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January Jobless 26.7% in Greece: Up On Year, Down on Month

Unemployment in Greece fell to 26.7% in January 2014, according to official data released on April 10 by the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT), down from December 2013 but up from last January. The total number of jobless in January was...

ELSTAT: Suicide Rate in Greece Goes Up

The number suicides in Greece was 508 in 2012 and 477 in 2011, according to a Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) report concerning the causes of death in Greece. Overall deaths were up 5% in Greece, the main causes being...

Greek Wages on Steady Decline

Note that while last year across Europe there was a raise in wages, Greece and Cyprus suffered reductions. According to ELSTAT’s (Hellenic Statistical Authority) data, wages in Greece have been on a constant and steady decrease since 2010, while the...

Greek Industry: 66 Jobs Lost on a Daily Basis

The number of permanent or temporary employees in the Greek manufacturing industry decreased by 6.7% in 2013. The Hellenic Statistical Authority announced that during the last year, the number of jobs decreased by approximately 24,100 and an average of...

Car Registrations Up 16.6% in February

Car registrations jumped 16.6% in February (passenger car registrations rose 14.6%), to a total of 6,644 units (new or used ones), up from 5,699 units in the same month last year, Greece 's Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) said on Friday. The...

Greek Unemployment at 27.5% in December

According to the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT), unemployment in Greece rose to 27.5% in December 2013, compared to 27.6% in November 2013 and to 26.3% in December 2012. Greece’s annual unemployment rate for 2013 was 27.3%. More specifically, in December...

Record High: Greek Unemployment Rate Nov 28.0%

Greece's unemployment rate rose further to a new record of 28 percent in November from a downwardly revised 27.7 percent in the previous month, the country's statistics agency ELSTAT (Hellenic Statistical Authority) said on Thursday. The rate is more than...

Greek Households' Available Income Down 8% in Q3 2013‏

Greek households’ and non-profit institutions’ (offering services to households) available income fell by 8 percent in the third quarter of 2013, compared with the same period in 2012, to 30.4 billion euros, reflecting a 9.9 percent decline in workers’...

ELSTAT: Greek Tourism Recording Growth in 2013

A new report published on Thursday by the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) points to an increase in tourist arrivals of 15.2 percent during January-September 2013 compared to the same period in 2012. Arrivals from European countries, which account for 88.7...

Greek Consumer Prices Decline For Tenth Month

Greece's EU harmonized consumer prices decreased for the tenth consecutive month in December, data released by the Hellenic Statistical Authority revealed Monday. The harmonized index of consumer prices (HICP), measured under the EU methodology, dropped 1.8 percent year-on-year in December,...