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Tourism season starts strongly in Feb with receipts up 70.7 pct in first two months
EconomyMacroeconomy. Non-EU receipts came to 269.6 million euros. Average expenditure per trip rose by 28.7 percent... per trip rose by 24.2 percent to 467 euros for the period, compared with 376 euros a year earlier
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PASOK’s tries to eke out space between weakened ND and returning Tsipras
PoliticsGreek Politics: Greeks work 39.8 hours per week, the highest in the EU (EU average: 36), have the highest share of people working over 49 hours, and sit at the bottom of the EU in purchasing power. Productivity per
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Strong Q1 for tourism as receipts rise by 64 pct YoY
EconomyMacroeconomyreceipts came to 307.9 million euros. Average expenditure per trip rose by 13.8 percent to circa 515 euros... the travel balance to 928.4 million euros, a jump of 163.3 percent. The average expenditure per trip rose
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Strong arrivals push travel balance up 58.5 pct by April
EconomyMacroeconomyto 512.5 million euros. Average expenditure per trip dropped by 1 percent to circa 575 euros from 581 euros... to 1.66 billion euros, a jump of 58.5 percent. The average expenditure per trip rose by 8.6 percent
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Samaras escalates row with PM as ELAS tries to build credibility
PoliticsGreek Politics, trade and per‑capita GDP. Koutentakis argued that the government’s emphasis on the number of taxes... are marginally lower than in 2019. Finally, on per‑capita GDP, they argue that the government’s use of nominal
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Tourism shows resilience despite geopolitical uncertainty as May arrivals and revenues rise
EconomyMacroeconomyto 1.02 billion euros. Average expenditure per trip dropped by 1.4 percent to circa 689 euros from... balance to 3.81 billion euros, a jump of 32.1 percent. The average expenditure per trip rose by 4.5
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OECD warns young Greeks face deep structural barriers to work, family and housing
Societycapacity remains severely constrained, with 1,847 jobseekers per counsellor — ten to twenty times... a major challenge. Greece’s total fertility rate has dropped from 2.4 in 1970 to just 1.2 children per
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Tsipras sets out ELAS economic programme as government and PASOK launch criticism
PoliticsGreek Politicsin electricity bills and a guaranteed minimum energy allowance at a fixed price per household, underpinned... euros per 80-square-metre unit, or 7.5 bln euros for all 50,000 in scope. This single measure, he
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PM rolls out more help for energy bills, pleads for majority as polls show path narrowing
PoliticsGreek Politicscould open the season at close to 2 euros per litre without intervention, compared with 1.13... per unit and potentially reaching 100 euros. Heating oil consumption in Greece is roughly 1.2 million
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Honey, I shrunk the Greeks vol. 2
Agoraclaims, you end up with a “subordination risk” where private money is seen as being inferior
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