Greece’s non-seasonally adjusted quarterly unemployment rate dropped sharply in Q2, landing at 7.9 percent, from 10.6 percent in the previous quarter, Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) figures showed on Friday.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis travels to Thessaloniki this weekend for his keynote address at the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF), seeking to reset the political narrative after the summer and with his focus on the upcoming general election, amid a mood of public frustration and a fragmented opposition landscape.
Alexis Tsipras used a special event in Thessaloniki on Wednesday evening to present the four-year economic programme of the Greek Left Alliance (ELAS), the first full policy platform the party has put before voters since its launch in May.
The latest escalation in Greek–Turkish relations is being assessed in Athens with growing concern — not because officials believe a confrontation is necessarily imminent, but because Ankara is gradually reintroducing almost all the issues that had been kept at relatively low intensity since the February 2023 earthquakes and the subsequent Athens Declaration.
With four days left before Kyriakos Mitsotakis opens this year's Thessaloniki International Fair, the shape of the government's economic package is coming into sharper focus, even as the prime minister works to contain a fresh outbreak of hostilities on his right flank from Antonis Samaras.
“We are not in an economic disaster — everyone came back with a tan,” was the comment made by a prominent government minister on a morning TV show just a week ago, when he was asked about the pressures households are facing from the cost of living.
Greece’s manufacturing PMI was stable in August at 54.4 points, from 54.3 points in the previous month, S&P Global data showed on Tuesday.
Greece’s decision to sign the 3-billion-euro “Achilles Shield” defence agreement with Israel marks one of the most significant military procurements in its modern history, but also one of the most controversial.
The growth of Greece’s retail sales decelerated to 4.2 percent year-on-year (YoY) in June, after an increase of 10.1 percent in the previous month, Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) data released on Monday showed.
Greece’s seasonally adjusted (SA) unemployment rate was broadly stable in July at 7.9 percent, from an upwards revised 8.1 percent in the previous month, Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) data showed on Monday.
