By G. Kampourakis [email protected]
The Greek government appears to consider the weekend visit and talks held by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as positive, coming after a quick succession…
Targets for economic growth in Greece this year and in 2020, as envisioned in a draft budget for next year, are “ambitious and demanding”, but can be achieved if the…
By A. Tsimplakis [email protected]
Greek shipping interests continues to lead the global field in terms of new LNG vessel orders, while at the same time investing in vessel that can…
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrives in Athens on Friday evening ahead of a long day of contacts with top government officials the next day, with the Greek side…
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis continued to hammer home his government’s view that the continued arrivals of third country nationals onto a handful of eastern Aegean isles – after first…
By T. Igoumenidi [email protected]
Two multinational gaming and resort giants, Hard Rock International and Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment, late Friday morning submitted binding offers for an Integrated Resort Casino (IRC) at the Helleniko site in coastal…
The Greek capital, Athens, again fared poorly in yet another global poll this week, coming in a dismal 95th out of 102 cities surveyed in the inaugural IMD Smart City…
The new strategy property and tourist in the 2020-24 period will be presented at an event organized by the EBRD in Piraeus next Tuesday, with the emphasis being on “green”…
The last of four pending joint ministerial decisions dealing with the emblematic Helleniko privatization was reportedly signed on Thursday, according to reports citing sources at the development and investments ministry.…
Members of a judicial council in the central city of Volos on Thursday unanimously rejected yet another furlough request by notorious “November 17” arch-assassin Dimitris Koufodinas.
In a departure from…
By N. Bellos [email protected]
A fiscal “gap” forecast for the 2020 Greek state budget was confirmed this week by a top Eurozone, adding that an agreement between Athens and European…
The weather on Wednesday will be fair and sunny throughout Greece, with only a chance of clouds in the mountainous regions. Some early morning fog. Light winds of up to…
By G. Hatzilidis [email protected]
Capital investments exceeding 100 million euros are reportedly envisioned – over a three-year period – for the creation of units in northern Greece to cultivate and…
A presidential decree canceling a NOME-type future power production for Oct. 16, 2019 will be submitted on Tuesday for a relevant signature, with the decision essentially scrapping the entire framework.…
The Greek government announced another series of urgent of measures to deal with the resurgent migrant-refugee crisis in the eastern Aegean, weeks after a similar batch of measures apparently failed…
The latest deadly incident at the Moria “hotspot” on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos (Mytilene) on Sunday afternoon, resulting in the fire-related deaths of a woman and a child,…
The Cyclades isle of Milos, known for its numerous, stunning and often remote beaches, tops CNN’s latest list of the world’s most beautiful islands.
The global news network refers…
By V. Kostoulas [email protected]
Next month’s looming deadline for binding offers to secure an Integrated Resort Casino (IRC) concession within the massive Helleniko site continues to cast an intense spotlight…
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, in his first address as the country’s premier from the UN General Assembly’s podium, on Friday focused on the resurgent migrant/refugee crisis in the eastern…
An IMF report, released on Friday, called on the Greek government and its European partners to agree over a reduction in the current 3.5-percent primary budget surplus target that Athens…
Seven people, five children and two adults, drowned early Friday morning, after a flimsy inflatable craft carrying 18 people overturned in a sea region north of the Oinouses islets, the…
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday extended an invitation to US investors to exploit opportunities in the recovering east Mediterranean country, continuing a whirlwind series of meetings and contacts…
Significantly increased housing prices in many urban areas in Greece is the main highlight in a Supply Price Index (SPI) operated by a property platform, based on data from classified…
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis this week expressed a hope that Greek expatriates living abroad will be able to vote in general elections back in Greece by 2023, qualifying the…
A press release by the US embassy in Athens on Thursday clarified that a meeting between Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and US President Donald Trump had been scheduled on…
Thirty deputies from ruling New Democracy (ND) party on Thursday morning submitted a proposal to convene a special Parliamentary committee of inquiry in order to conduct a preliminary investigation into…
A closely watched meeting between new Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and powerful Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan took place on Wednesday, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly…
A severe low front that passed through Greece’s western mainland on Tuesday caused heavy rainfall while also generating more than 14,000 lightning strikes, with two fatalities reported as a result.…
A finalized audit of troubled Public Power Corp. (PPC), the dominant electricity provider in the country, in tandem with H1 2019 results have reportedly provided a fillip to the utility’s…
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with his counterpart from North Macedonia, Zoran Zaev, for the first time as the premier on Tuesday, a closely watched and symbolic meeting on…
