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Cost of petty corruption in Greece has halved during crisis
Societypercent lower than a year earlier. Almost one in three Greeks asked to give bribes refused to do so... corruption was estimated to cost 787 million euros. By the end of last year, this figure had fallen to 389
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Greece exceeds expectations with first return to bond markets after four years
EconomyAfter just over four years of being shut out of international markets, Greece officially confirmed its return on Thursday with the sale of a five-year bond. A Finance Ministry (MoF) statement... euros in annual interest that Greece will have to pay on the five-year bond issued on Thursday. The MoF
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Four months of decline in industry turnover almost comes to stop in February
Economypercent in February 2013, the mining of coal and lignite index strongly recovered this year, now standing 13 times above last year’s levels mostly reflecting a low base effect. Computers, electronic
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Are investors getting a bargain with Eurobank?
Agora, controlling a stake of 95.2 percent, after it fully covered its capital needs of 5.84 billion last year... percent discount on the 1.54 euros per share that the HFSF bought the Eurobank shares last year
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New Democracy and SYRIZA draw battle lines for European elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor Greece would be discussed later this year. New Democracy announced its candidates a day before... last year's surplus that will be split between 600,000 families deemed to have been hit badly
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European Commission review of Greek programme: The key points
EconomyProgramme. Tourism is likely to register another strong year, while the recent negative impact from transportation... year, 2 billion could not be cleared in 2013 and therefore are expected to be paid in 2014. Delays
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Slight rise in deposits for March but outflows at 2.2 bln for 2014
EconomyMacroeconomyoffsetting savings outflows of 294 million. Since the beginning of this year, total outflows stand at 2.21.... In contrast, time deposits showed inflows of 1.28 billion for the year to date. Total deposits
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Manufacturing PMI rises again, reaching 51.1 in April
EconomyMacroeconomy, while factory gate prices decreased at the fastest pace for almost a year. After having slipped in March... increases at the start of the year. Renewed growth on this front could act to kick-start the recovery”.
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Greek industrial production falls in March after three months of rises
EconomyMacroeconomyby 0.3 percent. The year to date movement follows a decline of 3.3 and 3.6 percent posted...) and intermediate goods (+3.8 percent), posted a rise in the first quarter of the year. On the flipside
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Ahead of European elections, Greeks display wavering faith in EU
Society, with an eight percentage point rise over the last year in the number of 18-29 year olds that view the EU
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