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Employment balance positive by 33,210 in April; catering starts hiring ahead of reopening
EconomyMacroeconomyyear, the employment balance improved by 26,005. But despite that pick up from last year, which... work came to 58.5 percent. During the month, part-time and shift work made up 35.6 percent and 5.9
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PM hails Covid certificate but concerns mount in tourism sector
PoliticsGreek Politics. This group had been restricted to AstraZeneca jabs until now. However, the take-up among older age... up in recent weeks, it appears that it is younger age groups who are responsible for the uptick
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PMI jumps to 58 points in May, strongest upturn in 20 years
EconomyMacroeconomygrowth in new orders, according to Markit. Markit analysts commented that despite the build-up... on average in 2021, as firms seek to drive sales growth. “May PMI data signalled a further pick-up
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Mitsotakis-Erdogan meeting scheduled as Athens and Ankara eye quieter summer
PoliticsForeign Policyforward with the mutual recognition of Covid-19 certificates, hoping this will not be held up... to competitors such as Turkey. Athens, though, is now seeking to step up its activity in the region, especially
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Reshuffle speculation resurfaces, swiftly dismissed by government
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMinister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is mulling the idea of making changes to his ministerial line-up in the coming... “popular right” wing as he tries to shore up his relationship with New Democracy’s parliamentary
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Budget primary deficit at 8.14 bln by end-May, almost 1 bln off target
EconomyMacroeconomybillion euros compared to a deficit of 7.49 billion euros up to May last year. For the current aggregate... payments were 2.65 billion euros. Several pandemic-related expenses has impacted budget spending up
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Athens broadly satisfied with EU Council approach on Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policywith Ankara open and at the highest level, right up to the political leaderships of the two... will be the predominant one across Europe and the answer to this is to speed up vaccinations.”
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Delta variant shifts goalposts for tourism season and vaccinations
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe tourism industry is having to face up to the prospect of another drastically curtailed summer season, as European concerns over the rapid spread of the Delta variant of the coronavirus look... have said they expect it to account for up to 90 pct of infections by the end of August due to its
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The virus may be slowing, but fake news is still rampant
Agoraat the time opened up countless opportunities for the emergence of many theories and hypotheses about its.... Searching for a needle in a haystack As information, speculation, and fear get mixed up and spread
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PM opts for compulsory vaccinations in healthcare as Covid-19 cases continue to surge
PoliticsGreek Politicsto the pressures and inducements on the general population in an effort to pick up the pace... sidestepped the advice of the National Bioethics Committee set up specifically to consider
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