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Kasselakis sets sights on government over cost of living
PoliticsGreek Politicsby ELSTAT showed that wages rose by 5.9 pct in the third quarter of this year, which was the sixth... in April this year, but Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has pledged to increase it to 950 euros... in public healthcare so that Greeks would not have to pay 6.5 billion euros a year for private care
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Travel receipts of 19.61 bln up to Oct set new record as arrivals soar by 17 pct to over 30 mln
EconomyMacroeconomyin 2022, up by 10.2 percent year-on-year. Travel payments rose by 5.7 percent to 196.8 million euros... period versus 632 euros last year. Receipts from the EU27 came to 10.9 billion euros, while eurozone... a rise of 17 percent in 2023 and came to 30.93 million visitors. For the same period last year
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Building activity returns to growth in Sep, up 9 pct in 9M
EconomyMacroeconomyBuilding permits returned to growth in September, rising by 6.2 percent year-on-year (YoY), after... (ELSTAT) on Thursday. Permits have been growing annually this year except in February, which saw... were issued in Western Macedonia with 35. During the first nine months of the year, permits were up
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In 2024, Greece and Turkey look to build on diplomatic progress made in previous months
PoliticsForeign Policythe way for a new chapter in their diplomatic relations. It became a year during which the two... are interlinked – besides the continental shelf - and need to be resolved. New year, old challenges... with the US and the EU. The new year marks 50 years since Turkey’s invasion of Cyprus and 20 since
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Economic sentiment slides by 0.4 pts again in Dec, consumer confidence improves
EconomyMacroeconomyCommission figures released on Monday. Sentiment had been improving since October last year, but it has now... of -57.9 of October last year and remains in some distance from the -7.8 points of pre-pandemic... points, dropping by almost 2 points. Since January last year, industry confidence is down by almost 10
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Growth in industrial production slows to 3.1 pct YoY in Nov, contracts MoM
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s Industrial Production Index (IPI) slowed down in November, growing by 3.1 percent year-on-year (YoY), after a 10.5-percent rise in the previous month, according to Hellenic Statistical... territory to -5.7 points, dropping by almost 2 points. Since January last year, industry confidence
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Inflation accelerates to 3.5 pct in Dec, food prices jump further
EconomyMacroeconomyincrease year-on-year (YoY), after rising by 3 pct in November, according to the data released on Friday... moderate. Still, there are base effects in this year’s CPI. The price index was in deflation for the 12... and was in double digits between April and September last year. The harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP
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Key factors in cost-of-living crisis not kept in check
Agorainflation dropped to 3 pct in November last year, from a high of 12 pct in September 2022. However, food and non-alcoholic beverages climbed in November last year by six percentage points above... considering Mitsotakis is in his fifth year in office and probably would not take pride
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Close to 32 mln visitors by Nov as 11-month travel receipts set record
EconomyMacroeconomyeuros in 2022, up by 18.9 percent year-on-year. Travel payments rose by 40.4 percent to 194.8 million... period versus 624.5 euros last year. Receipts from the EU27 came to 11 billion euros, while eurozone... a rise of 17.3 percent in 2023 and came to 31.97 million visitors. For the same period last year
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Building permits pick up pace in Oct with 8.7 pct growth
EconomyMacroeconomyBuilding permits picked up pace in October, rising by 8.7 percent year-on-year (YoY), after a rise... (ELSTAT) on Friday. Permits have been growing annually this year, except in February, which saw the first... number of permits were issued in Western Macedonia with 28. During the ten months of the year
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