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A fourth instance of the Covid-19 virus (novel coronavirus) has been reported in Greece, and specifically a 36-year-old Athens resident who also recently travelled to northern Italy. The woman is…

Nine applications for plants powered by recycled sources of energy, with a total output of 711.69 MW, have been submitted to Greece’s Regulatory Authority for Energy (RAE), within the framework…

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will visit a trio of large eastern Aegean islands that are the heaviest hit from the ongoing migrant/refugee crisis in the region. According to sources…

Greece’s health ministry on Thursday confirmed another two instances of the novel coronavirus in the country, days after the first infection was reported in the northern city of Thessaloniki, with…

A sudden surge in the yields for Greek 10-year bonds, on the back of global concerns over the new coronavirus outbreak, appears to have dampened Athens’ plans for a coming…

The first case of a novel coronavirus (Covid-19) in Greece was reported on Wednesday, with the patient identified as a 38-year-old woman from Thessaloniki who had recently visited the north…

Veteran comedic actor Costas Voutsas, one of the few remaining major stars from the “golden age” of Greek cinema in the 1960s, passed away in the early morning hours of…

One of two “protected” witnesses whose months of testimony fleshed out claims that 10 top Greek politicians took Novartis kickbacks finally testified – albeit from another location – before a…

An explosive situation erupted on the eastern Aegean islands of Lesvos (Mytilene) and Hios (Chios) early Tuesday morning, with local residents engaged in pitched battles against riot police attempting to…

Greece’s central banker, Yannis Stournaras, referred to the lessons for the country’s battered economy through a decade of crises, but also to challenges and opportunities for the future, in an…

Eurogroup president Mario Centeno has confirmed his participation at the 5th Delphi economic forum, to be held early next month in at the European Cutlural Center next to the eponymous…

By L. Kalamara [email protected] Greece’s Council of State, the highest administrative court in the country, has reportedly ruled in favor of the most important points in a motion filed by…

The supreme court in Greece is expected to respond to a request by a Parliamentary committee of inquiry, either today or Monday, over a demand by a “protected witness” in…

Arrears to the state were up by 1.3 billion euros at the end of 2019, compared to the same month in 2018, with the total at a stratospheric 105.6 billion…

Figures released this week by the largest industrial and employers’ federation shows that the country’s  crisis-swamped and tax-battered middle classes pay one in two euros collected by the state. The…

Bread prices in Greece are the second lowest in the Eurozone, according to the findings of a survey commissioned by a national federation of bakeries in the country and the…

The Piraeus Port Authority (PPA) on Wednesday announced an increase in both turnover and profits for 2019, with the company recommending a hefty dividend, higher by 27 percent from the…

Greece may have returned to the “good graces” of the world’s ratings agencies – with Fitch being the latest to upgrade the country’s credit rating – yet this week’s forecast…

The Hellenic Navy this week announced a series of exercises in various parts of the Aegean and eastern Mediterranean, with surface vessels engaged in firing exercises off the eastern coast…

  The second of two “protected” witnesses that previously implicated 10 past prime ministers, ministers and even Greece’s central banker as recipients of kickbacks by Novartis’ Greek subsidiary on Wednesday…

By N. Stasinou [email protected] A eyebrow-raising forecast of up to one billion euros is expected to be invested in 2020 by Chinese property investors in Greece, as part of the…

The conservative government reacted angrily to an occupation, by union members, of a train depot in the greater Athens area on Tuesday morning, part of efforts to prevent the scheduled…

By A. Tsimplakis [email protected] A burgeoning consortium that reportedly includes Greece-based Goldair, along with the US transport multinational SSA Marine and the Black Summit Financial Group investment fund, is expected…

The French embassy in Athens on Thursday hosted an event aimed at promoting and shepherding a possible future acquisition, by the Hellenic Navy, of two state-of-the-art FTI-type warships. FTI stands…

Controversial former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis, who convincingly re-emerged on Greece’s political scene after the July 2019 elections as the leader of a small Parliament-represented party, on Friday promised…

Bloomberg on Thursday heralded what it called the end of the euro zone crisis, coming on the heels of news that the spread between the Greek 10-year bond and German…

One Athens district has made it into the Guardian’s “Top 10” best neighborhoods in Euro is the municipality of Nea Smyrni, coming in 10th. According to the well-known UK daily,…

A relevant circular by the deputy finance minister requests data and figures from ministries and all general government-affiliated entities in order to compose an updated Medium-Term Fiscal Strategy Framework for…

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias will travel to Algeria on Thursday, where he will be received by Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, before holding talks with his counterpart, Sabri Boukadoum. Besides…

A draft bill that includes a last-ditch rescue scheme for debt-laden and loss-making Larco, a large state-run ferro-nickel producer, was ratified by a majority of deputies in Greece’s Parliament on…