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Primary balance on target in Oct, revenues beat target thanks to tax and tourism VAT
EconomyMacroeconomybulletin due on November 25. Tax refunds came to 3.81 billion euros, lower than the target by 118 million
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Sharp rise in employed as unemployment falls to 13 pct in Sep, lowest since Aug 2010
EconomyMacroeconomyfor September showed the employment balance was positive with 19,727 more hirings than people leaving
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Current account balance improves YoY in Sep thanks to a jump in services, led by travel
EconomyMacroeconomyeuros, rising by more than twice compared to last year’s figure of 815.6 million euros. However
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Parties at loggerheads over inquiry into media handouts
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSYRIZA’s bid to put New Democracy on the spot over the Covid awareness campaign that saw a variety of Greek media outlets receive more than 40 million euros in total has been partially blocked by the government. The committee investigating the so-called Petsas list (named after the then government
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Employment balance turns negative by 70,048 in Oct as tourism season ends
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s employment balance in October turned negative with 70,048 more departures than hirings, from a positive balance by 19,727 in September, according to data from the Labour Ministry’s Ergani information system. The balance in October last year was negative by 33,356, suggesting a drop
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New pension legislation aims to speed up operations at overwhelmed EFKA fund
PoliticsGreek Politicssystem, 92,180 applications have been awaiting approval for more than 90 days while 30,348 have been
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Opposition renews attack on government over hospital capacity
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe National Public Health Organisation EODY reported 6,196 new cases, slightly lower than the previous
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Greece takes next steps, including bond swap, to enhance debt profile over coming years
EconomyMacroeconomywith a limited series of benchmark securities which are expected to have greater liquidity than
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MEP takes comfortable lead over former PM in advance of KINAL leadership run-off
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSecretary Thanos Plevris has denied that anything other than medical criteria are used to determine who
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Unemployment rate broadly stable at 13.3 pct in Oct
EconomyMacroeconomywith 70,048 more departures than hirings, from a positive balance of 19,727 in September. The overall balance
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