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Five out of 10 surveyed wage-earners in Greece declared an “unexplained exhaustion”, while four in 10 are experiencing “conflicts” in the workplace, with three in 10 saying they do not…

Rife speculation in Athens that one of two bidders for the prized Integrated Resort Casino (IRC) license at the Helleniko site acquired substance on Wednesday, with Hard Rock International CEO…

Correction: The last paragraph should read “…expiring four days earlier than prescribed…” instead of four months. By T. Igoumenidi [email protected] One of the two official bidders for an Integrated Resort…

The fourth Metaxa Hospitality Group hotel will open next spring on the prime holiday destination of Santorini, its second unit on the specific Cyclades island. The Crete-based hotel operator’s proposed…

The recovering Greek economy got another positive “nod” on Tuesday, this time from US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, who praised what he called the new Mitsotakis government’s pro-investment policies, while…

The latest prison furlough request by convicted “November 17” terrorist Dimitris Koufodinas was rejected on Tuesday. The notorious N17 arch-assassin had petitioned for a nine-day furlough from a prison farm…

The Greek finance ministry on Tuesday evening tabled a draft bill in Parliament outlining a framework package for reducing the massive “bad debt” held by the country’s four systemic banks,…

A total of 551 third country nationals landed on a handful of eastern Aegean islands over the past 24 hours in 11 separate incidents, while the Greek coast guard and…

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis received US ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt on Tuesday, with the agenda reportedly revolving around the former’s official visit to the United States early next…

A supreme court vice-president on Tuesday reportedly told members of a Parliamentary fact-finding committee that a long-drawn out prosecutor’s investigation into allegations of kickbacks by Novartis’ subsidiary in Greece was…

The Greek government spokesman on Tuesday cited two letters sent by Athens towards the United Nations to condemn a pair of recent agreements between Turkey and the interim Tripoli-based Libyan…

Greece’s labor social affairs ministry on Monday unveiled an initiative aimed at repatriating some of thousands – according to some estimates, tens of thousands – of younger, highly skilled professionals…

Greece’s Parliament president on Monday released a letter by his Libyan counterpart towards the UN Secretary General, demanding that the UNSC not recognize an agreement signed last week by Turkish…

A first-instance judge in the southern Greece harbor town of Nafplio has issued a ruling prohibiting an apartment owner from short-leasing the property to visitors and tourists, a decision that…

Nearly 30,000 job spots were lost in November 2019, according to a labor ministry employment platform, while part-time work comprised some 58 percent of new hirings during the same month.…

A significant low front is expected to pass through Greece, beginning in the southwest, on Monday and into Tuesday and Wednesday, with heavy and winds of up to 8 on…

Greece-based Coffee Island was again voted as the best cafe chain in southeast Europe, during the recent Allegra European Coffee Awards. Coffee Island picked up the same distinction in 2018, and the third…

The difficult task of transforming several state-owned companies, some of which have been operating for decades with distortions, while generating deficits and without reaching their full potential, now rests with…

A controversial memorandum of understanding between Turkey and the UN-recognized but shaky interim government (GNA) in Tripoli, Libya, aimed to demarcate exclusive economic maritime zones between the two state has…

Greece’s finance ministry on Friday tabled a late-night draft bill to extend, by four months, a legal protection framework for primary residences against creditors, mainly lien-holding banks. The framework will…

The historic Plaka bridge, which collapsed when torrential rains swelled and accelerated the flow of the Arachthos River, in mountainous northwest Greece, has been fully rebuilt with the same techniques…

Another light earthquake, this time measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale, was recorded at 16.46 (14.46 GMT) on Friday south of Crete, a day after a similar tremor shook the…

More than 30 people were detained and arrested on Friday evening after scattered rioting in and around the central Athens district of Exarchia, at the end of a protest march…

Greek leadership on Friday continued to assail an abrupt and contenious agreement between neighboring Turkey and the shaky interim Libyan government (GNA), with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis telling deputies in…

Two museums in Greece are in the running for the 2020 European Museum of the Year Award (EMYA), namely the Archaeological Museum of Ancient Corinth and the Angelos Sikelianos Museum…

A welcome, albeit modest, relief for Greece’s mobile phone users came on Friday hours after a high-profile meeting between the prime minister and the heads of the three mobile phone…

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Friday met with the heads of the three primary mobile phone operators in the country, as public discontent is rife in the eastern Mediterranean…

The Greek government this week announced a lump sum bonus of 2,000 euros for each child born to a an uninsured mother. Criteria attached to the allocation of the bonus…

The Greek foreign ministry on Friday announced the expulsion of Libyan ambassador accredited to the country, following his failure to deliver a controversial “memorandum of understanding” signed by Turkey and…

A light earthquake, measuring 4.6 on the Richter scale, shook Crete on Friday morning, particularly along the large Aegean island’s southern coast near the town of Sfakia. The quake was…