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Greece’s Labor - Market Recovery Is Leaving Its Young Workers Behind
Greece can simultaneously experience labor shortages and brain drain.
Greece Says Early Debt Repayments Will Save €800 Million a Year
“Easy decisions look exclusively at today. Difficult decisions look at the next generation,” Pierrakakis said, defending the government’s decision to repay debt ahead of schedule.
Greece’s Civil-Service Overhaul Sparks Fight Over Who Gets to Lead
The proposed system for governing management positions of the civil servants places unusually heavy emphasis on written examinations.
One in Three Foreign Homebuyers Is Looking to Settle Permanently in Greece
Greece has also sought to attract foreign retirees through tax incentives.
Greece’s University Reform Runs Into a Crisis of Its Own Making
Greece’s ambitious opening of higher education to nonstate universities was promoted by the government as a landmark modernization.
After Digitizing Public Services, Greece Turns to the Data Beneath Them
Greece invests millions to organize and secure public-sector data.
Mitsotakis Government Adopts Samaras’s Tougher Turkey Rhetoric—Only After the Warning Signs Mount
After years of defending “calm waters” with Turkey as a diplomatic achievement, the government of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is adopting a markedly tougher vocabulary—one that increasingly resembles the warnings issued by former Prime Minister Antonis Samaras.
Greece Swelters Under 42°C Heat as Relief Remains Days Away
Greece is enduring one of the hottest days of its late summer Sunday, Aug. 23, with temperatures forecast to exceed 40°C across parts of the mainland and potentially reach 42°C in the hardest-hit areas.
Greece’s Water Problem Is Also a Governance Problem
Greece’s new national water strategy makes an unusually candid admission: The country’s growing water problem isn’t simply about having too little water. It is also about how the state manages what it has.
Greek Power Prices Surge 68% as Heat and Gas Costs Squeeze Energy Market
Renewed pressure on European energy markets.
Greece’s Tourism Boom Hits a Spending Speed Bump
The weakness was particularly visible among some of Greece’s largest tourism markets.
Greece’s €2 Billion Delivery Habit Is Reshaping How the Country Eats - and Shops
As digital orders reach record scale, officially recorded restaurant revenue is moving in the opposite direction.
Greece Near Bottom of EU in Education Spending, at Just 3.3% of GDP
For every €100 of economic output, Greece devoted the equivalent of €3.30 to public education spending.
Greece’s Short-Term Rental Rates Surge as Supply Tightens
Available short-term rental listings fell 2% from July 2025, while booked nights increased 1.9% to 2.68 million
Greece’s Demographic Clock Is Ticking Faster
The latest Eurostat data show a country aging faster than most of the European Union while births continue to fall.
Greece Borrows More Cheaply Than Italy as Debt Paydown Accelerates
Greece’s benchmark 10-year bond yielded 3.866% on Aug. 17, compared with 3.982% for Italy, according to Greece’s Public Debt Management Agency, citing Bloomberg data. At five years, Greek debt yielded 3.241%, against 3.361% for Italy.
Greece Opens Military Combat-Trauma Training to Civilians
A new joint ministerial decision allows Greek citizens and nationals of other European Union member states between the ages of 18 and 60 to take part in combat-trauma courses offered by the Greek Armed Forces.
Greece to Count Ships and Seafarers in New Maritime Workforce Census
Greek shipowners control one of the world’s largest merchant fleets, although a substantial portion of those vessels operate under foreign flags.
Greece’s Power Grid Comes Under Scrutiny as Wildfires Raise Alarm
Greece’s sprawling electricity distribution network is coming under scrutiny as investigators examine whether power lines played a role in some of the country’s recent destructive wildfires, raising broader questions about aging infrastructure, maintenance and staffing.
The World’s Superyachts Are Flocking to Greece, So Are the Problems
From the 101-meter Destiny, owned by Blackstone co-founder Stephen Schwarzman, to investor Yuri Milner’s 116-meter Multiverse and CVC Capital Partners co-founder Rolly van Rappard’s 56-meter Blue II, Greek waters are once again hosting some of the world’s biggest yachts—and fortunes.
Greece Keeps Construction’s Tax Exception - and Its Problems
Tax professionals argue that restoring VAT on new construction could create a chain of mutual enforcement across the industry.
Greece’s Climate Is Shifting as Heat and Drought Days Triple Around Athens
The climate around the Greek capital is becoming markedly hotter and drier, offering a stark measure of how quickly conditions are changing in one of Europe’s most climate-vulnerable regions.
Greece Reviews Pension System After Historic Retirement Wave
Greece is putting its pension system under fresh scrutiny after more than 1.18 million people retired between 2020 and 2025, the largest retirement wave in decades and a test of whether one of Europe’s fastest-aging countries can keep its social-security finances sustainable.
Greece’s Student Housing Squeeze Deepens as Rents Rise for Fifth Straight Year
Greece’s student-housing market is heading into another difficult academic year, with rents rising for a fifth consecutive year as a shortage of small apartments collides with steady demand in the country’s main university cities.
French Investor Takes Majority Stake in Greece-Cyprus Power Link, but Key Deal Terms Remain Undisclosed
The agreement was signed Wednesday at the Greek prime minister’s official residence in Athens in the presence of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Daily Tobacco Use in Greece Stays Well Above EU Average
Across the European Union, about one in six people aged 16 or older now report using tobacco or related nicotine products every day.
Greek Consumers Stay Europe's Most Pessimistic
Two-thirds of respondents said their financial situation had deteriorated over the past year.
Greek Survey Finds Broad Support for VAT and Fuel Tax Cuts to Ease Cost-of-Living Pressures
The latest results suggest broad public backing for reducing indirect taxes as a tool to curb inflation and improve purchasing power.
Wildfires Put Greece's Underground Power Network Plans Back in Focus
A faster rollout of underground power lines over the past decade could have reduced the risk of fires linked to faults in overhead electricity networks while also limiting the widespread power outages that often accompany wildfires and extreme weather.
Ioannis Varvitsiotis, Veteran Greek Conservative Politician, Dies at 93
Ioannis Varvitsiotis, a veteran Greek conservative politician who served for nearly five decades in parliament and held several senior cabinet posts, died on Sunday at his home in Athens. He was 93 and passed away on his birthday.
How Uncertainty Froze Investment and Jobs in Greece
Economic uncertainty drove up to one-third of Greece's investment gap and 40% of job losses during the debt crisis, a new IOBE study found.