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ND raises tax concerns in bid to prevent voters moving to PASOK
PoliticsGreek Politicsthey are concerned that if Kyriakos Mitsotakis has too comfortable a majority it will encourage... on the opposition. This approach has served ND well, particularly because much of the mainstream media
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Unemployment stays at 11.2 pct in Apr, youth jobless down by 5 points at 27.4 pct
EconomyMacroeconomy. These are the lowest jobless rates Greece has experienced since the end of 2009, as the country was approaching... of the year, the hiring balance has reached 185,566, improved by 32,443 more jobs year-on-year. Total
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Mitsotakis bids to hold on to voters with loose allegiance to ND
PoliticsGreek Politics. This tactic has been accompanied by equally incessant attacks on PASOK and its leader, in an attempt.... Mitsotakis argued that this process has helped regenerate New Democracy and broaden its political reach
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Fitch takes no rating action as fiscal continuity remains crucial to investment grade
EconomyMacroeconomy), Moody’s has Greece at ‘Ba3’, three notches from investment grade. Fitch did revise up the outlook... of this year is expanding by a rate of 12 pct annually. The improvement in public finances has led
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Wages rise by 7 pct, offset by 7.8 pct 12-month rolling CPI
EconomyMacroeconomyThe Labour Ministry has presented the updated data of wages in the labour market, after the incorporation of the latest rise in the minimum wage to 780 euros per month, effective April 1. The data... 2019, employment has increased by an impressive 19 pct, despite a drop of 6 pct in 2020 to 2.05 million
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Budget primary surplus comfortably beats target in May as taxes outperform by 2 bln
EconomyMacroeconomybillion euros. Greece has also received 1.72 billion euros from the RRF and has allocated the amount
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Unemployment unchanged at 11.8 pct in Q1, sharp fall in long-term jobless
EconomyMacroeconomyof the total unemployed. Alarmingly, the largest portion, 123,700, has not worked for more than four years, though the figure dropped from the previous quarter in absolute terms. It has also dropped sharply
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Industrial turnover falls by 7.4 pct YoY in April for first drop since early 2021
EconomyMacroeconomynegative reading since February 2021, when the index had contracted by 3.1 percent and it has been... in March 2021 and has been growing ever since. In May last year, with growth of 54 percent annually
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Bond re-opening with 4 pct yield completes debt strategy for year
Economy. This takes the total drawn through re-openings to 900 million euros. Greece has also issued two new.... Greece has ahead the positive developments of a stable government with a comfortable majority
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Podcast - Greek elections: That's a wrap
AgoraAt the second time of asking, Kyriakos Mitsotakis has been re-elected as the Greek Prime Minister and his centre-right New Democracy party has won a second term in office. The June 25 elections saw the conservatives cruise to an eight-seat majority in Parliament as the collapse of their main rival
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