Tavernas, concerts and travel are the main objectives in Greek consumers’ spending plans once those activities are allowed, given the lack of all but at-home entertainment due to the lockdown, according to a survey by the Research Institute for Retail Consumer Goods (IELKA).
Piraeus Port Authority (OLP) on Tuesday announced the signing of a new procurement contract for five electrified rubber tired gantry (eRTG) cranes, to be installed at the port’s container Terminal 1.
A Labor Ministry bill provides for the mandatory registration of unions of employers or employees if they wish to obtain the right of participation in collective negotiations.
Turkish President Recep Erdogan announced on Tuesday that his government will distribute potatoes and onions to poorer families in Turkey,
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Rum, wine, whisky and beer saw the biggest rise in sales at Greece’s supermarkets in the first quarter of the year, a development attributed to the prolonged shutdown of bars and restaurants this year compared to last.
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Greek support measures offsetting the impact of Covid-19 may come to 5.8 percent of gross domestic product, but the country “can regain a strong fiscal position after the pandemic,” Rolf Strauch, chief economist at the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), told Kathimerini’s Money Review in an interview published Tuesday.
Greece’s debt stock will remain very high for a long time, but debt sustainability is underpinned by several mitigating factors, Fitch Ratings said in a new report on Monday.
The future of Greece looks “green”, digital and socially fair, as discussed at the webinar “ESG in the time of COVID-19” held by Hellenic Alumni Association of London School of Economics and Political Sciences,
The Turkish lira weakened on Monday as investor concerns grew over deteriorating economic conditions in the country, while stocks in emerging market suffered their worst drop in nearly three weeks as the corporate earnings season loomed.
Greece’s economy is seen growing by 4.8% in 2022 after an estimated 4.2% recovery this year, the country’s central banker said in a TV interview on Sunday.
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With the next two months seen as pivotal to the recovery of the country’s finances, the government is banking on the longest possible duration of the tourism season and a June restart of the economy, without the need for continued injections of liquidity.
Greece’s annual headline consumer price inflation stayed negative for the 12th month in a row in March, data from the country’s statistics service ELSTAT showed on Friday.
Unsuspecting owners of used cars face the threat of hefty fines and the payment of duties. This is due to phenomena of fraud regarding the import of used vehicles.
Robert Mundell, who died on April 4, was a Canadian Nobel Prize-winning economist known as the “father of the euro”
The Hellenic Aerospace Industry (EAV) is hiring another 400 staff to boost its projects, it said on Thursday, which include parts for C-130Js and F-16s for Lockheed Martin.
Greece’s annual EU-harmonized inflation stayed negative for the twelfth month in a row in March, data from the country’s statistics service ELSTAT showed on Friday.
