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Eurostat: Leading Cause of Death for Elderly Greeks

Eurostat released a research report concerning the cause of European deaths for the year 2010. Research was conducted in 33 countries and evidence suggested that heart attacks are the major cause of concern in the European Union -- seeing...

17,500 Non-EU Nationals Acquire Greek Citizenship

According to the Eurostat data published yesterday, more than 780,000 non EU-Nationals managed to attain citizenship from a Member State of the European Union in 2011. In particular, the Member States of EU gave citizenship to 783,100 persons in 2011....

Eurostat: Greece 3rd Lowest EU Birth Rate

Population in Greece has dropped by 5.5%, while the EU's population has increased by an average of 2.2% according to the demographic data of 2012 that were released today by Eurostat. More specifically, the population has increased in 17 member...

Greek Poverty Levels On the Rise

Data just published by Eurostat showed dramatic deterioration of the living conditions in Greek households, as well as uneven distribution of weight in the population. This information was based on a sample survey in 2012 dealing with household incomes...

Greek Public Debt Reaches 169.1 percent of GDP

According to data released recently by Eurostat and the European statistics authority, the public debt in 24 countries of the European Union rose during the second semester of 2013. According to the same source, the public debt of Greece stood...

Eurostat: 31 percent of Greeks Live in Poverty

Eurostat in its last regional yearbook, has recorded an increase in the number of people at risk of poverty and social exclusion as well as those who face exclusion from the labor market in many EU countries during the...

Greek Budget Deficit May Drop Below 3% in 2013

Greek Deputy FinMin Christos Staikouras said yesterday that Greek general government budget deficit will land below the 3%-of-GDP threshold in 2013 (vs 6.3% a year ago) in headline terms, ahead of Troika forecasts calling for a 4.1%-of-GDP deficit, says Pantelakis...

Jobless: 60% of Young Greeks

According to the latest Eurostat figures, Greece’s rates of unemployment remain the highest in Europe. More precisely, Greece comes first with unemployment at 27.9 percent followed by Spain with 26.2 percent. Unfortunately, for one more time the figures show that...

The Economist Says Greece On The Edge

The noted financial magazine The Economist said that despite Greece's aim of achieving a primary surplus this year in hopes of triggering a chance at cutting its debt to international lenders that growing social unrest could unravel Prime Minister...

Greek Unemployment Up Again – 27.6%

Greece's jobless rate is continuing its unrelenting rise, setting another record for May of 27.6 percent, up 0.6 from the previous reporting period and with nearly 1.4 million people out of work. The data came from the European Union's statistics...