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Building activity remains in contraction for June with 1.7 pct YoY drop
EconomyMacroeconomyBuilding activity remained in contraction in June, with a moderate drop of 1.7 percent year-on-year... Statistical Agency (ELSTAT) on Friday. The total number of permits issued in June reached 2,418, from 2,461 in June 2023. The corresponding surface area decreased by 1.1 percent YoY, while volume
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Economic sentiment sees minor slide in June, consumer confidence drops sharply
EconomyMacroeconomyThere was a small slide in Greece’s economic sentiment (ESI) in June to 106.1 points, from 107... 12-month period, June’s ESI is virtually unchanged from July 2024. The average ESI in the EU stood at 95 points in June, from 95 in the previous month. The euro area’s ESI was 94 points, from 94.8 points
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Newsletter 125 -30/06/2017
kind of credit line. This claim will undoubtedly have set off the alarm bells among Greece’s lenders... not materialise is one of the reasons that the Greek public appears unimpressed by the June 15 Eurogroup... of 10.3 billion was approved in June 2016 and was split into two sub-tranches disbursed in June
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Russia sanctions, regional diplomacy dominate Tsipras visit to Ukraine
PoliticsForeign PolicyRussian President Vladimir Putin came to Athens last year. During his visit in June 2015 to St. Petersburg...Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras visited Ukraine last week in a trip that had been decided a few... press conference with Poroshenko last Thursday that “it is perhaps more useful that I visited
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China's footprint in Southeast Europe: Constructing the "Balkan Silk Road"
Agorain October 2009. [6] For 2013 and 2014 data see Eurostat news release: 116/2015 26. June 2015 http.../44d4c87c-98dd-4061-bdf6-b292884a5073. For 2015 data see: http://atlas.media.mit.edu/en/profile/country/grc/. [7] Last year 150,000 Chinese tourists visited Greece, while three million Chinese visited Italy. Since end-September 2017
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Latest air traffic data emphasises tourism's difficulties as 2019 data reveals bumper year
EconomyFeatures, total international and domestic air traffic fell by 65.3 percent. In June, July and August, which... of the country they visited. In light of the pandemic, this data also sounds the alarm for the state... million tourists visited the 13 regions of Greece, rising by 5.2 percent compared to 2018. The top three
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Kasselakis pushes back against growing speculation about centre-left alliance
PoliticsGreek Politicsabout uniting the centre-left has begun because New Democracy’s poor result on June 9 has caused... prosecutor Achilleas Zisis visited the head of the National Intelligence Service (EYP) to conduct.... The opposition party pointed out that Stefanos Kasselakis visited the Supreme Court prosecutor eight months ago
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Athens struggles with civil service evaluation, reduction of arrears
EconomyProgrammeby the end of June. It is expected to issue the ministerial decision to launch this year’s... Mechanism is due to release by June 15 at the latest another 1-billion-euro sub-tranche exclusively... identified the June 21 Eurogroup as the date by which they want to put together a global deal
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Newsletter 38 - 07/08/2015
Boost for credit card use Increase in electronic payments could help fight against tax evasion The imposition of capital controls on June 29 has had a clearly negative impact on consumption... amounts. Individuals could also apply for a debit or credit card. This led to a sharp rise in the number
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Newsletter 168 -29/06/2018
be a game changer. Despite this week’s S&P credit rating upgrade, the yield of Greece’s 10-year paper... announced that it was raising Greece’s long-term credit rating to ‘B+’ from ‘B’. S&P were the first... at 102.5 in June Latest figure declines month-on-month as improvement in subindexes slows Across Greece
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