The jobless rate posted a considerable decline in October compared to a year earlier, shrinking from 16.4% to 13.3%, although in comparison to September there was a 0.3% rise, according to the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT).
About 1 million properties in Greece will have to get an energy upgrading by the end of next year, according to a new European Commission directive.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has not ruled out the prospect of fresh restrictions to curb the spread of Covid-19, driven by the highly-contagious Omicron variant, ahead of the holiday season.
People enjoy ice skating on a rink at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) in Athens, Wednesday.
A leading health expert has warned of a sharp rise in coronavirus cases, driven by the highly-infectious Omicron variant, after the holiday season, calling for stricter measures to curb the spread.
A nurse administers a Covid-19 vaccine to Irene Katsotourchi, the sole resident of Kinaros, a tiny island in the eastern Aegean.
UN humanitarian aid delivery from Turkey to rebel-held northwestern Syria is tightly monitored and remains critical, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says in a report that could be key to keeping the effort going.
The Turkish lira dropped to an all-time low beyond 15 against the dollar on Thursday ahead of another expected interest rate cut by the central bank, which has fallen in line with President Tayyip Erdogan’s risky new economic program.
With the Turkish lira continuing its precipitous slide, the risk of capital controls looming dangerously and Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s legal adviser even going so far as to consider that declaring a state of emergency might be needed, the Turkish president is in the EU’s crosshairs.
The Greek central bank is planning an appeal for the country’s bonds to remain eligible for new European Central Bank purchases after March when the vast bond-buying scheme launched in response to the pandemic is expected to end.