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Grim picture in labour market obliges govt to provide more job support schemes
EconomyFeaturesof Labour has said that 1.5 billion euros in relief has been granted to almost 2 million workers. Broken
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Accused of U-turn over extension of territorial waters at home, ND steps up diplomatic drive abroad
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the political tensions that it has excited. Alexis Tsipras has already made it known that his party will vote
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Retail sector struggles through pandemic
EconomyFeaturesAlthough it has been several months since the lockdown in Greece ended, the retail sector continues to bear the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The latest figures from the Hellenic Statistical..., but this has not materialised this year. Around 68 percent of surveyed businesses said that they had
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Ionian expansion raises questions about Aegean as Athens talks with Tirana
PoliticsForeign Policythe idea of the partial extension of territorial waters. For that reason, the Prime Minister has...-Albanian Continental Shelf and Maritime Zones has become an extremely sensitive issue in the Tirana-Athens
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Unemployment rises to 18.3 pct in June
EconomyMacroeconomy, unemployment has declined by 38 percent. The overall labour force came to 4.58 million in June, rising... percent. A rise of 4.9 pps was seen in those aged 15-24 years. This age group also has the highest overall
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PBO highlights pandemic impact on economy, sees 2020 recession of 8.5 to 9.4 pct
EconomyMacroeconomy, the fiscal picture has been affected by the need of various support measures to protect the economy... recognise the extraordinary circumstances. Also, Greece has a favourable repayment schedule
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Unemployment edges up to 16.7 pct in Q2 as tourism jobs dry up
EconomyMacroeconomy(ELSTAT) figures showed on Thursday. The jobless rate has remained broadly unchanged compared to the Q2... unemployed constitute 66.2 percent. The latest quarter’s figure for long-term unemployed has remained
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Travel balance falls by 85.1 pct in July
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s travel balance came to 516.4 million euros in July from 3.47 billion a year ago, Bank of Greece (BoG) data has shown. This is equal to an decrease of 85.1 percent year-on-year (YoY... that as of July 2020, conduct of the border survey has fully resumed.
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Latest air traffic data emphasises tourism's difficulties as 2019 data reveals bumper year
EconomyFeaturesThat latest air traffic data has highlighted what a terrible year the Greek tourism sector is going through, just as newly released 2019 figures highlighted an increase in arrivals and receipts last year. Research by the institute of the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (INSETE) has
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Draft budget sees EU funds fuelling recovery of 7.5 pct in 2021, after 8.2 contraction this year
EconomyMacroeconomythe solidarity levy for incomes in the private sector has a cost of 767 million. The programme... programme of mortgage subsidies has an impact of 280 million. Despite these, the primary deficit
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