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Economic sentiment rises in Dec despite sharp drop in retail trade
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s economic sentiment (ESI) improved in December, with the index at 107.4 points, from 105.9... the rolling 12-month period, December’s ESI was lower by 1 point from January 2025. The average ESI in the EU stood at 96.8 points in December, from 96.9 in the previous month. The euro area’s ESI was at 96.7
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Economic sentiment improves markedly in Feb to 107.7 pts
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s economic sentiment (ESI) improved in February, with the index at 107.7 points, from 105.4... the rolling 12-month period, February’s ESI was higher by just half a point from March 2025. The average ESI in the EU stood at 98.3 points in February, from 99.3 in the previous month. The euro area’s ESI
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Samaras and Venizelos rule out elections but can't be sure they won't happen
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece’s coalitions has decided against calling snap elections in the wake of Golden Dawn arrests... elections now. Venizelos went a stepped further and tried to double guess the 12 Golden Dawn MPs... they represent. This would require around half of the Greek electorate to go to the polls as Golden Dawn
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Polls give New Democracy wafer-thin lead over SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek Politicsof SYRIZA and had Golden Dawn as Greece’s third biggest party, reaffirming the figures that have... percent, against SYRIZA’s 20.5. Golden Dawn was at 7.8 percent, still surprisingly high but lower... vs 21.1 percent. Golden Dawn remained the third most popular with 6.9 percent. The same polling
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Violent clashes at Thessaloniki school turn focus on neo-Nazi youth recruitment
PoliticsGreek Politics, while raising fears about the resurgence of neo-Nazi groups a year after the leaders of Golden Dawn... of Golden Dawn. The events have highlighted what some claim is a recruitment campaign by local members of Golden Dawn targeting students at the school, which is located in a low-income area of Greece’s
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Ousting of govt MP brings to fore leadership unease, angst over far right
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe outlawing of Golden Dawn. Secondly, Bodganos was only recently given a “yellow card” by New Democracy... themselves with Golden Dawn, suggesting that the foreign minister felt his colleague...,” concluded Dendias, who has in the past earned plaudits for confronting Golden Dawn MPs head
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Company closures dropped sharply during the pandemic
EconomyFeaturesand retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles” which saw 8,082 closures. While that may seem... actually dropped 18.9 percent. In fact, only one sector saw an increase in the number of closures in 2020: electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply, which saw an increase of 26.4 percent
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Economic sentiment, consumer confidence edge down in March
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s economic sentiment (ESI) fell by 1.4 points to 96.8 in March from 98.2 in February, according to the European Commission (EC). In February the ESI had rebounded by 2.9 points. The March... of 102.8 in November. Τhe ESI headline fell to a record low of 74.8 in March 2009 and displayed high
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Economic sentiment, consumer confidence down for third straight month in May
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s economic sentiment (ESI) continued heading south for the third successive month in May.... The May figure is the lowest reading since December 2013. Since the beginning of 2015, ESI has dropped... at 12.8 points. Τhe ESI headline figure fell to a historic low of 74.8 in March 2009 and recorded
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Sixth straight fall for economic sentiment in August as it plunges by 6.1 pts
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s economic sentiment (ESI) dived for the sixth straight month in August when it fell by 6.1... biggest since 2002. Since the beginning of the year, ESI posts huge losses of 23.9 points. After showing high volatility in the March 2009 – June 2012 period, ESI recorded a marked improvement by more
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