Government spokesman Yannis Economou said today that 'Our policy is to leave nobody unprotected in this wave of inflation, and at the same time we will not endanger either the stabilisation of the Greek economy or its growth prospects.'
The threat of the pandemic in any event will not easily leave us. Even if the Omicron variant is proven to be a “bubble” that will at some point burst, one cannot preclude the emergence of a new variant.
In 2021, our country impressively recouped most of the important losses caused by the first pandemic shock, while at the same time it secured major funding for the modernisation and productive restructuring of the Greek economy.
Unfortunately, COVID will not leave us any time soon. The Omicron variant is already demonstrating its potency internationally and has made compulsory a series of restrictions throughout Europe. The virus will follow us and pressure us tortuously in 2022
According to the banking group, despite the still difficult economic and social situation in the country, signs of improvement are evident, assuming that the public health situation remains under control
The Commission report is going to give the green light for the disbursement of the tranche by recording Greece’s progress in a series of reforms
The obvious objective is to get unvaccinated citizens, especially the more elderly and thus more vulnerable, to rush to vaccination centres, as six months after complete vaccination a booster shot is needed to bolster their immunological defence.
'We have an economy that is growing at a rate that surprised even us. We had an exceptional tourist season and that means more money in the pockets of employees and businesses. The level of bank deposits is very high in the middle of a pandemic,' Mitsotakis said.
Greece has turned a page and that has been confirmed by a series of events and developments, from a dynamic recovery, the robust funding that accompanies it, and the strong interest of foreign investors, to the high valuation of privatised enterprises a
Only six percent of poll respondents view foreign policy as a top area of concern, yet Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias is the most popular minister.
The PM took pains to underline that he does not support an inordinate shrinking of the state, but that he strongly supports public-private partnerships.
A large increase in consumption and investment boosts a strong increase in GDP by 16.2% in the second quarter compared to 2020, following in the footsteps of the rest of the eurozone economies.
Even if the pandemic remains active it will not be able to change the course of events or decisively limit the activities of citizens, nor can it dynamically change economic developments.
Mitsotakis spoke at an Economist conference in Athens.
The financial staff is on alert for the effects of the virus mutation
They must truly change, leaving behind the mores of past decades and the moneychangers’ counting of interest payments, and become co-creators of growth and guarantors of economic prosperity.
The overarching assumption was that the redistribution of wealth through taxing the rich and creating a strong social state that boosted lower income brackets was enough to make our society just.
They are employees who may not go on strike – either because they view it as fruitless or because they know they may be laid off or because they cannot afford to lose their daily wage.
Economic projections for the second quarter exceed all expectation and analysts now believe that economic growth can exceed five percentage points.
The PM and the government do not want to lose as a result of the labour bill all that it did not lose as a result of the protracted lockdown and from the back-and-forth openings and closures of the market.