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Housing costs, food prices set limits to impact of tax cuts
Economyand ELSTAT. Months of communications build-up around the Thessaloniki International Fair tax relief... as rents are racing by double-digits, up almost 11 pct year-on-year in August, and other housing related
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Economic sentiment drops sharply in Sep, consumer confidence at highest since June
EconomyMacroeconomywith an improvement to -45.6 points, from -48.8 points in the previous month. Consumer confidence is up by roughly 5... October 2024, industry confidence is up by under one point. The services index was virtually unchanged
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Top EU prosecutor lambasts anti-corruption efforts, calls for reform to bring ex-ministers to justice
PoliticsGreek Politicsaccuse the governing party of orchestrating a cover-up. In her address, the prosecutor hinted strongly... a cover-up. The surprise move by Mylonakis appears to have come as a result of pressure from within
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Newsletter 479 - 10/10/2025
of a broader effort to rebrand and reassert himself. Over the past year, Tsipras has ramped up... the rolling 12-month period they are up by 2.5 pct. The moderation came from energy related products
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Tempe reverberations continue as PM reacts to ongoing protests
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the government is involved in a cover-up, including about the causes of the fire that broke out after... commentators had complained about the fact that Ruci had set up camp in front of Parliament, where he
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Voters in flux as government faces more pushback over labour reforms
PoliticsGreek Politicsbill. These are topped by provisions which open up the possibility of a 13-hour workday for a single... aftermath, which shot back up the political agenda recently due to the 23-day hunger strike by one
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PM hits back at labour reform critics, defends 13-hour working days
PoliticsGreek Politicsmonths), employees may work up to 13 hours a day for 37.5 days annually, with overtime capped at 150... that there are ample indications that many voters are disgruntled, Mitsotakis cannot afford to open up
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Tempe-related tension, cost of living continue to dog government
PoliticsGreek Politicsan informal shrine to the victims of the Tempe train crash being set up in front of the memorial to Greece’s war dead and the father of one of the accident’s victims, Panos Ruci, setting up camp
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Strong VAT, income tax revenue and restrained spending drive strong primary surplus in Sep
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance was confirmed at a surplus of 9.45 billion euros up to September, compared to a surplus of 8.76 billion euros in the same period a year earlier, according to the final... the target, mostly thanks to personal taxation, which was up by 757 million and other income taxes
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Government unveils 2.5 bln plan to avert water shortages, prompts opposition pushback
PoliticsGreek Politicsinto irrigation and other supply areas, and by “tidying up” more than 700 municipal suppliers into fewer, larger..., singling out proposed increases of up to 3 euros on water bills as regressive and socially
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