Greece’s unemployment rate rose slightly to 8% in June, but remained well below the 9.2% recorded a year earlier.

Oil prices surged by around $3 as Middle East tensions intensified, while falling U.S. crude inventories and possible OPEC+ output curbs boosted prices.

After years of delay, plans are entering the final stretch to redevelop one of Greece’s largest inactive port assets, with the ambition of turning the Gulf of Astakos into the “Monaco of Greece.”

The Greek industrial group has agreed to supply a quarter of its planned gallium output to an American technology firm, a contract European officials are treating as a milestone for the bloc's raw materials strategy

The General Index ended at 2,521.18 points, up 0.13%, after trading between an intraday low of 2,510.38 points and a high of 2,531.76 points.

Greek household savings declined by 3.7% compared with the final quarter of 2025, the second-worst performance in the bloc.

In a wide-ranging interview, Secretary General Spiros Protopsaltis addresses the 5% growth target set by the Ministry, stalled POAY zones, weak enforcement against abandoned farms, and whether the existing public consultation process is sufficient

After two years defending presumptive taxation as its main tool against tax evasion, Athens is preparing to soften the system for professionals and small firms as the Thessaloniki International Fair approaches, with elections on the horizon

Cooke says it plans to modernize Greek fish farming with AI, underwater cameras and smarter feeding systems, while calling for regulatory certainty

Greek households also hold the most pessimistic growth outlook in the eurozone, expecting economic contraction of 5.4 percent over

European Union goods are subject to a uniform 10% tariff, provided the standard Most Favored Nation rate is not already higher.

Ninety manufacturing and tourism projects cleared this filing season received nearly five times last year's total

A total of 5.4 million Greeks travelled in 2025, taking 9.6 million trips as spending and overnight stays increased significantly year-on-year.

Greek airfare prices have consistently ranked among the bloc's largest annual risers in recent months, up 21.8% year-on-year in March, 17.3% in April.

Oil prices surge to six-week highs as Houthi threats in the Red Sea and rising tensions in the Strait of Hormuz fuel fears of global supply disruptions.

Fuel prices and lubricants prices used in personal transport rose 13.7% year-on-year across the bloc in June

The report said young women continued to face a greater risk of being out of work, education or training than men

Stournaras said investment remained the main driver of the Greek economy, noting that Greece had significantly increased investment in recent year.

Shipments to the American market barely dipped in 2025, and total sales abroad rose 13.5% in early 2026 despite higher costs and disrupted routes

Strong appetite from foreign institutions could push the Greek construction group to raise as much as €750 million, above its original target, with total bids expected to top €2 billion by the time the offering closes on July 22