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Official Turkey issued another NOTAM – notice to aviators – over the weekend essentially trying to suspend any military activity on and around Greece’s eastern Aegean islands – essentially a…

Single-day Covid-19-related figures eased slightly in Greece on Sunday, a day after a record 121 related fatalities were reported on a 24-hour basis. Nevertheless, the number of intubated acute Covid-19…

State-run and ATHEX-listed power utility PPC received a bit of welcome news on Friday, as S&P raised its credit rating from CCC+ to B, up by two grades, with its…

Of the 2,013 new confirmed single-day Covid-19 cases on Friday, nearly half were recorded in the greater Thessaloniki and Athens areas, 545 and 319, respectively. A surge was also noted…

The number of acute Covid-19 cases being treated in hospital ICUs around Greece continued to exceed 600 on Friday (607), while related coronavirus deaths reached 101 over the previous 24-hour…

A majority of European Parliament deputies on Thursday approved of a resolution condemning Turkey’s illegal activities in the closed-off Varosha coastal strip near the Turkish-occupied Cypriot city of Famagusta, warning…

Ruling New Democracy (ND) party fields a nearly 17-percentage point lead over main opposition SYRIZA – in an extrapolation of valid responses – in a latest prime-time opinion poll unveiled…

A. Tsimplakis Atsimp@naftemporiki.gr Chinese multinational Cosco has initiated action to acquire another 16 percent of the Piraeus Port Authority (PPA), which would raise its total of shares to 67 percent,…

By T. Tsiros ttsiros@naftemporiki.gr   The Greek government’s plan to absorb pandemic-related emergency Community funding is based on four axes and 18 different sectors, including a so-called “Green transition”, budgeted…

The number of acute Covid-19 cases being treated in Greek hospitals’ ICUs exceeded 600 on Thursday, for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic. Along with 608 intubated…

The Greek government on Thursday announced a one-week extension – until Dec. 7 – of a Covid-19 “lockdown”, which was set to expire on Nov. 30, given that the number…

Official Turkey on Tuesday issued another three Navtexes (notifications to mariners, aviators) demanding the demilitarization of several Greek islands in the eastern Aegean, something that Athens considers as a provocation…

Acute Covid-19 cases being treated in hospital ICUs continued to increase on Tuesday, rising to 562 from 549 a day earlier, as the “second wave” of the coronavirus pandemic in…

Aegean Airlines, Greece’s flag carrier, confirmed on Monday that it was in the final stages of talks with the Greek government in order to receive urgent state support, as the…

The Greek government on Monday announced that spending by the relevant health ministry increased by 788 million euros in 2020, compared to 2019, or roughly 20 percent. The finance ministry,…

A special liquidator for debt-laden and loss-making Larco, a large state-run ferro-nickel producer, has set a deadline of Jan. 8, 2021 for Expressions of Interest (EOI). A tender for Larco’s…

Single-day coronavirus-related fatalities eased on Monday, to a reported 84, while the number of patients suffering from the virus in hospital ICUs again rising, with the number at 549 on…

By G. Palaitsakis gpal@naftemporiki.gr The number of individual tax breaks and reductions/discounts implemented or set for implementation by the Greek government tally an eyebrow-raising 898, with the impact on state…

Single-day coronavirus-related fatalities again exceeded 100 on Sunday, reaching 103, while the number of acute Covid-19 cases being treated in hospital ICUs again posted another ominous record, at 540. Nevertheless,…

Only distressed households in Greece, as defined by objective economic criteria, will be eligible for an extra end-of-the-year monthly welfare payment. At last estimate, eligible households are calculated at more…

Funding of up to 40 million euros is earmarked for Greece’s start-up ecosystem Marathon Venture Capital, especially in the hi-tech sectors, and in particular software designers. The Marathon Fund II…

Ergose, the construction arm of Hellenic Railways Organisation (OSE), Greece’s state-run  railway infrastructure owner and manager, this week announced contracts worth 133.5 million euros for upgrades in various patches of…

Single-day fatalities linked with Covid-19 as well as the highest number of afflicted patients in ICUs both posted morbid records on Friday in Greece, with 72 related deaths over the…

Greece on Thursday announced the closing of one of the country’s northern border crossings, part of emergency measures to contain the ‘second wave’ of the coronavirus pandemic in the east…

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias on Thursday briefed EU counterparts on the Foreign Affairs Council  – via teleconference – over what Athens charges are continuing Turkish provocations and belligerence in…

Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Ieronymos was admitted to a central Athens hospital early Thursday morning after being diagnosed with Covid-19, with the Archdiocese saying his transfer to an…

The relevant health ministry on Thursday issued a same-day ultimatum – which expired at 9 p.m. local time – to private clinics in the Thessaloniki area to immediately make available…

A 27-year-old Syrian national was arrested by the anti-terrorism squad in central Athens on Thursday morning on charges of joining and participating in a terrorism group, in the case the…

The worrying rise in the number of Covid-19 patients being treated in hospital ICUs reached another serious milestone on Thursday, one shy of 500, as the “second wave” of the…

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis used the NATO venue on Wednesday to directly point at neighboring Turkey as an unreliable ally for Athens and even as an undermining force within…