#Cost of living

Price decreases of five to 12 per cent were observed in 35 products recorded by the consumer association in October, it announced on Monday. According to the association, the product categories in ...

Over €1 billion has been allocated by the government since 2023 to contain the rising cost of living through five different support packages targeting inflation due to the energy crisis and regional ...

Maya Gourdel, a 19-year-old student in Brussels, sits at a desk writing slogans against those running her country: “If we burn, you burn with us!” The slogan, taken from the 2012 ...

British finance minister John Healey said he would help most households with their gas bills by enabling those who use the least to pay less as part of his first ...

French security forces fanned out across Paris on Saturday ahead of protests that authorities fear could turn violent, with Interior Minister Laurent Nunez urging police to be “hyper-reactive” against troublemakers ...

Sovereign debt distress across North America, Europe and Japan marks the terminal phase of a multi-decade debt cycle hitting an arithmetic wall. Compounding deficits – amplified by post-2008 quantitative easing, pandemic ...

The House on Thursday approved the tax reduction on heating fuel, part of a relief package to tackle the cost of living unveiled in late September. The tax on heating ...

Containing fuel prices rather than achieving major decreases is the government’s current policy, Finance Minister Makis Keravnos said on Tuesday. Speaking to media on the sidelines of an event ...

The tractors rolling into the town of Gela on the southern tip of Europe are flying the Sicilian flag, emblazoned with Medusa, three bent legs and ears of wheat, a ...

France’s cities were calm overnight under curfews imposed after last weekend’s scenes of chaos, as protest groups announced a new round of demonstrations next Saturday. Reeling from a ...

Retail prices on certain goods have dropped by about 5 per cent since the recent implementation of zero VAT on a range of consumer items, the relevant government department said on ...

The price of fuel will increase again in the coming days, petrol station owners’ association chairman Savvas Prokopiou said on Wednesday, with the retail price of diesel reaching record highs. ...