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More than one in three Greeks (36.4%) aged 16-74, made an online purchase of goods or services in the first three months of 2017, the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) says. The ELSTAT survey figures show that 84.9% of Greek consumers...

Greece’s unemployment rate fell to 20.2% in July-to-September, from 21.1% in the second quarter, data from the country’s statistics service ELSTAT showed on Thursday. About 75.6% of Greece’s 970,000 jobless are long-term unemployed, meaning they have been out of work...

Greece's consumer price inflation accelerated in November after easing in the previous month, figures from the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) showed Friday. Consumer prices climbed 1.1% year-over-year in November, faster than the 0.7% increase in October. The measure has been...

Greece's economy grew at a slower pace in the third quarter, data from the Hellenic Statistical Authority showed on Monday. Gross domestic product expanded 0.3 percent sequentially, slower than the revised 0.8 percent growth seen in the second quarter. Nonetheless, this...

At its latest economic forecast for Greece, the European Commission revised its estimate for the country's 2017 economic growth from 1.8% to 1.6%. This is the third consecutive downwards revision of Greece's growth estimate from 2.7% early this year, to...

The adoptions in Greece dropped 18.5 percent to 221 in 2016, in comparison with 2015 (271), said the independent Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT), on Wednesday. The highest decline was recorded in Attica region (33.5 percent), and the biggest increase in...

Greece's economy performed worse than the country's official creditors were expecting as it decreased by 0.2 percent last year, according to official data from the Greek statistics service (ELSTAT). ELSTAT released its second estimate of the full-year 2016 gross domestic...

Greek household spending has further shrunk 2.5 percent annually, according to figures released by the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT), on Wednesday. Total monthly spending of households in 2016 amounted to 5.7 billion euros, down 2.5 percent, or 147.2 million euros,...

An increase in births and a decrease in deaths was recorded in 2016, compared to 2015, according to the Greek Statistical Office (ELSTAT). Despite this, however, the number of deaths recorded in Greece in 2016 continues to be higher than...

European Finance ministers expressed their concern about the continued Greek Justice's persecution of Former ELSTAT chief Andreas Georgiou. After the Eurogroup meeting, at Tallinn, Estonia, Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem said that "It is our primary concern to ensure the protection...