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Turnover in services sector improves slightly in Q1 2019
EconomyMacroeconomy) and legal and accounting activities (+29.9 percent). The latest services confidence indicator for May
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Mitsotakis steps up pressure on voters to avoid July 7 letdown
PoliticsGreek PoliticsOpposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis has increased the pressure on voters to back his party on July 7, warning that if there is not a clear outcome, a second vote may have to be held in mid-August, spoiling Greeks’ holidays. Mitsotakis’s comment is the latest attempt by New Democracy to underline
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PMI falls to 52.4 in June while industry optimism holds steady
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s manufacturing PMI fell to 52.4 points in June from 54.2 points in May, according to the latest data from Markit PMI. After a rapid uptick in recent months, June’s reading signals the lowest reading since November 2017. The main impact on the headline figure came from a slower rise in new
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Tsipras responds to criticism of SYRIZA record in bid to rally support
PoliticsGreek Politics, but may help rally support for SYRIZA in the final stretch of the campaign.
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Car sales rise by 4.9 pct in June and 8.8 pct in aggregate period
EconomyMacroeconomyRoad motor vehicles going into circulation for the first time rose by 4.9 percent in June compared to a rise of 15.2 percent in May, Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) data showed on Tuesday. In June 2018, the year-on-year rise had come to 28.4 percent. June’s headline figure completes three
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Unemployment falls to 17.6 pct in April, dipping under 18 pct for first time since Jul 2011
EconomyMacroeconomythe high of 31.6 percent in May 2013. The unemployment rate for men stood at 14.5 percent, equal
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Promises, promises
Agoraimpact of this bill, which spreads the cuts out over three years, will be 6 billion euros. It may
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Fiscal targets and tax cuts on agenda as Staikouras meets Regling
PoliticsGreek Politicscut legislated by the previous government, may be sacrificed to avoid the fiscal gap of more than 1
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Tsipras aiming to guide SYRIZA towards new territory in opposition
PoliticsGreek Politicsof this is to make SYRIZA a party of power again. Centre-left KINAL may have a say in the process. Its voters
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ND prepares first three bills for votes before Parliament's summer recess
PoliticsGreek Politicsby the proportional representation voting system used in May’s local elections. The draft legislation
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