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According to the latest figures published by Eurostat on Thursday, the Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI), which was already on an upward trajectory, increased even more in Greece in August. Previously scoring 101 points in June and 105.2 in July on...

Greek state bond prices continued their downward rally on Wednesday, with the 10-year bond yield falling to a new all-time low of 1.811 percent. Greece's borrowing costs rallied to the bottom after the government announced the full abolition of capital...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis made a surprising announcement of a complete lifting of all capital controls in Greece on Monday afternoon. The stunning news came as a result of Greece's growing economic stability, only one year after the country...

The European Commission issued a statement on Tuesday on the occasion of the one-year anniversary of Greece officially exiting its bailout programs after its eight-year-long financial crisis. ''Today marks one year since Greece successfully concluded its European Stability Mechanism (ESM)...

According to a report issued on Friday by Greece's Finance Ministry, the Greek state budget recorded a primary surplus of €1.779 billion in the period from January-July. This is a large increase over a primary deficit budget target of €803...

The Bank of Greece and the Greek government are ready to completely lift capital controls in Greece, media reports suggested on Thursday. The restrictions to capital imposed in June of 2015 will be lifted by the end of September of 2019,...

Greece opened its books for a new 7-year bond on Tuesday morning. The new Conservative government aims to earn approximately €2.5 billion, in an effort to capitalize the recent sharp decline in the country's interest rates. The initial estimates suggest that...

Greece's Public Debt Management Organization issued an announcement on Monday notifying the Athens Stock Exchange that the country will soon be ready to launch a new seven-year bond. For this reason, the new leadership of the Finance ministry has already...

Υiannis Stournaras, the Governor of the Bank of Greece, revealed on Friday that he proposed to the new Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the complete abolishment of capital controls in Greece. After his meeting with the PM at Maximos Mansion, Stournaras...

The Greek unemployment rate fell to 17.6 per cent of the workforce in April 2019 from 18.2 per cent in March and 19.8 pct in April last year, the Greek Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) said in a report on Thursday. This...