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First positive reading for building activity in 6 months after 1.2 pct rise in May
EconomyMacroeconomy) indicator of confidence in the construction business eased by 0.1 points to 84.1 points in July. The monthly movement reflects a drop in private construction by 9 points and a 2.2 points increase in the public works’ construction confidence.
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Greek building activity drop decelerates to 16 pct in March
EconomyMacroeconomypercent since the third quarter of 2008. The latest construction business confidence provided... in May. This resulted from an increase in private construction by 13.4 points counterbalanced by a 7 point reduction in the public works’ construction confidence.
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Building activity plunges by 35.6 pct in April, down by 75 pct since 2008
EconomyMacroeconomyin a recovery in building activity. The latest indicator of confidence in the construction business provided... construction by 5.4 points and a milder rise of 1.8 points in the public works’ construction
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SMEs, backbone of Greek economy, have shed 27 pct of jobs since 2008
Economyin the manufacturing sector and more than 90 percent of jobs in the construction, wholesale and retail trade sector. The construction sector was the worst affected by the Greek crisis, suffering a third of the SME... 2008, while the number of construction SMEs and turnover halved during this period. At manufacturing
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Greece seen improving refugee response but still under pressure to deliver in Feb
PoliticsForeign Policyprogress in the past few days on the construction of hot spots. Greece is expected to have ready... are expected to take longer. On Kos, locals have reacted strongly against the construction of a hot spot..., the key issues for a successful control of refugee flows are: 1. The construction of hot spots 2. Re
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Hope of economic, trade benefits drive Tsipras's landmark visit to Iran
PoliticsForeign Policyand construction sectors. Iran’s isolation means infrastructure there is lagging and there are plans for Greek construction companies to undertake some of the upgrading work. Athens has been planning for some time... and medicines and construction materials. The outcome of Tsipras’s visit to Iran was the signing
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Investment: The forgotten casualty of the Greek crisis
Agoraeuros, other construction was just shy of 15 percent of the total, with the combined construction... investment spending. Other construction also had a significant drop of 30 percent since its 2003 peak
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Energy cooperation provides platform for Greece and Bulgaria to strengthen ties
PoliticsForeign Policythe two delegations, with an emphasis on the cooperation regarding the construction... on Monday said that the construction of the IGB is a project of a high priority for both countries, while... construction of a railway link from Alexandroupoli to Burgas, a Bulgarian port on the Black Sea
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Greece's open floodgates
Agoraneighbourhoods. Unregulated construction has been ignored for decades and there has been underinvestment... for construction in Athens since the 1930s has led to natural river beds and other waterways being.... Meanwhile, in terms of fixed capital formation in the national accounts, “other construction” (which
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Building activity up by 5.4 pct in Feb, permits remain below 1,000
EconomyMacroeconomywas issued in western Macedonia with 11. Greece’s construction sector has remained subdued in recent years as both private and public construction projects were halted due to the ongoing economic crisis... in 2016. The latest construction confidence indicator for April released by the European Commission
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