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First-wave champion Greece stumbles at vaccine roll-out
Agora(the strictest of which lasted over five months up to the middle of April 2021), the Greek government... death rate was slightly above half the EU average up to the end of 2020. Since the start of 2021... “Operation Freedom” vaccination programme kept pace with the rest of the EU up until the start
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Questions over handling of rape case turn spotlight on policing and legacy of Greek #MeToo
PoliticsGreek Politicsof a potential cover-up, while it has raised questions about progress in the government’s drive to tackle... to avoid what was seen as a potential cover-up. Several aspects of the incident have shocked... in the latter case, while it has also been criticised for failing to follow up on pledges to tackle sex
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Government accused of complacency on food supply and price hikes
PoliticsGreek Politicsof a basket of basic goods has gone up by 10 pct in the past year. In the third week of March the price of vegetable oil went up 7 pct and fresh vegetables went up 15 pct, in spite of the government imposing... rises of 8-10 pct. According to representatives of bakeries, the price of bread is about to go up
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Producer prices triple YoY and increase by 4.9 pct MoM
EconomyMacroeconomysaid on Wednesday. The index was in negative territory for most of 2020 and up until March 2021, when... at 35.4 percent. Goods sold to the foreign market were up by 30.5 percent, with refined petroleum products up by 66.3 percent, rubber and plastics increasing by 26.6 percent and electricity and gas
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Energy products lead rise as import price index escalates by 27.2 pct in Feb
EconomyMacroeconomy) in February, after shooting up by 31.8 percent in January, according to data released by the Hellenic... to 25.3 percent, its highest level of late, up from 23.4 percent in the previous month. Import prices... by 61.8 percent YoY, followed closely by the manufacture of refined oil products up by 61.1 percent
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Spike in producer prices continues with 46.2 pct energy-led rise in March
EconomyMacroeconomy. The index was in negative territory for most of 2020 and up until March 2021, when it grew annually... sold to the foreign market were up by 48.7 percent, with refined petroleum products up by 106.7.... In the broader categories, in the overall market, energy products were up by 86.1 percent YoY, intermediate
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High energy prices fuel uncertainty on fiscal front
EconomyMacroeconomythe ministry will need to come up with another 300 million euros. The combined fiscal exposure is close to one billion euros and largely will take up any fiscal space earned by the bumper tourism season..., it is starting to capture major price shifts in food, up by 12 pct, and housing by 35 pct year
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Newsletter 347 - 22/07/2022
through built-up areas, burning homes and businesses over an estimated 2,000-hectare area. One death..., Stylianides spoke about the “unprecedented bureaucracy” he has encountered since taking up the job in Greece... to limitations in the amount of gas that can be transported, RAE’s proposal is to store up to 1.75
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Despite another annual rise of 35.6 pct in Jul, producer prices fall for third straight month
EconomyMacroeconomydata said on Tuesday. The index was in negative territory for most of 2020, and up until March 2021..., then electricity and gas up 45.9 percent and paper products that increased by 13.9 percent. Goods sold to the foreign market were up by 46.9 percent YoY, led by 94.4 percent higher prices for refined
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Scandals chip away at ND's lead as SYRIZA tries to cut through on surveillance issue
PoliticsGreek Politics. In contrast, backing for SYRIZA has edged up to 23 pct from 22.7 pct. According to MRB... in October. PASOK has also seen a slight rise in its support, up from 11.2 pct last month to 11.5 pct... party led by former Golden Dawn frontman Ilias Kasidiaris. His party is now polling at 2.6 pct, up
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