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ATHEX-listed Lamda Development has reached an agreement with Turkey-based Dogus to purchase 50-percent of the company Lamda Dogus Investments for 12.4 million euros, a development that will leave the former…

By F. Zois [email protected] The first “clash” between rival rail transport providers in Greece’s post-privatization era has erupted between Trainose, owned by Italy’s Ferrovie dello Stato, and a consortium comprised…

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Friday evening extended his condolences to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the Turkish people over a devastating 6.8 on the Richter scale earthquake…

A majority of Parliament deputies, 163 out of the 300 in Greece’s legislature, on Friday ratified a new law that restores a more reinforced majority bonus system, whereby the first-past-the-poll…

By A. Sotiriou [email protected] Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ inaugural appearance at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland as the country’s head of government revolved around two main…

Representatives of Greece’s European creditors focused on energy sector issues this week in talks with the relevant ministry’s leadership, namely, allowing private sector entities to the country’s lignite production –…

A majority of respondents, reaching 62 percent, in an opinion poll unveiled on Thursday evening express concern over the last instances of Turkish provocations in the eastern Mediterranean, while also…

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis expressed a more assertive position regarding what his government views as stepped up Turkish provocations throughout much of the eastern Mediterranean of late, telling Bloomberg…

The port of Alexandroupolis, in extreme northeast Greece, was again reportedly discussed in a meeting between a Cabinet member and US ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt, as the now months-long Mitsotakis government…

A research section of the German Bundestag on Thursday detailed, over 18 pages, the reasons why a controversial Turkey-Libya MoU drawing maritime borders between the two non-abutting states violates the…

The 5th Naftemporiki shipping conference will be held today, Thursday, at the Athens Megaron concert hall, with this year’s theme entitled “Shipping amid a decade of major changes and challenges”.…

Washington this week expressed its “deep concern” over Turkish hydrocarbon drilling in Cyprus’ maritime zone, on the heels of threats by Ankara to send the drill ship ‘Yavuz’ to a…

Five crewmembers of the Greek-owned tanker “Happy Lady” were released on Tuesday, after pirates abducted them on Dec. 31, 2019 while the vessel was anchored two nautical miles off a…

Greece’s Parliament on Wednesday voted to appoint the first woman head of state in the country’s nearly 200 years as a modern state, with Council of State (CoS) President Ekaterini…

The Greek government on Tuesday released a letter by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to his Greek counterpart, where the former noted that Washington is closely following developments in…

The Olympia Odos company, which already manages the Corinth-Patras tollway across the breadth of the northern Peloponnese, has been awarded a contract for construction of the Patras-Pyrgos highway, along the…

By T. Igoumenidi [email protected] Greece’s gaming commission this week announced a unanimous decision to reject a binding offer by Hard Rock International for an Integrated Resort and Casino (IRC) at…

Demand for bank loans by businesses and households in Greece has significantly increased over the last six-month period of 2019, according to figures released this week by the Bank of…

A handful of Greek government and state websites were targets of hackers on Friday evening, with Turkish media reports claiming the cyber-attacks emanated from Turkey. A Facebook page, claiming to…

An earthquake measuring 4.6 on the Richter scale was recorded at 19.47 (17.47 GMT) on Friday 18 kilometers south of the Ionian island of Zakynthos, and at a depth of…

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias are set for successive meetings on Friday with Libyan military and political leader Khalifa Haftar, whose forces continue to besiege…

Libyan military and political leader Khalifa Haftar, the commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA), is due to arrive in Athens on Thursday evening, with a meeting set on Friday…

By T. Igoumenidi [email protected] The Hellenic Gaming Commission has accepted a relevant competition committee’s review of the two offers for an integrated resort casino concession at the Helleniko site, with…

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday afternoon announced that his ruling party will nominate veteran jurist and current Council of State (CoS) president Ekaterini Sakellaropoulou as Greece’s new president…

Representatives of law enforcement unions in Greece on Wednesday submitted a memorandum with the supreme court’s chief prosecutor essentially requesting that charges against a handful of defendants arrested last week…

The Mitsotakis government on Wednesday abruptly announced the reinstitution of a migration and asylum ministry, as scores and even hundreds of third country nationals continue to reach a handful of…

The Greek state’s primary budget surplus for 2019 reached 4.96 billion euros, exceeding the target by 560 million euros. The figure, of course, excludes interest paid on the country’s external…

Three Afghan men, 26, 30 and 49, are accused of being the people-traffickers piloting a vessel that sank off northwest Greece early Saturday morning, resulting in a still unknown number…

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reiterated on Monday that the country will defend its sovereign rights “in any manner that is the most effective”, speaking at reception hosted by the…

By T. Tsiros and G. Kouros Citizens that cannot meet tax obligations to the state or loan payments to banks will be given a “second change” with a new, unified…