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Unemployment unchanged at 11.8 pct in Q1, sharp fall in long-term jobless
EconomyMacroeconomyof long-term unemployed (more than 1 year) came to 290,200 people, representing 52.7 percent of the total unemployed. Alarmingly, the largest portion, 123,700, has not worked for more than four years
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Mitsotakis enters last week of campaign with confidence, high ratings
PoliticsGreek Politicswill win more than 150 seats on Sunday. Looking ahead, he suggested that his fourth big electoral... more than 150 MPs. Over the longer-term, though, the presence of another fringe party, particularly
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Mitsotakis names extensive cabinet with dose of renewal
PoliticsGreek Politicsof responsibilities, which includes changes to the competencies of some ministries, rather than... tighter fiscal framework than during the exceptional circumstances caused by Covid and the energy
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Government launches new round of legislation with diaspora vote bill
PoliticsGreek Politicseuros per year from less than 200 billion at the moment, and for the country’s debt-to-GDP ratio to drop to below 140 pct from more than 170 pct at the end of last year. Mitsotakis also intends
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Government fleshes out priorities, SYRIZA sets dates for leadership vote
PoliticsGreek Politics3.75 million households declared incomes of less than 10,000 euros, which is the tax-free threshold... more than 50 pct of the votes, a run-off ballot will be held on Saturday, September 16, which would
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Budget execution continues to outperform in June, led by 2.2 bln in excess taxes
EconomyMacroeconomybalance is better than the target by 1.8 billion euros. Revenues Net revenues for the period stood... euros, 586 million more than the target. Expenditure In June, overall expenditure stood at 33.34
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Government focuses on safe evacuation as pressure from fires mounts
PoliticsGreek Politics. While Rhodes was the most prominent case over the weekend, there were more than 80 wildfires... occur if none of them gets more than 50 pct of the votes. Clearly, with around six weeks left before
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SYRIZA leadership contest off to slow start, as ND rushes to contain political damage from fires
PoliticsGreek Politicssaw it lose more than half the support that had brought it to power less than a decade ago. Candidates
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Underspend and improved tax collection help budget beat target by 881 mln in July
EconomyMacroeconomy. The overall balance is better than the target by 881 million euros. Revenues Net revenues for the period... billion euros, 636 million more than the target. Expenditure In July, overall expenditure stood
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Government dampens expectations for handouts in PM's speech
PoliticsGreek PoliticsIn less than three weeks, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will attempt to set the tone for his government’s second term in office, when he delivers the keynote speech to mark the opening... execution looks more favourable than expected at the moment because energy prices and business revenues
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