Hellenic Statistical Authority

The state made so many public sector hirings over the first three months of the year that it overshadowed the economy's main employment leaders, i.e. services and tourism, according an analysis by Alpha Bank in its weekly bulletin.

Over 25 percent of Greece's youth were both unemployed and not studying in an educational institution in 2018 according to the most recent data in an employment survey released by the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT).

About one in every three Greeks runs the risk of poverty or social exclusion, a rate that keeps Greece on a par with Bulgaria and Romania and far below countries such as Finland and the Czech Republic in the European Union.

Greece's jobless rate rose to 19.2 percent in January-to-March from 18.7 percent in the fourth quarter, data by the country's statistics service ELSTAT showed on Thursday.

Greece's jobless rate eased to 18.1 percent in March from a downwardly revised 18.4 percent in the previous month, data from the country's statistics service ELSTAT showed on Thursday.

A day after figures by the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) showed a slowdown in growth, Bank of Greece Governor Yannis Stournaras on Wednesday warned against repeating the mistakes that led to the country's financial crisis.

Giorgos and Maria, after the dragon-slaying saint and the mother of Christ, are the most popular names in Greece, representing 8.8 and 8.3 percent, respectively, of the country's male and female populations, data released on Tuesday by ELSTAT showed.

Greece's jobless rate eased to 18.5 percent in February from an upwardly revised 18.6 percent in the previous month, data from the country's statistics service ELSTAT showed on Thursday.
February's unemployment rate was the lowest reading since July 2011.

Spring sales start on Thursday in Attica and across most of the country amid low expectations of a recovery in the shrinking retail market.

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) is inviting Greek scholars to apply for the Greek Diaspora Fellowship Program (GDFP).