, up 3 points from last month. Also, 57 pct of those questioned said they intent... continues to drop (1,155 were reported on Thursday) but with daily deaths and the number of intubated
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Industrial turnover up 0.4 pct in July for rare second straight month of growth
EconomyMacroeconomycontinued heading south, showing a drop of 4.4 percent. The slight increase in July largely stems from... markets slipped 2.9 percent. The latter is mainly due to a drop in the turnover for the non-euro zone... that the highest rise was posted in mining of coal and lignite (up 41.4 percent), followed by other mining
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Travel receipts up 13.3 pct in March as tourist arrivals increase by 34.4 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyis fully attributed to international tourist arrivals surging to 613,100 (up 34.3 percent). However, the strong volume growth was to a large extent offset by a 15.3 percent drop in the average non-resident... to soaring international tourist arrivals (up 45.6 percent) to 1.73 million, which more than offset
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