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OECD: Unemployment in Greece Affects University and High School Graduates Alike

Despite the fact that unemployment in Greece has decreased to 19 percent, it continues to affect university and high school graduates alike, the newest OECD report says. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development study entitled "Education at a Glance...

Greece World Champion in Tax Hikes in 2015-2016, OECD Report says

Greece recorded the largest increase in taxes worldwide in the 2015-2016 period, a new Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) report says. The report entitled "Tax Policy Reforms 2018" issued on Wednesday shows significant taxation developments in countries such...

OECD Data Shows Greece Lags in Broadband Connections

Although Greece has made strides in recent years in improving broadband growth, the country is still lagging in the sectors of mobile and fiber-optic broadband, according to the latest OECD data. Compared to the majority of the OECD member countries,...

Greece's Unemployment Highest in Developed World (chart)

Greece tops all countries in the developed world in unemployment according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) Employment Outlook 2018. Greece has suffered a dramatic spike in unemployment, with the 2017 total climbing to 21.7% of the...

Greek Employment Rose in First Quarter of 2018: Report

  The employment rate in Greece grew to 54.1 percent of the working population aged 15-64 in the first quarter of 2018, from 53.8 percent in the fourth quarter of 2017 and 52.8 percent a year earlier, the Organisation for...

Greek PM: We Are Not Afraid of Post-Bailout Surveillance

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has denied that Greece does not want a precautionary credit line after the bailout program ends because it is afraid of creditors' surveillance. Speaking to Germany's Die Welt Sunday edition, Tsipras spoke about the post-bailout period...

OECD Report Reveals Greeks to be EU's Hardest Workers

New data on working hours from the Organization for Economic Development and Cooperation (OECD) has blown away the stereotype of 'lazy' Greeks basking in the sun, sipping frappe. An OECD study covering 36 countries reveals that Greeks work 2,035 hours per year,...

Greece at Bottom of OECD Countries in Business Environment, Talent Capitalization

Greece ranks last in business environment and low in talent capitalization among OECD member states, according to a latest OECD report.

OECD Says Greek Debt Repayments Must be Made Sustainable

Greece's "remarkable reform effort of the past two years" needs to be supported by steps to make its debt repayments sustainable, the head of the OECD said on Monday. Speaking in Athens during a high-level visit to unveil the 35-nation...

Greek Families Dogged by High Taxation

Greece ranks about half way in tax rates among the 35 countries of the OECD, a new report showed on Thursday. Although OECD workers on average paid over 25 percent of their salaries in taxes, in Greece an unmarried employee...