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According to Eurostat’s figures, Greece’s fiscal deficit during 2013 was 12.7% GDP, while the European statistics authority estimated that the public debt...

The European statistics authority Eurostat is expected to confirm the Greece’s primary surplus for 2013 on Wednesday, which according to the statistics...

Αύριο Τετάρτη θα επισημοποιήσει η Eurostat την επίτευξη πρωτογενούς πλεονάσματος για το 2013. Σύμφωνα με τη μεθοδολογία της Eurostat το πλεόνασμα του προϋπολογισμού 2013 εκτιμάται στα 3,4 δισ. ευρώ, ενώ σύμφωνα με τους υπολογισμούς της τρόικας υπολογίζεται στο 1,5 δισ. ευρώ.

Μια Ευρώπη δύο ταχυτήτων αποτυπώνουν οι τεράστιες διαφορές στην οικονομική κατάσταση ανάμεσα στον πλούσιο Βορρά που ευημερεί και τον Νότο που αναγκάζεται να εφαρμόζει σκληρά προγράμματα λιτότητας, πληρώνοντας το τίμημα της ύφεσης και των υψηλών ποσοστών ανεργίας.

According to the data published by Eurostat, the rate of unemployment in Greece in the highest amongst the EU members, with the overall rate in December 2013 being...

Σε πολύ υψηλά επίπεδα παραμένει η ανεργία στην Ελλάδα, ενώ στις γυναίκες και τους νέους εμφανίζει σταθερά τα υψηλότερα ποσοστά στην ΕΕ. Σύμφωνα με τα στοιχεία της Eurostat, τον Δεκέμβριο του 2013, η ανεργία ανήλθε στην Ελλάδα στο 27,5%, έναντι 27,6% τον Νοέμβριο.

According to data published by Eurostat on the processing of urban waste during 2012, about 82% of urban waste in Greece ends up in landfill sites, which amounts...

Στο 0,7% αναθεώρησε σήμερα Δευτέρα η Eurostat την εκτίμησή της για τον πληθωρισμό στην Ευρωζώνη το Φεβρουάριο έναντι αρχικής εκτίμησης 0,8%. Σημειώνεται πως η Ευρωπαϊκή Κεντρική Τράπεζα ετοιμάζεται να λάβει επιπλέον έκτακτα μέτρα για να αντιμετωπίσει την απειλή του αποπληθωρισμού στην ευρωζώνη. Τον Οκτώβριο 2013, την πρώτη φορά που ο πληθωρισμός βρέθηκε στο 0,7% , η ΕΚΤ είχε προχωρήσει σε μείωση των επιτοκίων του ευρώ στο χαμηλό επίπεδο του 0,25%.

According to Eurostat’s latest published data, the rate of unemployment in Greece reached 28% in November 2013. The European statistics authority remarked that ...

Four years after the country received its first bailout, Greece has managed to achieve a primary surplus, which according to the Eurostat is expected to exceed 4.2 billion euros. In light of the upcoming local government and European elections, the developments in the Greek economy are going to be intense. The next steps for the […]

The European statistics authority Eurostat has announced that according to its latest set of divs, the rate of unemployment in Greece during October 2013 climbed to 27.8% from the 27.7% rate in September. Overall the rate of unemployment in the Eurozone between October and December 2013 remained stable at 12%, while the rate of unemployment […]

According to the latest data published by Eurostat, the Greek public debt was estimated at 171.8% of GDP at the end of the third trimester of 2013. This means that Greece continues to have the highest rate of debt in the European Union by far, followed by Italy (132.9% GDP), Portugal (128.7%) and Ireland (124.8%). […]

Eurostat released a study according to which Greece has one of the highest percentages of people who have never used the internet. According to the study over a third of people in Romania (42%), Bulgaria (41%), Greece (36%), Italy (34%), Portugal (33%), Cyprus (32%) and Poland (32%) have never been online. This is contrast to […]

According to the latest data published by European statistics authority Eurostat, the public debt of Greece during the first semester of 2013 was estimated to be 160.5% of GDP and rose to 169.1% in the second semester of the year. Greece has the highest debt rate in the EU, followed by Italy (133.3%), Portugal (131.3%) […]

According to Eurostat’s data on 2011 about 31% of Greeks face poverty and social exclusion. Since there has been two further years of recession, the rate is expected to have increased. The European Union’s statistics authority takes into consideration low income, lacking basic means of sustenance and high unemployment. In total, the number of EU […]

The Deputy Minister of Finances Christos Staikouras has challenged the troika representative demands for new measures, by referring to Eurostat’s divs and methodology, which suggest that the general government’s deficit will be less that 3% in 2013. Mr. Staikouras claims that the 2-billion-euro profit returns from European banks and the 500-million-euro share paid by the […]

According to the latest Eurostat divs regarding unemployment, the rate of unemployment remained table at 12% in September, despite the optimism of a gradual exit from the crisis. The data indicates that unemployment in Germany increased by about 25,000, for a total of 2.975 million unemployed with an overall 6.9% rate. Based on non-adjusted seasonal […]

According to Eurostat’s latest published data, there was a slight decrease in the number of the unemployed in Greece, for the first time in the past two years. The Eurostat data indicates that compared to May, in June there were estimated to be 24,000 less unemployed people, a first since April 2011. Even though the […]

According to the set of data published by Eurostat on Monday, the Greek public debt was estimated to be 160.5% GDP in first trimester of 2013. The data also indicates that the Greek debt increased by 24.1% since the first trimester of 2012 and by 3.7% compared to the last trimester of 2012. At 160.5%, […]

The unemployment rate in March reached new highs, as the European economy is still going through a recession and politically-mandated austerity. According to the latest Eurostat divs, unemployment in the Eurozone marginally increased from 12% in February to 12.1% in March, while for the EU it remained unchanged at 10.9%. About 26.521 million people from […]