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Greek Government to Prohibit Minimum Wage Reductions by Law, Aims for Further Wage Increases

The Greek government has announced plans to legally prohibit any reduction of the minimum wage, aiming to further increase it…

3 months ago

Greek Government Unveils 2025 Budget with 2.3% Growth Forecast and Focus on Resilience

Greece's 2025 draft budget forecasts 2.3% growth, 2.1% inflation, and reduced public debt at 149.1% of GDP. Despite global challenges,…

4 months ago

Greece’s Unemployment Rate Drops to 9.5% in August 2024, Reports ELSTAT

The Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) has reported a significant decline in Greece's unemployment rate, which fell to 9.5% in August…

4 months ago

EBRD Forecasts 2.4% Economic Growth for Greece in 2024, Driven by Strong Tourism and Investment

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) forecasts Greece's economy to grow by 2.4% in 2024 and 2.6% in…

4 months ago

Unemployment in Greece Falls Below 10% for First Time Since 2009, Reports ELSTAT

Greece's unemployment rate has fallen below 10% for the first time since 2009, according to ELSTAT's labor force survey for…

5 months ago

Greece Earns Vote of Confidence with Fitch Reaffirming Stable Outlook and BBB- Rating

Athens, Greece - In a resounding endorsement of Greece's economic progress, Fitch Ratings has reaffirmed the nation's long-term foreign-currency issuer…

8 months ago

Greek Economy: IOBE estimates 2.4% growth and 10.5% unemployment in 2024

Greece will see an annual growth of around 2.4% in real terms in 2024 and an unemployment rate of around…

12 months ago

Registered unemployment down 3.1% in November 2023 compared to November 2022

Registered unemployment totalled 1,028,123 in November 2023, down by 33,296 (-3.1%) compared to November 2022 and up by 127,826 (14.2%)…

1 year ago

Greek unemployment falls to 9.6% for the FIRST time since the crisis started

Greek unemployment fell to 9.6% — that’s in SINGLE digits- for the FIRST time since the economic crisis started 14…

1 year ago

Greek unemployment rate drops to 10% in September

The Greek unemployment rate fell to 10% of the workforce in September from 12.1% in September 2022 and 10.6% in…

1 year ago

Greek unemployment rate down 4.6% compared to July

Registered unemployment totalled 905,444 in July, down 4.6% compared with July 2022 and up by 38,995 (4.5%) compared to June,…

1 year ago

Greek unemployment rate drops to 11.1% in June 2023, down from last year

On Tuesday, the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) announced the seasonally adjusted employment and unemployment estimates for June 2023. - The…

1 year ago

Greek unemployment rate fell to 10.8% in May, inflation dropped to 2.7% in June

The unemployment rate in Greece fell in May, as did inflation in June. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in May…

2 years ago

Greek unemployment rate drops to 11.2% in April

The Greek unemployment rate fell to 11.2% of the workforce in April, from 12.7% in April 2022, but slightly up…

2 years ago

Mitsotakis hopes Greek unemployment will go under 10% in 2024

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced his hope that the Greek unemployment rate will go under 10% by 2024 when speaking…

2 years ago

Unemployment in Greece drops to 11.6 percent

The unemployment rate in Greece has dropped to 11.6% in the third quarter of 2022, down from 12.4% in the…

2 years ago

Greek unemployment rate reaches 12-year low

The unemployment rate is at a 12-year low, Labour and Social Affairs Minister Kostis Hatzidakis said on Thursday in a…

2 years ago

Greek unemployment rate fell to 12.8% in February

Unemployment in Greece fell to 12.8% of the workforce in February from 16.1% in February 2021 and 12.9% in January…

3 years ago

Greek unemployment rate falls to 11.9%, EU average remains at historic low

With the Greek unemployment rate falling to 11.9% in February from 12.8% in January, the European Union's unemployment rate also…

3 years ago

Unemployment in Greece fell to 14.2% in July

The unemployment rate in Greece stood at 14.2% in July this year, compared to 16.8% in July 2020 and 15%…

3 years ago