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Monday, 13 July 2020

Thessaloniki Port Authority signs agreement with China Merchants Port Holdings Co. Ltd

The now privatized Thessaloniki Port Authority this week announced an agreement with China Merchants Port Holdings Co. Ltd (CMPort) to promote the latter in the vast Chinese market as another…

Covid-19 outbreak: 24 confirmed cases over last 24 hours; no fatalities

Twenty-four new confirmed cororavirus cases were reported in Greece on Monday, with only seven, however, traced to arrivals from abroad. The latest confirmed cases brings the total number in Greece…

Friday, 10 July 2020

Covid-19 outbreak: 60 confirmed cases on Friday, most at border entries; no fatalities

A continuing surge, by Greek standards, in the daily number of confirmed coronavirus infections continued on Friday, with 60 cases reported. As in similar days, a large portion was detected…

Erdogan: First Muslim prayer in Hagia Sophia on July 24

The first Muslim prayer in the iconic Hagia Sophia since the early 1930s will come on July 24, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday evening, hours after Turkey’s…

Thursday, 09 July 2020

Street violence in central Athens over draft bill on placing legal restrictions on protests

Street violence erupted in central Athens, around the Parliament building in Syntagma square, after roughly 100 mostly youthful protesters began lobbing firebombs and other missiles at assembled riot police, on…

Covid-19 outbreak: 50 new confirmed infections in Greece on Thurs; nearly half at border entries

Higher double-digit numbers of confirmed coronavirus instances continued in Greece on Thursday, with 50 cases reported, nearly half of which were detected at border posts throughout the country. The total…

Wednesday, 08 July 2020

Draft bill foresees 7% flat tax on social security benefits of 3rd country nationals that declare Greece as their tax base

A newly draft bill foresees a 7-percent flat tax for third country pensioners’ social security income, who officially declare Greece as their tax base. The proposed draft bill foresees that…

Covid-19 outbreak: 33 new confirmed infections on Wed.; 21 detected at border crossings

The number of new confirmed instances of coronavirus infections reported on Wednesday reached 33, of which 21 were detected in arrivals at the country’s northern border posts. The total number…

Process for transfer of Elefsina shipyard to Onex continues after latest condition met

Accumulated shares of the Neorion S.A. company, which controls the Elefsina Shipyard, exceeded the 51-percent mark on Tuesday, a necessary condition in a process for activating an agreement with US-based…

Covid-19 outbreak: 43 new confirmed infections on Tuesday; most instances traced to arrivals at border posts

The number of confirmed Covid-19 infections in Greece continued to rise, moderately, this week, with another 43 instances reported on Tuesday, 36 of which were detected at entry points into…

Monday, 06 July 2020

Covid-19 outbreak: 46 new confirmed infections on Mon.; 36 detected at border post

Another 43 confirmed instances of coronavirus were detected in Greece on Monday, 36 of which were traced as “imported”, namely, from a entry point on the northern land border, in…

Friday, 03 July 2020

Covid-19 infection within team causes cancellation of Saturday Superleague game in Greece

Greece’s Superleague on Friday announced a member of a visiting team delegation has tested positive for Covid-19, meaning that tomorrow’s “play-out” game between Lamia and Xanthi has been cancelled. The…

Occupany of Greek hotels that have opened at May levels, hovering at 20 percent

Early July’s vacancy rate in number of hotels that have opened in Greece, amid the ongoing coronavirus-swamped global tourism season, remain at May levels, according to the president of the…

Greek gov’t enjoys massive ‘photo op’, expected filip from beginning of works at Helleniko privatization

Friday served as a noteworthy milestone for the current conservative Mitsotakis government, a few days shy of last July 7’s convincing election victory over leftist SYRIZA, as it hailed what…

Thursday, 02 July 2020

Agreement, in principle, for Elefsis Shipyard with Onex Group

An agreement, in principle, was announced on Thursday for debt-laden Elefsis (Elefsina) Shipyard, west of Piraeus, with the solution involving application of article 106b of Greece’s bankruptcy code, a process…

Covid-19 outbreak: 28 new confirmed infections on Thurs.; no fatalities

Twenty-eight confirmed instances of Covid-19 were reported on Thursday throughout Greece, six of which were traced to arrivals from abroad – three from Bulgaria, an Indian national arriving from the…

Wednesday, 01 July 2020

First works commence at long-delayed Helleniko privatization, with building demolitions begun

Demolition works finally began on Wednesday at the Helleniko site in coastal southeast Athens, where the biggest privatization in  recession-battered Greece has been held up for several years due to…

235 flights to land in Greece on Wed., as all-important tourism season begins weeks after coronavirus ‘lockdown’

A total 235 flight arrivals at 17 airports across Greece are scheduled for Wednesday, as the tourism season essentially opens on the first day of July for arrivals choosing air…

Tuesday, 30 June 2020

Audio expert reportedly confirms that taped Mionis-Pappas conversation is authentic

An audio forensic expert on Tuesday reportedly conveyed a report to a special parliamentary committee of inquest ruling that a potentially incriminating tape recording of a conversation between SYRIZA former…

Covid-19 outbreak: 20 new confirmed infections on Tues.; one fatality

The first coronavirus-related death in Greece was reported on Tuesday, along with another 20 confirmed cases, with the number now reaching 3,409, among the lowest in terms of EU member-states…

Monday, 29 June 2020

Greek president’s visit to remote isle sends pro-govt Turkish media into a frenzy

A visit by Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou on Tuesday to a remote eastern Aegean island generated a veritable media “frenzy” in neighboring Turkey, with pro-government outlets – which now smother…

ΒοG issues 3 revised GDP forecasts for 2020, ranging from 4.4% to 9.4% recession for 2020

Greece’s central bank announced that it has developed a main forecast and two alternate “scenarios” regarding the country’s economic course, all amid the continuous fallout from more than three months…

President of Greece’s hotel federation: 20% occupancy around the country this week

One figure thrown out on Tuesday concerning hotel occupancy in Greece, in what’s expected to be the worst tourism season in recent memory, is 20 percent on a nationwide level.…

Covid-19 outbreak: 15 new confirmed infections on Mon.; no fatalities

Fifteen new instances of coronavirus infections were reported on Tuesday in Greece, over the previous 24-hour period, with 12 of those emanating from the city of Xanthi, in northeast Greece,…

Friday, 26 June 2020

Covid-19 outbreak: 22 new confirmed cases, but no fatalities

Another 22 confirmed instances of Covid-19 were reported in Greece on Friday by state authorities, bringing the total number of the pandemic in the country to 3,343. Of the 22…

Surprise Mitsotakis-Erdogan phone contact on Friday seen as bid to de-escalate tension

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis spoke with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday, a surprise communication amid a recent deterioration in relations between Athens and Ankara, one that the…

Tuesday, 23 June 2020

Greek minister: Govt unwilling to consider nationalization of Covid-19-battered companies; support plan in place

Greece’s relevant development minister on Tuesday reiterated that the Mitsotakis government will not consider nationalizing major companies facing possibly bankruptcy in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic and its related…

Well-known football coach Alefantos passes away at the age of 81

One of Greece’s legendary football coaches, Nikos Alefantos, passed away on Tuesday at the age of 81. Alefantos, 81, suffered a heart attack. He was well-known in the country for…

Covid-19 outbreak: 16 new confirmed infections on Tuesday; no fatalities

Sixteen new confirmed coronavirus cases were reported in Greece on Tuesday, with no new fatalities added to the unfortunately tally of victims. The number of instances in Greece has reached…

Monday, 22 June 2020

Businessman supplies tape recording allegedly implicating ex-minister

The latest acrimonious political melee in Greece erupted on Monday, with a local businessman providing a Parliamentary committee of inquiry with a taped-recorded conversation purportedly between himself and former SYRIZA…