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SYRIZA, PASOK leaders prepare responses to stark choice presented by PM
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAs SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras and PASOK chief Nikos Androulakis prepare to travel to Thessaloniki... blocked the witness list put forward by opposition parties. The conservative lawmakers also rebuffed calls... on Tuesday of the legislative act the government put forward containing some initial reforms
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PM signals April elections as MP at centre of latest sleaze scandal resigns
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat ruled out elections before April, apparently aimed to put a lid on speculation over snap polls that had... to emerge, the MP tendered his resignation in a letter, in which he recognised that he put the government... to decide on travel measures for visitors from China in light of the surge in coronavirus infections
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Newsletter 372 - 03/03/2023
in central Greece has put the government in an awkward position and has generated speculation... of shortcuts on the safety front. The statement claimed that there were clear gaps that put the safety... it left off in 2022, when Greece nearly reached the travel receipts of 2019. Wood also revised its
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New Democracy leadership headed for showdown with right wing over migrant labour bill
PoliticsGreek Politicsbe issued with work visas under a scheme put forward by the ministries of labour and migration to ease... Democracy. Sensing an opportunity to expose rifts within the government, the main opposition put forward... the amendment was introduced rather than its content. The direction of travel suggests that rather than
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Newsletter 451 - 14/02/2025
claimed that Mitsotakis' decision to put Tasoulas forward was a symptom of his controlling style... with 11 MPs, compared its polling figures, which put it at around 1.5 pct, well below the 3 pct... European Union countries, led by Germany with 3.65 bn and France with 1.25 bn. Travel receipts from
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Tourist arrivals in Greece up 18.7 pct in 2013 but lower average spending points to missed potential
EconomyInternational tourist arrivals soared by 18.7 percent to 20.11 million in 2013, while travel... the past three years. The relative importance of tourism to the economy is demonstrated in the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) 2014 report, with Greece’s travel and tourism’s direct contribution
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Greek tourism's long-term growth prospects are good, report shows
EconomyMacroeconomyThe direct contribution of travel and tourism to Greek GDP reached 13.3 billion euros (7.6 percent... economic report of the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC). The long-term forecast points to a 4... percent of GDP. The report shows that the total contribution of travel and tourism to GDP, including
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Newsletter 259 -24/07/2020
and greater efforts to pursue corruption cases. Travel balance falls by 99.3 pct in May Hoteliers staring at big drop in turnover as liquidity calls grow Greece’s travel balance fell to 9.1 million..., falling by 99.2 percent YoY. Travel payments also decreased by 98.2 percent and came to 4 million
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Greece sees tourist arrivals rise 12.6 pct in May but spending fall 10.6 pct
EconomyThe rate of increase in Greece's travel receipts significantly decelerated to 0.8 percent in May... to receipts of 1.07 billion euros. Travel payments, meanwhile, fell 11 percent in May to 173 million. As a result, the travel surplus improved by a modest 3.4 percent in May, rising to 898 million
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September current account surplus at 550.8 mln as goods deficit increases
EconomyMacroeconomy. The travel balance meanwhile showed a slight improvement of 0.8 percent to a surplus of 2.28 billion. Both... by 11.3 percent. In absolute terms, imports came to 4.63 billion and exports to 2.56 billion. The travel balance stood at a surplus of 2.28 billion in September. For the same period last year, the travel
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