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New tax debt at 2.53 bln to May, up by 96 mln month-on-month
EconomyMacroeconomyThe month-on-month rise in Greece's new tax debt came to 96 million euros in May, data from... month-on-month in May, bringing the total to 2.37 billion euros compared to 2.29 billion in April. The VAT collectability rate came to 94.3 percent in May, showing 254.6 million collected out of 269.9
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Vehicle registrations up by 21.3 pct in May, led by cars
EconomyMacroeconomy-on-year (YoY) in May, picking up pace from the rise of 1.9 percent in April, according to Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) data released on Friday. In May 2021, the year-on-year change was 57.2 percent, compared to May 2020 when Greece was only gradually finding its footing from the first lockdown
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Consumer confidence takes off in May as rest of sectors deliver mixed data
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s economic sentiment (ESI) recorded a minor drop of 0.6 points in May, falling to 108.1... suffered during the pandemic. The index hit its most recent low in May 2020 following the Covid outbreak, dropping to 84.4. Over the rolling 12-month period, the ESI in May was almost 4 points over
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Hotel and catering jobs propel May hiring balance to new record
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s employment balance had another solid month in May, with 126,660 more hires than departures, according to data from the Labour Ministry’s Ergani information system. The hiring balance in May last year saw 95,951 more hires, a strong year-on-year improvement of 31,069 jobs. May’s balance
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Tsipras prepares for first visit to Turkey with refugee crisis in focus
PoliticsForeign Policywith Turkey. Agenda What is still unknown to the Greek side is what Ankara may ask in return for any form of cooperation in handling the refugee crisis. Athens believes that Ankara has the tendency...For some time now, Athens and Ankara have been seeking ways to make a visit to Turkey by Greek
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Newsletter 158 -20/04/2018
. The tender for these facilities is due to be launched by the end of May, according to the bill... if the government is going to be in the position it would like going into the May 24 Eurogroup.... The Commission paper had noted Ankara’s stance regarding relations with Greece, particularly its challenging
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Greece and Turkey go into new round of exploratory talks with trust at a premium
PoliticsForeign Policyand Turkey have been afforded added drama by Greece’s political system and the media. This may have been why... foreign policy and may cause trouble at some point, even though Mitsotakis still enjoys wide public... will be solely dependent on the approach Turkey will take. Greek diplomats note that if Ankara
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Athens makes landmark foreign policy shift by sending arms to Ukraine
PoliticsForeign Policyimportant. Turkish dimension Athens is also keeping any eye on Ankara, hoping not to open a new front with Turkey. Even though diplomatic sources believe that Ankara will not have any interest in agitating now, they do not rule out that Turkey may invest in the results of the Russian attack against
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Athens takes plunge on gas exploration, sees hope in Israel-Lebanon deal
PoliticsForeign Policymay bring the opposite result by complicating any diplomatic effort for talks on the delimitation... not reacted so far to the announcement of the ExxonMobil seismic surveys. Ankara is reportedly... these are not in the Aegean. But Ankara could respond through Libya. For the time being, Greece
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Athens on alert after reports of Turkey plans to codify maritime claims in "Blue Homeland" law
PoliticsForeign Policythat could formally codify Ankara’s long‑standing claims over maritime zones in the Aegean... eventually be used to reinforce Turkish claims in contested areas of the Aegean, including Ankara’s... in Greece. Ankara appears determined to move forward with the bill shortly before the NATO Summit in July
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