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…
By T. Igoumenidi [email protected]
A deadline for the submission of bids in an international tender to award a gaming concession – along with a license for an integrated resort casino…
Joint actions and events to promote Greece’s distilled spirits in overseas markets are on the horizon, organized by the Enterprise Greece agency and the Greek Federation of Spirit Producers (SEAOP).…
A bilateral higher education agreement involving a public university in Greece – coming in the wake of the new Mitsotakis government’s assumption of power this month – came on Thursday,…
Public Power Corp. (PPC) announced a much-needed piece of “good news” on Thursday, citing an agreement with cement maker Aget Heracles, a member of the LafargeHolcim Group, for the supply…
Moody’s Investors Service on Thursday reminded that Greece’s credit profile remains constrained by an elevated debt burden, while also pointing to only “moderate” growth prospects and a weak banking system.…
Greek Environment & Energy Minister Kostis Hatzidakis met with his Israeli counterpart, Yuval Steinitz, on Wednesday evening in Cairo, with the proposed East Med gas pipeline dominating talks, along with…
Moody’s Investors Service on Thursday reminded that Greece’s credit profile remains constrained by an elevated debt burden, while also pointing to only “moderate” growth prospects and a weak banking system.…
One of the secluded beach “gems” along the Ionian Sea coast along western Greece is located near the village of Valanidorachi, in the municipality of iconic Parga. The beach, known…
