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The Greek economy has begun to recover due to increased tourism and improved confidence, according to the bi-annual Economic Outlook report of the OECD. The economic growth rate will gradually become positive during 2014, says the report, and it is expected to rise...

Greek agricultural production has placed the country in one of the first places worldwide in regards to product exports. According to the President of the Panhellenic Exporters Association, Christina Sakellaridis who spoke at an event of the Ministry of...

Greek photographer, Nikos Christofakis won the pan-European photo competition on the financial crisis. The winning photo shows a beggar outside a Greek bank. He describes himself as a "street photographer" who doesn't restrain himself at work. "In my job time dictates...

Greece remains among the countries with the highest social security contribution rates, although those numbers are forecast to go south by 3.9 percent by July 2014, according to the Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Greek employers’ contributions are expected to drop...

More than 13,000 Greek citizens resort to solidarity networks that have been developed in 37 municipalities of Attica, Greece in order to receive their daily meals. According to data from these municipalities, the number of citizens resorting to these...

With Greece celebrating a deal with international lenders that could open the door for long-delayed installments and critical cash, there came a warning that the country's banks need more money because of bad loans and over the size of...

After reaching a still mostly-secret agreement with international lenders, which included a big cut in how much money from a primary surplus would go to people most affected by austerity, Greece now wants a quick release of a long-delayed...

A recent OECD report on poverty revealed that the 17.9% of Greeks can't afford to buy food – more than in countries with lower per capita income such as Brazil and China. The OECD report, entitled "Society at a Glance...

As Chief of Staff for the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and its official representative to the G20, Mexican Gabriela Ramos is perhaps among the world's most powerful women, and in a recent interview in Paris with Greek...

Greece’s international lenders say the country's state-financed labor unions are too powerful and want their powers reduced, including the right to strike. The government of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, which has been subject to a series of strikes and protests...