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A press report on Greece’s healthcare system published on “The Guardian” website on Sunday was based on outdated information and on the “irresponsible scaremongering” of a group of “discredited” unionists, Health minister Andreas Xanthos said on Monday. The article titled...

The latest Greek Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) report says that the total population in Greece is 10,783,748 people. The figure is based on the last census that was completed on January 1, 2016, showing that the total population has decreased by 0.68...

Nine out of ten Greeks without work do not receive unemployment benefits, while 73.8% of jobless have been without work for more than 12 months, says an ELSTAT-GSEE study. The figures released by the Greek Statistical Authority and the General...

One in four deaths in Greece in 2014 were due to cancers, says an ELSTAT report released on Friday. According to the Greek Statistical Authority, deaths from neoplasms – mostly cancers of the digestive system, the lungs and the prostate...

The Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) announced on Thursday the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for September 2016. • The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in September 2016 was 23.1% compared to 24.7% in September 2015 and the downward revised 23.3% in August 2016....

A three-member misdemeanors court found the former head of Greece’s statistics agency ELSTAT innocent of the charge of criminal breach of duty following a marathon hearing session on Tuesday that lasted five hours. Andreas Georgiou was accused of keeping his...

Greece's independent statistical authority ELSTAT on Monday criticized a recent report by the Employment Institute of the General Confederation of Employees of Greece (GSEE) trade union group, advising "avoidance of references to 'real' unemployment rates" and rejecting suggestions that...

Greek Prosecutor Ioannis Koutras said on Friday that there was no evidence to implicate Andreas Georgiou, the former International Monetary Fund (IMF) economist that later headed the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT). Finding no proof that the official had tampered...

Greek households' and non-profit organizations' available income fell 5.5 percent, or 4.5 percent, in 2015 compared with 2014 to 114.8 billion euros, from 120.3 billion in 2014, Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) said on Friday. As a result, final consumption spending...

The Greek economy grew 1.5 percent in the third quarter of 2016, laying the foundations for its return to positive growth rates in 2017. The Hellenic Statistical Authority, in a report released on Monday, said the country's Gross Domestic Product...