New Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis referred to practically every reform promised by him and his conservative New Democracy (ND) party over the past four years – and then some…
The city of Athens, the biggest municipality in the greater Athens agglomeration, on Friday announced that 15 buildings in its boundaries were significantly damaged from the 5.1 on the Richter…
A pair of small statuettes, depicting mythical Apollo and his twin sister, Artemis, will be presented on Wednesday at the archaeological museum in the west Cretan city of Chania (Hania),…
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday was quick to dissuade any notion of a “honeymoon” with the new Mitsotakis government in Athens, saying there can be no “discounts” in terms…
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Friday received the country’s nominee as its next European Commissioner, Margaritis Schinas, the up-until-now chief spokesperson for the EU Commission president.
In his brief…
New Development & Investments Minister Adonis Georgiadis met with US ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt in Athens on Friday, with the former later taking to his personal Twitter account to…
Major traffic jams on Friday in the greater Athens area were the first result of a moderate, but strongly-felt, earthquake that struck the region just after 2 p.m. local time.…
A moderate earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale was recorded at 14.13 (12.13 GMT) in the greater Athens area, with the tremor felt particularly in the Greek capital. The…
A strong earthquake shook the greater Athens area at roughly 2:10 p.m. (12.10 GMT) for approximately 10 seconds. An initial report pointed to a quake measuring 5.2 to 5.3 on…
The Greek state’s debt reached 181.9 percent of GDP – 337.4 billion euros – in the first quarter of 2019, according to figures released on Friday by Eurostat.
The figure…
The new Mitsotakis government in Athens on Friday continued to burnish its investor-friendly credentials, with Indo-Canadian billionaire investor Prem Watsa arriving on foot for a high-profile meeting at the Maximos…
The Greek government’s council for foreign affairs and defence (KYSEA) on Friday announced that police Lt. Gen. Michail Karamalakis will assume the post of Greek Police (EL.AS) chief, following a…
A 40-meter wooden boat, constructed as a characteristic example of Qatari maritime tradition, is set to arrive in the northern Greece metropolis of Thessaloniki next Wednesday, where it will remain…
The inflation rate in Greece posted the lowest hike among other Eurozone member-states, according to Eurostat figures released this week.
Specifically, the inflation rate in Greece dropped to a meager…
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Yields for Greece’s 10-year bond continued to ease this week, following a general trend for Eurozone debt.
The yield for the specific product fell by 10…
The duties and jurisdiction of the economic crimes unit, known as SDOE in the country, will be transferred to a newly established general secretariat for tax policy and public assets,…
The Cosco-managed Piraeus Port Authority (PPA), the largest and busiest port facility in Greece and one of the most prominent in the eastern Mediterranean, is expected to re-file its master…
The up-until-now spokesman for the EU Commission, Margaritis Schinas, will be proposed by Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis as the country’s candidate for a Commissioner’s portfolio. Mitsotakis is expected to…
The suspect charged with homicide in the stabbing death of rapper 34-year-old Pavlos Fyssas in September 2013 finally took the stand in a delayed-fraught trial on Thursday, a closely watched…
New Parliament president Konstantinos Tassoulas was elected with a record number of votes, 283 out of 300, on Thursday. He is a veteran New Democracy (ND) party lawmaker elected from…
The vice-president of debt-laden Public Power Corp. (PPC) on Wednesday allayed widespread speculation in the country over the ATHEX-listed electricity utility’s future, saying it is “not on the verge of…
New Development and Investments Minister Adonis Georgiadis met on Wednesday with Israel’s ambassador to Greece, Irit Ben-Abba Vitale, with talks expectedly revolving around joint investment prospects and partnerships, with the…
US ambassador to Greece, Geoffrey Pyatt, on Wednesday pointed to the best era at present for Greek-US relations, saying the east Mediterranean country has been transformed from a source of…
The Council of State (CoS), Greece’s highest administrative court, this week upheld the abolition of the so-called “13th” and “14th” salaries for public servants and employees of state-controlled entities in…
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with former ND prime minister Costas Karamanlis on Wednesday at the former’s office in Parliament.
According to media reports based only on leaks from…
An undetermined number of physicians and nursing staff at the main hospital on the eastern island of Samos were arrested on Wednesday on charges of supplying forged documents to third…
Greece’s new Parliament plenum was installed on Wednesday, as the 300 elected deputies were sworn-in, with a religious oath given by the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece to all…
Another particularly intense storm front passed through Greece on Tuesday, this time affecting the Ionian islands and western mainland Greece, with thunderstorms and gale force winds reported.
A freak storm…
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reiterated on Tuesday afternoon that his new center-right majority government will respect fiscal targets agreed to by the previous leftist government with the country’s European…
An annual report compiled by the Greek Ombudsman’s office, an independent authority, reveals that compulsory deportations of foreign nationals to their home countries recorded a dramatic decrease in 2018, whereas…
