Well-known Greek artist Takis, born Panayiotis Vassilakis, has passed away at the age of 94.
His death was announced by the Takis Foundation on Friday morning.
Takis best-known works include…
By S. Papapetros [email protected]
One of three “last-minute” riders attached to draft legislation eventually approved by a majority of ruling ND deputies on Thursday abolished labor law provisions mandating that…
Parliament's Budget Office on Thursday referred to an improvement in liquidity for Greece's four systemic banks, as far as their capital sufficiency is concerned, both the Common Equity Tier 1…
By T. Tsiros [email protected]
Greece’s finance minister, Christos Staikouras, had officially broached the new Mitsotakis government’s standing desire to reduce creditor-mandated annual primary budget surplus targets, as a percentage of…
A large number of grave markers (marble steles), dated to the Classical era, and some with intricate engravings still very visible, were discovered during excavations by University of Athens archaeologists…
A majority of Parliament deputies – all from the ruling New Democracy (ND) party – on Thursday afternoon approved three very high-profile and urgently tabled draft laws that essentially fulfill…
The government submitted a last-minute draft amendment on Thursday – the last day of the current legislative session – to institute a new maximum monthly ceiling for social insurance benefits…
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his wife, Mareva, on Tuesday evening toured a photographic exhibition featuring 70 of the most characteristic images taken by late Reuters photojournalist Yannis Behrakis.…
The new board of directors of Hellenic Petroleum (Hel.Pe), Greece’s biggest and partially state-run petro-chemical concern, was announced on Wednesday, with former finance minister Yannis Papathanasiou returning as the non-executive…
By S. Papapetros [email protected]
Arrears towards Greece’s social security funds were reduced by 248.35 million euros in the second quarter of 2019, compared to the preceding quarter – Jan-Mar 2019.…
Academy Award-winning Hollywood actor Tom Hanks described his “dream car” on Wednesday in a post on his personal Facebook page, accompanied by him next to a warn-out and older model…
The body of a missing 35-year-old British woman, missing since Monday, was located at the bottom of a remote 20-meter gorge on the eastern Aegean island of Ikaria on Wednesday…
A majority of Parliament deputies on Wednesday rejected a motion by main opposition SYRIZA party to declare certain amendments in an omnibus draft bill unconstitutional, namely, provisions dealing with the…
A unique, for the northern Greece region, ancient tomb and artifacts were recently uncovered at the Mavropigi site in Kozani prefecture, a find that came to light during excavation works…
By F. Zois [email protected]
Greece’s transport ministry this week issued urgent measures to reduce increasingly long delays for flights at various airports around the country, especially at well-known tourism destinations,…
New Shipping Minister Yannis Plakiotakis on Tuesday afternoon received Chinese Ambassador to Greece Zhang Qiyue, with the latter underlining the importance that Beijing ascribes to the implementation of Cosco’s master…
Greek-controlled ocean-going shipping accounts for 53 percent of the European Union total, and 21 percent of the global fleet, figures in the annual report by the Union of Greek Shipowners…
The latest case file involving one of 10 top Greek politicians who are the subject of the ongoing but sputtering Novartis kickbacks investigation – based on the sealed testimony of…
By A. Tsimplakis [email protected]
The Hellenic ShortSea Shipowners’ Association (EENMA) this week expressed its complete opposition to what it called practices and procedures that will curb or weaken a shipowner…
By A. Tsimplakis [email protected]
The new shipping minister this week left open the possibility to alter the model for commercially exploiting 10 regional ports in the privatization agency’s (HRADF) portfolio…
The Athens-based Copelouzos group on Tuesday announced the purchase of a 10-percent stake in the Senfluga Energy Infrastracture. The latter has acquired a 66-percent stake of Greece’s natural gas transmission…
Intensive search efforts are continuing on the eastern Aegean island of Ikaria for a 35-year British woman last scene on Monday.
The woman, an astrophysicist based in Cyprus, was vacationing…
The new government on Tuesday announced a two-month timetable to compose, present and ratify a a simplified legal framework for the operation of seaplane routes in Greece, which has numerous…
A late Hellenistic-era bust purportedly showing Alexander the Great has been “rediscovered” in the warehouses of the archaeological museum of Veria, in northern Greece.
The find was announced by head…
Athens and Washington on Tuesday agreed to deepen cooperation in the energy sector, a volition confirmed during a meeting in Athens between new Deputy FM Constantinos Frangogiannis with visiting US…
By T. Tsiros [email protected]
Negotiations with European creditors, as widely expected, over “fiscal space” in the 2020 budget will determine both the substance and timetable for ratifying tax breaks promised…
By A. Tsimplakis [email protected]
Only one of four new dwellings that were inaugurated in Athens over the first seven months of 2019 are in hotel units, according to a report…
A worrying spate of drowning deaths continued in Greece over the weekend, with a 43-year-old Finnish woman found lifeless in a hotel’s pool in the eastern Aegean island of Samos…
Bookkeeping and accounting practices for Greece’s mostly SME-dominated private sector will be ushered into the 21st century as of 2020, with all forms of businesses and self-employed professionals obliged to…
Greece’s volleyball federation on Friday sent a note of protest to the European federation (CEV) over a video that purportedly shows the men’s team of the Republic of North Macedonia…
