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Greece's Industrial Production Declines Less than Other EU Countries

  Industrial production in Greece fell by less than the average decline in the Eurozone, Eurostat said in a report on Tuesday. Production worldwide has greatly slowed down in recent months due to the coronavirus pandemic and its related shutdowns. However,...

Cypriots New European Champions in Getting Married

Marriage is a serious, life-long commitment, and thus the decision to get married is never an easy one, right? Well, not necessarily, when we are talking about Cypriots! According to the latest figures published recently by Eurostat, the European Union's statistics...

More Than One Third of Greek Households Unable to Pay Utility Bills

With more than a third of households unable to pay their utility bills on time, Greece has the unenviable distinction of topping all EU countries in the largest number of people unable to do so, according to data compiled...

Eurostat Survey Finds Greeks Continue to Dine Out Despite Crisis

Despite the substantial decrease in their incomes in the period between 2010 and 2016, Greek citizens seem to have not been very keen to curtail their plans to eat out. This is one of the findings of the statistical service of...

Study Finds Greece's Social Handouts at EU Average, but Unequally Redistributed

The European Statistics Agency Eurostat published an interesting study recently about the levels of social protection across the European Union. The study presents valuable information not only about the total expenditure each member state spends to protect the most vulnerable in...

Greeks Pay Same Amount of Taxes and Other Levies As Germans, Study Finds

According to a recent study published by Eurostat, Greeks and Germans pay exactly the same amount of taxes and levies to their national state coffers as a percentage of their nations' Gross Domestic Product. More specifically, 41.5% of Greek and...

Economic Confidence Climbs Even Higher in Greece in August

According to the latest figures published by Eurostat on Thursday, the Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI), which was already on an upward trajectory, increased even more in Greece in August. Previously scoring 101 points in June and 105.2 in July on...

Greece First in Rate of Motorcycle Fatalities in the European Union

According to official European data released recently by Eurostat regarding fatalities caused by traffic accidents, Greece sadly stands in first place when it comes to the rate of people killed while operating motorcycles. Among all the 28 nations of the European...

One in Two Greeks Cannot Afford Even One Week of Vacation

Although Greece is one of the top tourist destinations in the entire world, breaking arrival records year after year, one in two Greek people cannot afford one week of vacation away from home. According to the EU's Eurostat statistical office, 51 percent of...

Eurostat Says Greece Recorded Largest Annual Unemployment Decline in April

The unemployment rate in Greece eased down to 17.6 percent of the workforce in April from the rate of 18.2 percent seen in March, Eurostat announced in a report released on Wednesday. The EU statistical service's report revealed that Greece recorded...