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Government hopes new affordable homes bill can help alleviate housing pressure
PoliticsGreek Politics. As of Q1 2025, Southern Athens reached 4,000 euros per square metre (up 9.2 pct year-on-year), Northern... per square metre (up 7.6% year-on-year), with the Northern and Southern zones reaching 11.24–12.86. In Thessaloniki, nominal rents for apartments up to 80 sqm reached 10.55 euros per Sqm, surging 17.6
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Newsletter 499 - 20/03/2026
and 100 euros per month depending on household size and income criteria. It is estimated to have... of the surge in VAT receipts. Excise taxes, meanwhile, are fixed amounts per quantity — more than 700 euros per 1,000 litres — placing Greece fifth‑highest in the EU and almost double the European
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Energy crisis puts squeeze on Greek fiscal policy
Agora. The Market Pass ran from February to October 2023, offering between 22 and 100 euros per month depending... taxes, meanwhile, are fixed amounts per quantity — more than 700 euros per 1,000 litres — placing
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Newsletter 517 - 11/09/2026
, with oil prices hovering around $105 per barrel this week. Donald Trump suggested in a speech... at the pump are now consistently above €2 per litre, despite government subsidies and refinery... prices near €1.80 per litre — a 65% increase from last year. The government has already allocated most
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Economy holds steady in Q2 but autumn set to pose more and tougher tests
EconomyMacroeconomyin Iran continues to generate turbulence, with oil prices hovering around $105 per barrel last week... bypasses the Strait of Hormuz. Fuel prices at the pump are now consistently above €2 per litre...: on current trends, oil could reach retail prices near €1.80 per litre — a 65% increase from last year
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Newsletter 518 - 18/09/2026
above €100 per barrel - though they showed slight signs of easing on Friday - keeping unleaded and diesel fuels above €2 per litre and causing serious headaches for both authorities and households... expects heating oil to reach close to €2 per litre, compared with €1.10 last year and €1.70 when
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Newsletter 519 - 25/09/2026
oil below 1.75 euros per litre, increase the heating allowance and extend diesel support through... demanded price ceilings of €1.40 per litre for heating oil and €1.80 for diesel, accusing Mitsotakis.... The main focus is to keep heating‑oil prices below €1.75 per litre — the level at which they closed
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Underlining stress on Greek society, suicide rate doubled in first years of economic crisis
Societyrose from 2.5 per 100,000 of the population before 2009 to over five per 100,000, or 1,245 during
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Births drop 14 pct since start of crisis as Greece faces wider population worries
Societycountries recorded by the organization with 9.08 births per 1,000 people. In contrast, average life... rate with 9.6 deaths per 1,000 people – one of the highest in Europe. Given that Greece already has
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Greece and the euro: The flight of Icarus
Agorafor decades. Between 1981 and 2001, when Greece joined the euro, per capita income in Greece had almost... on imported goods. When Greece joined the euro, it was importing about 3 billion euros of good per
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