The rate of increase of arrears to the state increased in June 2019, with the Independent Public Assets Authority on Tuesday saying new arrears towards tax and other revenue-collecting entities…
A moderate earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale was recorded at 7:39 a.m. (05.39 GMT) south-southeast of the city of Iraklio (Heraklion), a tremor that was felt throughout the…
Active taxpayers in Greece need, on average, 180 days every year – nearly half the calendar – to earn the money necessary to pay off their obligations to the bloated…
The European Commission’s Εconomic Sentiment Indicator (ESI) on Tuesday displayed an improvement in the index, as far as Greece is concerned, for July 2019 – coinciding with a general election…
The European Commission’s Εconomic Sentiment Indicator (ESI) on Tuesday displayed an improvement in the index, as far as Greece is concerned, for July 2019 – coinciding with a general election…
A rider was attached on Tuesday to a draft tax bill that is up for a vote by Parliament’s plenum later in the evening, with the amendment clarifying construction terms…
By T. Igoumenidi
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Beyond stepped up efforts by the newly appointed leadership of the environment ministry to jumpstart the delay-plagued Helleniko investment in southeast coastal Athens, ministry services are…
Commencement of a new Cesme-Lavrio ferry boat route as of July 2019 has transformed the once low traffic port in extreme southeast Attica prefecture – southeast of Athens proper –…
The labor and social insurance ministry promised to recalculate all “high-end” pension rates, with the relevant minister referring to a “restart”, in the wake of the revelation that some beneficiaries…
By F. Zois [email protected]
The latest effort to finally commence seaplane routes to various Greek isles and coastal destinations without airports will, according to reports, emanates from the new infrastructure…
Georgios Stassis, the CEO & country manager of Enel Romania, has been chosen as the new president and CEO of Public Power Corp. (PPC), Greece’s state-run and dominant electricity utility.…
Some 40 representatives of companies engaged in bilateral commercial transactions and trade between Greece and India, on Monday announced the creation of the Hellenic-Indian Business Council (HIBC), a NGO that…
An ex-special police guard had his intentional homicide jail term reduced to a mere 13 years on Monday, immediately after the same mixed jurist-juror appellate court in the central city…
A mixed jurist-juror appellate court in the central city of Lamia on Monday unanimously upheld an intentional homicide conviction against a former police special guard who shot and killed a…
Media reports in Athens on Monday referred to a 24-hour extension of a deadline to electronically file tax returns for incomes generated in 2018. The deadline was the last minute…
By A. Tsimplakis [email protected]
Greek shipping giant Costamare is reportedly eyeing new investments in the coming period, following a significant boost in profitability in H1 2019.
The Constantakopoulos family-controlled and…
The relevant energy ministry in Greece has provided its “green light” to a LNG bunkering unit in south Patras port, a projected included in the Poseidon Med II program.
The…
Urgent legislation is expected to be submitted to a still open Greek Parliament on Monday, with the new center-right Mitsotakis government aiming to pass tax breaks and reforms in the…
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was received at the presidential mansion in Nicosia on Monday by the island republic’s president, Nicos Anastasiades, as the newly elected premier chose Cyprus for…
By S. Papapetros [email protected]
New Labor and Social Affairs Minister Yannis Vroutsis generated a significant portion of the recent summer weekend’s headlines by charging that the previous SYRIZA government was…
A 4.1 on the Richter scale earthquake was felt in the greater Athens area on Sunday afternoon.
The quake was recorded at 19.09 local time (17.09 GMT), with the epicenter…
New Greek Tourism Minister Haris Theoharis met with Thomas Cook CEO Peter Fankhauser this week in Athens, in one of his first high-level contacts with an international tourism sector executive.…
Costa-Gavras’ film “Adults in the Room”, based on the same-name best-seller by controversial former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis, will debut at this year’s Cannes film festival.
The award-winning Greek-French…
Ryanair’s “top 10” most picturesque beaches in Europe includes a Greek entry, and specifically the Balou Lagoon in the northwest corner of Crete, at Cape Gramvousa (Hania prefecture).…
The Public Power Corp. (PPC), Greece’s dominant but loss-making electricity utility, on Friday announced measures to seize assets of consumer with major arrears to the company, adding that the latter…
The Public Power Corp. (PPC), Greece’s dominant but loss-making electricity utility, on Friday announced measures to seize assets of consumer with major arrears to the company, adding that the latter…
By E. Sakellari esak@ naftemporiki.gr
The fourth post-bailout enhanced surveillance report for Greece will be bumped back for October, if not later, the EU Commission announced on Friday.
According to…
By A. Tsimplakis [email protected]
Piraeus-based Attica Group, the largest ferry owner and operator in Greece, on Thursday announced the oversubscription of a collateral-linked bond issue of 175 million euros that…
Thirty-five foreign nationals, who told authorities they are ethnic Kurds from northern Iraq, were transferred to migrant shelter on Thursday evening, after they had gathered the same day outside a…
By N. Bellos [email protected]
The European Commission has designated two of Public Power Corp.’s (PPC) lignite-fired power units, at Amynteo and Kardia, as unsuitable due to high emissions, with the…
