eKathimerini — After eight years of a financial crisis that has sent household incomes spiraling, Greece remains an expensive country.
Eurostat data show that Greek consumers pay more than all other European Union citizens for their telephony and postal services, with price levels standing almost 40 percent above the EU average rates, and even higher than the rates in Switzerland.
Greek consumers pay dearly for food too, as prices are also above the bloc’s average by about 4 percent, even though per capita gross domestic product in Greece came to just 67 percent of the EU average.
While Spain and Portugal, boast food prices below those of Greece and of the EU mean.
Passenger transport rates are also higher than in countries such as Italy and Spain and Luxembourg.
Furniture is also more expensive in Greece than in other far richer countries of the bloc such as Germany and France.
