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Revised GDP data shows 1.9 pct growth in 2019, taking 2017-2019 upward streak to nearly 5 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyAs part of the second estimate for the national accounts and the regular cycle of base year revision that takes place every five years, the Hellenic Statistical Authority revised 2019 GDP data and the annual series base year to 2015, from 2010. The seco...
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Employment data for 2021 shows 88.3 pct of firms have up to 10 staff, 1 in 5 workers earns below 500 euros
EconomyA special publication by the Labour Ministry based on data from the Ergani database presents the latest digest of the Greek labour market and a profile of Greek entrepreneurship. The data for 2021 has remained broadly unchanged compared to 2020, with th...
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Central govt cash balance records surplus of 714 mln in April, improves by 5 bln YoY in first four months
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s central government recorded a primary cash surplus of 714 million euros in April, from a deficit of 2.23 billion euros in the same month of 2021, according to figures released by the Bank of Greece on Wednesday. The overall cash balance was a s...
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Eurobank NII jumps by over 55 pct in Q1, NPE ratio at 5 pct
EconomyBankingEurobank posted an adjusted net profit of 255.3 million euros in Q1 2023, compared to a profit of 302.4 million euros last year. The profit was adjusted by normalising other income, after deducting significant trading income items and excluding the Proj...
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Significant underspend and strong tax revenues push primary surplus to April above 5 bln
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance ran a surplus of 5.17 billion euros by April, according to the preliminary budget execution data released by the Finance Ministry (MoF) on Thursday. The primary balance came in at 3.19 billion euros above the target. Expenditu...
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Tsipras conducts varied reshuffle in further bid to revitalise coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsbe leaving the Interior Ministry to become SYRIZA’s secretary, several other frontline officials... role is Alexis Haritsis. The 41-year-old was appointed interior minister, replacing the outgoing... is one of the few cabinet members to emerge with his reputation relatively intact. The Interior
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PM makes limited, cautious changes to cabinet after election disappointment
PoliticsGreek Politicsat ministerial level in five departments: Development, Migration, Interior, Labour and Agricultural... as Interior Minister. Kostas Tsiaras, once a justice minister under Mitsotakis, becomes the new agriculture minister. Niki Kerameus is being moved from the Interior Ministry to the Labour Ministry
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Newsletter 428 - 21/06/2024
: Development, Migration, Interior, Labour and Agricultural Development. The new head of the Development Ministry is Takis Theodorikakos, who has previously served as Interior Minister. Kostas Tsiaras... is being moved from the Interior Ministry to the Labour Ministry, where she is replacing one of the few
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New Year reshuffle brings more MPs into cabinet, keeps key ministers in post
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe deputy agriculture minister. Interior Minister Takis Thedorikakos has also been left out of the new... Petsas has been appointed Alternate Interior Minister, to be replaced by Christos Tarantilis... to the right” and “a party-political balancing act”. The elevation to the Interior Ministry of Makis Voridis
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University bill threatens PASOK consensus as probes launched into alleged infractions by politicians
PoliticsGreek Politicsinvestigation in the Interior Ministry, which is the suspected source of the data leak, while on Tuesday.... The Interior Ministry has denied that it provides voters’ contact information, while the chief...’s EP elections, but also because the suspicions of a data leak emerged within days of the Interior
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