A presidential decree to commence the drawing of straight baselines in the Ionian Sea, off the western Greek mainland, came into effect on Monday with the publication in the government…
Athens on Monday signaled that it would proceed with an another early repayment of an IMF bailout loan to the tune of 3.6 billion euros.
Greek FinMin Christos Staikouras made…
New single-day Covid-19 infections reached 476 on Monday, low given the limited number of tests over the previous Christmas weekend, although fatalities remained stubbornly stable, with another 66 reported over…
Inoculations of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine began in Greece on Sunday – in line with other EU countries – with the first recipient being the nursing supervisor of the ICU…
Stepped up holiday decorations and lighting in central Athens this Covid-19-plagued season was accompanied by a video produced by the municipality, called “This is Athens”.
The center-piece of the video…
The first batch of the Pfizer-BioΝTech vaccine arrived in Greece on Friday, Christmas Day, overland via a border post in northern Greece, and will be stored in a half dozen…
Coronavirus-related figures continued to ease in Greece, which is now in a more than month-and-a-half partial nationwide lockdown, with 617 new confirmed infections reported on Friday – Christmas Day –…
The well-preserved Temple of Hephaestus (Theseion) off the west side the ancient Agora in central Athens is the latest Classical-era monument in the Greek capital to receive a new lighting…
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ATHEX-listed Lamda Development has unveiled an expression of interest process for would-be investors to build and exploit two out of the six planned high-rise buildings at…
Greece fell an unenviable 19 spots, within a month, on Bloomberg’s Covid Resilience index, which ranks the best to worst places in the world to live amid the ongoing pandemic.…
Greece’s president on Wednesday travelled to the remote isle of Kinaros, in the south-east Aegean, to meet with the sole resident of the island.
President of the Republic Katerina Sakelloropoulou,…
Related Covid-19 fatalities fell in Greece on Wednesday, compared with the previous 24-period, although a spike in single-day new confirmed infections was recorded, 62 and 937, respectively.
The number of…
Results of an interim audit by PwC focusing on beleaguered Folli Follie Group show “substantially erroneous” results, something that misled investors, along with indications of embezzlement.
Specifically, the report said…
Bank of Greece (BoG) released on Tuesday show a dramatic shrinking of the balance of travel services for 2020, confirmed the significant damage caused by the Covid-19 pandemic to the…
Single-day confirmed new coronavirus infections increased on Tuesday, mostly a result of increased tests the previous day – the first weekday of the week – whereas the number of acute…
Greece’s current account showed a deficit of €9.4 billion, up by €8.6 billion year-on-year, based almost exclusively on a reduction of €13.6 billion in the services surplus, and partly offset…
A notorious urban terrorist convicted of 11 homicides and numerous other terror-related offenses was transferred on Monday from a prison farm outside the port city of Volos to a higher…
Greece’s all-important cruise ship sector took a massive, and mostly expected “hit” during the coronavirus-devastated year that is now nearly expired, with the sector down by 80 percent compared to…
Single-day confirmed instances of the Covid-19 virus continued to show a decreasing trend on Monday – as a more than one and a half partial national lockdown remained in place…
An interim probe by PWC into the finances of beleaguered Folli Follie group reportedly points to an “intercession” by three to four former ministers of the previous SYRIZA government in…
Η Ευρωπαϊκή Επιτροπή ενέκρινε το εμβόλιο των εταιρειών Pfizer/BioNTech, μετά τη θετική γνωμάτευση που έδωσε νωρίτερα σήμερα ο Ευρωπαϊκός Οργανισμός Υγείας (ΕΜΑ), ανακοίνωσε η πρόεδρος της Ευρωπαϊκής Επιτροπής Ούρσουλα φον ντερ…
Creation of a maritime technology and innovation center on the Cyclades island of Syros is the next step towards strengthening the local Neorion shipyard, as well as a beacon for…
Two local men charged last week with spying for Turkey were re-arrested on Friday in the northeast city of Komotini on a warrant issued by an investigative magistrate on the…
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Friday said the first round of Covid-19 vaccinations in the country will begin on Dec. 27, following his participation in a meeting focusing on…
Single-day new confirmed Covid-19 infection again fell under 1,000 in Greece on Friday, reaching only 916 when they hovered in the 2,000-range daily last month. Nevertheless, related fatalities still did…
Ruling New Democracy (ND) party appears still comfortably ahead of main opposition SYRIZA party despite Greece enduring two “waves” of the Covid-19 pandemic, and with the second one resulting in…
Continued US interest in Greece’s energy sector potential, by both official Washington and private firms, was reconfirmed on Thursday with a visit to Athens and talks with Greek leadership by…
NBA super star Yannis Antetokounmpo was the Greek government’s first “A-list” protagonist in a new video to promote a campaign against the spread of the coronavirus.
In the short video,…
A stricter lockdown was ordered for western Attica prefecture – west of Athens proper – as of Friday morning, after public health officials detected a higher epidemiological concentration in the…
Pandemic-related figures continued a slow but steady slide in Greece on Thursday, nearly six weeks into a partial nationwide lockdown. The number of related deaths reported on Thursday in the…
