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New Democracy losing grip on regions as farmers’ protests highlight rural frustration
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe country in the coming months to shore up support for New Democracy in the long run-up to elections... in the clean-up of the OPEKEPE scandal. Farmers are also awaiting compensation payments for natural disasters... centred around the extraction and burning of coal. The issues have been picked up by opposition parties
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Energy propels 18.4% YoY rise in import prices for April
EconomyMacroeconomythe eurozone market. Refined oil products jumped by 80.4 percent, oil and gas were up by 66.4 percent and basic metals up 11.7 percent. The monthly movements were led by refined oil products with a 5.2 percent rise, chemicals rose by 5 percent and oil and gas up by 4.7 percent. In terms
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Newsletter 509 - 19/06/2026
from 5.4% in April, with energy the main driver of the rising trend, as transport prices were up... rest on last‑minute reservations picking up in the coming weeks. Spain has already emerged as the big... The wages index moved up by 6.7 pct year-on-year (YoY) in Q1, slowing from the 7.9 pct in the previous
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Newsletter 511 - 03/07/2026
%, up from 12.8%, while ND leads with 24 %. PASOK trails at 10.4%, and Maria Karystianou’s Elpida... into projected vote share, ELAS reaches 21.4%, compared to ND’s 28.3%. PASOK inches up only marginally... month as the labour market starts seeing the benefits of the tourism season revving up. The rate for men
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Newsletter 512 - 10/07/2026
in second place, overtaking a declining PASOK and shaping up as the main opposition force. Hovering... flagging, ELAS picking up slightly since its June launch. ND leads with 25%, ELAS follows at 15.5..., imports were 7.04 billion euros, up by 7.8 pct. Over the five months, the deficit decreased by 9 pct
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Producer price index slows to 8.8% YoY in June, as energy continues to have impact
EconomyMacroeconomyin the first month of the war. The products sold in the domestic market were up by 5.8 percent, led by refined... supply rising by 11.7 percent. Goods sold to the foreign market were up by 16.2 percent YoY, led by mining of metal ores up 37.2 percent, refined oil jumped by 34.8 percent, and basic metals manufacturing
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Government moves on fire compensation as opposition sharpens its questions
PoliticsGreek Politicsor reconstruction costs for both primary and secondary residences. An emergency grant of up to 6,000 euros... can claim a rental subsidy of up to 500 euros, scaled to family size. Businesses will be covered under the same housing assistance framework for building damage, with state grants of up to 70 pct
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Greek industrialists decry conditions as another major firm moves its HQ abroad
Economyof the decline slowing down in the last few months it posted another significant drop of 8.1 percent
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Greek Manufacturing PMI eased in September but remains close to a 44-month high
EconomyMacroeconomyGreek Manufacturing PMI eased to 47.5 in September from a 44-month high of 48.7 in August, the first drop in the headline index over the last six months, according to Markit. Nevertheless, it is still at its second-highest level in the past three and a half years, while posted its highest quarterly
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General government bottom line continues to improve with moderate decrease in arrears
EconomyMacroeconomyand 616 million respectively so far this year. The recorded drop of arrears by 2.29 billion since
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