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Government unveils 2026 reform agenda as Karystianou party continues to shake up politics
PoliticsGreek Politicsdetermination to live up to its pledges. At the heart of the government’s planning is the race to absorb... Karystianou could muster a support level of up to 31 percent, significantly higher than established... that a comeback by former leader Alexis Tsipras could draw support from up to two thirds of those
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Strong travel receipts in Jan, balance up 157.6 pct YoY
EconomyMacroeconomyfor the month were 473.3 million euros, compared to 297.8 million euros in 2025, up 58.4 percent year... in January reached 1.09 million, up 33.3 percent YoY. Arrivals from the EU totalled roughly 547,500... by 9.4 percent to 23.63 billion euros. Payments also increased to 3.37 billion, up 20.2 percent
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Car sales rise strongly in March, up 6.4 pct YoY in Q1
EconomyMacroeconomy. Motorcycle licences were up by 10.2 percent YoY. Passenger cars increased by 16.8 percent... had a rise of 19.8 percent. Lorry sales were up by 27.6 percent in March, and buses rose by 31.1... were up by 4.9 percent, lorries increased by 17.7 percent and buses dropped by 5.1 percent.
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Tourism season starts strongly in Feb with receipts up 70.7 pct in first two months
EconomyMacroeconomyfor the month were 533.4 million euros, compared to 291.1 million euros in 2025, up 83.2 percent year... in February reached 1.03 million, up 44.5 percent YoY. Arrivals from the EU totalled roughly 558,700... increased by 70.7 percent to 1 billion euros. Payments also increased to 487.9 million, up 19 percent
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Car sales remain strong, rising by 3.3% YoY up to May
EconomyMacroeconomyin May came to 26,897 compared to 26,051 in 2025, a rise of 3.2 percent. Motorcycle licences were up... sales were up by 3.9 percent in May, and buses dropped by 17.2 percent. For the five months of 2026, road motor cars rose by 3.3 percent annually. Passenger cars were up by 2.3 percent, lorries
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Strong arrivals push travel balance up 58.5 pct by April
EconomyMacroeconomyfor the month were 1.11 billion euros, compared to 1.02 billion euros in 2025, up 9.5 percent year-on-year (YoY... reached 1.84 million, up 10.6 percent YoY. Arrivals from the EU totalled 992,000, of which 859,000 were... to 2.79 billion euros. Payments also increased to 1.13 billion, up 14 percent, bringing the travel balance
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Newsletter 89 - 23/09/2016
been piling up at home in the meantime. Tsipras returns to Athens with his government appearing... to stump up the necessary money (the first instalment is due this Monday), they would be excluded from..., 38.5 percent to part-time and 15 percent to shift work. In addition, layoffs made up around 45 percent
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Newsletter 187 -14/12/2018
outcome The tension in Greek politics moved up a notch or two this week as SYRIZA and New Democracy... evidence to back it up. “Who are the European leaders that took part in the exchange with the prime... Democracy knows that if it keeps up the pressure over this issue, it will likely work as a useful
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General government primary cash surplus narrows to 2.48 bln, arrears almost stable in Sept
EconomyMacroeconomybillion in the corresponding period last year. In absolute terms, the biggest drop was recorded... to a strong rebound in revenues of 13.6 percent in September with the cumulative drop rate slowing...) and year to date (+929 million) with their arrears amounting to 2.7 billion making up more than 45
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Newsletter 59 - 22/01/2016
months of surpluses. The year on year (YoY) drop of 18.6 percent reflects a narrowing of the goods... a decrease in imports by 9.2 percent, with exports recording a double-digit drop of 11.3 percent... compared to a revised 18.8 percent drop in October. The index is 10.7 percent down over the past twelve
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