Significant improvement in operating conditions throughout the Greek manufacturing sector, due to sharper increases in production and employment levels, were indicated by the data of the December PMI survey.

In December 2018, Hungary agreed to purchase 44 German Leopard 2A7 + tanks and 24 PzH 2000 self-propelled guns from Germany at a cost of $ 565 million.

According to the Greek Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research (IOBE), in February, there was improvement of the business expectations in the industry field anew. The index recorded the highest performance over the last ten years, relevant official data report.