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PM Tsipras: Exit from the Crisis a National Goal

The claim of a final exit from the crisis, sustainable and socially fair, after seven years of recession is a national goal and not simply the government's political goal, underlined Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in a post on...

PM's Office to Partners: We Expect to Implement their Commitments

In an announcement commenting on the Greek GDP growth figures announced by the independent statistics agency ELSTAT on Friday, the prime minister's press office said that these had once again debunked the 'total disaster' scenarios painted by main opposition...

Greek GDP Revised Upwards to +0.4% in Q1

Greece on Friday revised upwards its GDP figures for the first quarter, to an increase of 0.4 pct after a 0.5 pct decline initially recorded. Hellenic Statistical Authority, in a report, said that based on provisional data, the country's GDP...

Appeals Justices Again Acquit Former ELSTAT Chief Andreas Georgiou, Two Others

An Appeals Justices' Council on Friday again acquitted the former head of Greece's statistical authority Andreas Georgiou, as well as two other ELSTAT employees, of charges that he had artificially inflated Greece's 2009 public deficit figures. This was the...

Number of Unemployed Reduced by 98,000 as Tourist Season Starts in Greece

The number of registered unemployed is reduced by almost 98,000 in April as the tourist season started in Greece, according to the Greek Statistical Authority (ELSTAT). Compared to March, the number of jobless Greeks registered in the unemployment office (OAED)...

Greece Remains Champion of Unemployment in the Eurozone

Although Greece's unemployment rate dropped slightly in February, the country is still the champion for unemployment in the Eurozone. According to the latest statistics released by ELSTAT, Greece's statistic agency, in February the unemployment in the country dropped from 23.3 percent...

Greek Public Debt Rose to 314.897 Billion Euros in 2016

Greek public debt totaled 314.897 billion euros at the end of 2016, from 311.668 billion a year earlier, Hellenic Statistical Authority said on Monday. The statistics service, in a quarterly report on the general government's non-financial accounts, said that the...

Greece Records Primary Surplus of 3.9% of GDP in 2016

Greece recorded a primary surplus of 3.9 percent of GDP in 2016, official figures showed on Friday. Hellenic Statistical Authority, in a report, said the general government recorded a primary surplus of 3.9 percent of the country's Gross Domestic...

Greek Αnnual Ιnflation Rose to 1.7% in March

Greek annual inflation rate rose to 1.7 pct in March this year, from 1.3 pct in February and -1.5 pct in March 2016, boosted by price increases in food products, alcohol, cigarettes, heating oil and transport. Hellenic Statistical Authority, in...

ELSTAT: Rise in Long-term Unemployment in Greece in 2016

Greece is experiencing a rise in long-term unemployment, ELSTAT, the country's statistics agency has reported. In the last quarter report for 2016, ELSTAT reported that 807,000 people have endured long-term unemployment, meaning that they have not worked for 12 months or...