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Covid rears its head again as ND reaches halfway point in tenure
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat of 2,245 Greeks aged between 60 and 80 that died in April, May and June only 22 were vaccinated... be no new lockdown. Mitsotakis suggested that there may be more encouraging news ahead
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EC summer forecast sees growth edging up to 4.3 pct, driven by RRF
EconomyMacroeconomy, from the 4.1 pct expected in May. The growth estimate for 2022 remains unchanged at 6 pct. The Commission notes that as restrictive measures began to be relaxed in May, several sentiment indicators
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Building permits jump by 124.5 pct in April, from year-earlier lockdown
EconomyMacroeconomya drop in May by 7.2 points. Even so, compared to May last year when it hit a low of -76.1 points
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Budget primary shows deficit of 9.09 bln in June, beating target
EconomyMacroeconomyof 949 million euros, improving from a monthly deficit of 1.94 billion euros in May. For the same... to 4.43 billion euros in May. Overall expenditure in June came to 5.12 billion euros. Overall expenditure
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Newsletter 305 - 16/07/2021
, the number of building permits issued increased 13.1 percent for May 2020 to April 2021, compared... to a deficit of 949 million euros, improving from a monthly deficit of 1.94 billion euros in May
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Warnings of post-holiday Covid surge, continuing wildfires store up risk for ND
PoliticsGreek Politicsvariant. Fires The government may have hoped to bring closure at a political level to this summer’s..., and with a little luck it is a gamble that may pay off as takings from tourism are looking reasonably
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Industrial turnover rises by 22.4 pct in June
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s industrial turnover rose 22.4 percent from a year earlier in June, compared with a revised increase of 37.6 percent in May. The latest reading continues the marked rebound from the depressed..., after increasing 24.6 percent in May. Turnover in the non-domestic market rose by 36 percent
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Govt announces stricter measures for unvaccinated to curb autumn pandemic wave
PoliticsGreek Politicsstance on potential refugees from Afghanistan, may be interpreted as a move to shift the agenda away from this more contentious territory. Ironically, second party SYRIZA may also suffer as the public
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Retail turnover rises by 11.7 pct and volume by 10.8 pct in June
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s retail sales index rose by 11.7 percent in June following a revised increase of 14.8 percent in May, Hellenic Statistical Authority data showed on Tuesday. This the third straight increase... by 0.6 percent compared to May, while volume dropped by 1.4 percent. The latest business indicators
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Price hikes pose fresh challenge for government
PoliticsGreek Politicsspiralling prices since May but that the government did not heed the warnings. He went on to accuse... There are indications that following the latest GDP data announced this week, Mitsotakis may even have
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