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The handling of containers in Piraeus appears to have dropped by approximately 30% compared to last year, due to the ongoing crisis in the Red Sea, which has forced a very large part of the commercial ships to sail around Africa. Greek transporters and importers are increasingly expressing concerns about …

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Natural gas consumption fell 21.56% in 2023 compared with the previous year, the Hellenic Gas Transmission System Operator (DESFA) has said in a report. Total demand for natural gas fell to 67.60 terawatt-hours (TWh) in 2023, from 86.18 TWh in 2022. Domestic consumption fell 10.13% to 50.91 TWh and exports …

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Migration flows to the islands and through the land border of Evros keep on falling and reached record high drop in April and May. Citing government sources, media report that a decrease of 97.26% was recorded in April when compared to the same month in 2019. The decrease was at …

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Energy consumption in Greece is expected to fall by 11% as a result of the coronavirus crisis’ impact on the economy and return to pre-crisis levels after two years, Public Gas Corporation (DEPA) vice-chairman Professor Costas Andriosopoulos said on Friday.  Speaking at an online discussion on the effects of the …

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Migration influx has subsided both on land and sea, Greece’s government spokesman Stelios Petsas said on Saturday. He attributed the decrease with better border guarding and accelaration of asylum procedures. During his visit to the city of Alexandroupolis in north-eastern Greece, Petsas emphasized the strengthening of the police force and …

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Greece’s consumer price inflation eased in December after accelerating in the previous month, figures from the Hellenic Statistical Authority showed Friday. Consumer prices climbed 0.7 percent year-over-year in December, slower than the 1.1 percent increase in November. The measure has been rising since January. Transport costs grew 4.9 percent annually …

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Why did we freeze all through the winter? Because the Greek finance ministry had raised the special consumption tax in heating oil, while the tax in natural gas was raised a year before. What did the ministry win from having us on cold show? It raised more revenues – more …

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