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Flashpoints fuel contest for centrist voters
PoliticsGreek Politicspoints. However, backing for PASOK-KINAL fell to 13 pct from 14 in June. The Communist Party (KKE
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Jan-May travel balance of 1.78 bln beats same period in 2019
EconomyMacroeconomyand activity in the tourism sector constrained until the season opened up towards June. Foreign arrivals
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Building permits turn negative for first time in more than a year, falling by 10 pct in April
EconomyMacroeconomypoints in June. Construction is now roughly 30 points down from August last year.
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Summer Covid wave sparks fresh warnings, as opposition unites on gender-based violence
PoliticsGreek PoliticsIliopoulos noted that the official figures show 387 deaths in June, rising to 1,145 in July, calling
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Vehicle sales record back-to-back annual drop of 2.7 pct in July
EconomyMacroeconomyThe rise in road motor vehicles going into circulation for the first time stayed broadly unchanged in July, rising by 2.3 percent year-on-year (YoY), following 2 percent growth in June, according to Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) data released on Thursday. In July 2021, the year-on-year
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Exit from enhanced surveillance nears, but fiscal commitments bind Greece until 2060
EconomyProgrammeGreece is a step away from exiting the enhanced surveillance regime, the monitoring regime that was introduced after the completion of its third bailout, which is due to expire on August 20. In June 2018, just as Greece was approaching the completion of the third adjustment programme, the Eurogroup
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Budget primary balance beats target by 4.64 bln in July on back of impressive tax performance
EconomyMacroeconomy, as well as the collection of the first three installments of ENFIA property tax in the months of May, June
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Govt puts focus on handouts, migration to take heat off surveillance affair
PoliticsGreek Politicsairports, which were 12 pct above 2019 levels in the months up to June, however SYRIZA quoted official
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Despite seasonal recruitment in accommodation and catering, hiring balance slows to 2,999 in July
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s employment balance slowed down in July with 2,999 more hires than departures, according to data from the Labour Ministry’s Ergani information system. In June there were 19,113 more hires than departures, while there was a significant slowdown from the figure of 24,395 of July last year
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Despite another annual rise of 35.6 pct in Jul, producer prices fall for third straight month
EconomyMacroeconomyThe pace of Greece’s Producer Price Index (PPI) annual growth slowed down further, still with another solid rise of 35.6 percent year-on-year (YoY) in July, after the 39.9 percent in June, ELSTAT data said on Tuesday. The index was in negative territory for most of 2020, and up until March 2021
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