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Megafire surges into Athens suburbs, posing major challenge for PM
PoliticsGreek Politicspledged a more modern and efficient approach to fire prevention and firefighting this summer. The fire... northern suburbs, such as Halandri and Vrilissia, destroying or damaging apartment blocks as well..., attempting to prevent the fire reaching their apartment buildings, and firefighters being aided
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Building permits shoot up by 14.7 pct in June
EconomyMacroeconomyAegean (+333 percent), West Macedonia (+157 percent) and Peloponnese (+146 percent) excelled... activity is indirectly linked to apartment prices, which fell for the twenty-fifth straight quarter... drop in apartment prices in the next two years. Building activity is also related to the evolution
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Major fall of 31.6 pct for building activity in July
EconomyMacroeconomyshowed mixed. West Macedonia’s figure soared by 15.4 times, while that of Central Greece also surged... activity. Apartment prices, which are indirectly linked to building activity, recorded a decline... respectively, will further delay the long-awaited rebound in apartment prices at least for the next two
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Building activity down 18.8 pct in January, permits hit new low
EconomyMacroeconomyAegean (+5.3 percent). Most regions recorded a double-digit decline with the biggest in West...) figures indicate apartment prices contracted for the 27th straight quarter by 5.4 percent year on year in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2015. During 2015, apartment prices dropped by 5.1 percent, while
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Building activity rebounds 2.1 pct in Dec, falls 5.5 pct in 2016
EconomyMacroeconomyregions. The most notable increase was posted in West Macedonia (+58.3 percent), while permits in Thessaly..., apartment prices dropped by 0.6 percent year on year in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2016... years, apartment prices have plummeted 41.7 percent after reaching a record high in Q3 2008
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Greek building activity drops by another 8 pct in July
EconomyMacroeconomyof building permits at 44.4 and 29.2 percent respectively. In contrast, the drop in West Greece (-26.7... of the 7-month figures showed only two regions posted a rise in permits, namely West Macedonia (up 11.2 percent... by the Bank of Greece (BoG), apartment prices fell 7.3 percent in Q2 with the cumulative fall reaching
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Drop in building activity slows to 12.2 pct in February
EconomyMacroeconomyin West Greece (-39.2 percent) and West Macedonia (-34.8 percent), while Epirus was the only region... 65,474 in 2008 to 13,257 in 2015. Over this period, apartment prices have fallen by 41.5 percent
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Leaders explain differing views on how to approach Ukraine war
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe one that can best safeguard the country’s security, as well as its place within the West. Mitsotakis... to the West” to explain the reasoning behind his stance on the Ukrainian issue. The PM made it clear... the left-wing party as being out of touch with modern geopolitical realities and reminded voters
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Athens calibrates domestic and diplomatic response to Iran war as tension with Turkey resurfaces
PoliticsGreek Politicsfrom Israel, the UAE, Oman and the West Bank. A C‑130 brought 91 people from Abu Dhabi; 93 were flown out of Oman; 42 were moved from the West Bank to Egypt; and 27 young athletes from Aris were.... Unpredictability Gerapetritis offered the government’s starkest assessment yet: “In modern diplomacy
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Apartment prices rise in Q2 by a strong 13.9 pct YoY despite slight slowdown
EconomyMacroeconomyThe growth in the nominal value of apartments in Greece remained on a stolid path in Q2 2023, increasing by 13.9 percent year-on-year (YoY) from an upwards revised 15 percent in Q1 2023, Bank... that almost reached as much as -13 percent at the end of 2012. Old apartments - those over five years
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