The outgoing leadership of Greece’s education ministry this week petitioned the Council of State (CoS), the country’s highest administrative court, to exclude the recently announced hiring of 15,000 educators for…
By T. Igoumenidi [email protected]
Athens-based Aktor this week announced that it has completed a metro line in Doha, Qatar, and the “Gold Line”, specifically, which will soon be opened for…
Demand for Greek debt continued unabated this week, the pressure driving yield for the 10-year Greek bond to a historic low of 2.69 percent, and with the spread – compared…
By V. Vegiri & G. Hatzilidis
Center-right New Democracy (ND) leader on Thursday detailed his poll-leading party’s position on the further privatization of several regional ports around the country, citing…
The transfer of Piraeus Bank’s subsidiary in Bulgaria, Piraeus Bank Bulgaria AD (PBB), to Eurobank Bulgaria AD was completed on Friday.
Athens-based Piraeus Bank announced the development in a press…
The latest results from a major opinion poll on Thursday showed a lead by center-right New Democracy (ND) party over leftist SYRIZA at 8.5 percentage points, the mediam difference from…
An IMF spokesman on Wednesday clarified that European partners must take the next step if Greece insists on paying off a more expensive loan extended by the Fund before its…
Bloomberg on Thursday joined the “political change” bandwagon in Greece, in an article entitled “Greece, World’s Best Stock Market, Touts Turnaround From Crisis”, with the dispatch extensively quoting Athens Stock…
Fulfilling terms it had agreed to with European creditors in 2018 is an absolutely necessary condition for further debt relief measures, ESM Managing Director Klaus Regling warned on Thursday, confirming…
The latest twist in the drawn-out Novartis kickbacks investigation are accusations by a former supreme court prosecutor over prior knowledge of the probe by both the current justice minister and…
A survey of 35 CEOs and top corporate executives in Greece shows an increased confidence that FDIs attracted by the country will continue to grow in the coming years, following…
Lidl Hellas announced additional investments in Greece of up to 120 million euros in the current fiscal year, ending in February 2020.
According to Lidl Hellas President Iakovos Andreanidis during…
US ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt pointed to a reinforced military cooperation between Greece and the United States as reflecting a tangible commitment by the US administration to support its…
A decision by the state broadcaster (ERT) on Monday evening to cancel its primetime newscast and, instead, show the kick-off campaign address by incumbent Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, generated a…
Influential Bank of Greece (BoG) Gov. Yannis Stournaras struck again on Tuesday, a day into the official pre-election season, saying he forecasts that the Greek state will meet a 3.5-percent…
Greece is among the potential new buyers of the US-made F-35, according to a Reuters dispatch on Tuesday, which cited statements by Vice Adm. Mathias Winter, the head of the…
A migrant-laden vessel attempting to approach the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos (Mytilene) sunk on Tuesday morning some 2.5 nautical miles from the island’s capital, with six fatalities reported so…
Center-right New Democracy (ND) leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis stayed “on message” Tuesday evening, kicking off his official campaign tour in the western port city of Patras by promising that the first…
A trio of well-known Greek resorts picked up European distinctions this week, during the 26th “World Travel Awards”, held in Madeira, Portugal, with Elounda Beach Hotel & Villas, picking up…
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras finally arrived at the presidential mansion in Athens – just across the side street from his Maximos Mansion office – on Monday afternoon to request…
A more-or-less two-week “rally” at the Athens Stock Exchange (ATHEX) continued on Monday, hours before snap elections in the country will officially be declared for July 7.
Greek Prime Minister…
DryShips on Monday announced the acquisition Heidmar Inc., a global tanker pool operator, acquiring 100-percent of the latter’s shares.
Prior to the transaction, DryShips indirectly owned approximately 49.8 percent of…
Greece-based cigarette maker Papastratos on Monday called for continued action against the bootleg sale of tobacco products in the country, following the release of a KPMG report showing that the…
By L. Karageorgos [email protected]
The Vafias family, headed by veteran shipping executive Nikos Vafias, has reportedly invested upwards of 90 million USD over the recent period for various types of…
By G. Palaitsakis [email protected]
Nearly one million self-employed professionals, craftsmen and owners of SMEs in Greece are on the “downside” of a decision, by the outgoing Tsipras government, to abolish…
The small right-wing Independent Greeks (AN.EL) party, which propped up the Tsipras government as the junior coalition partner up until early 2019, appears headed for a dissolution, as its central…
Main opposition New Democracy (ND) leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis travelled to the extreme southeastern Aegean island of Kastellorizo as part of his ongoing nationwide tour of the country ahead of the…
By G. Palaitsakis
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The once sensational proclamations and media headlines regarding massive tax evasion in Greece, as ostensibly illustrated by the so-called “Lagarde” and “Borjans” lists of Greek citizens…
More than 2.44 million income tax returns have been filed and processed by the Greek tax bureau so far for the 2018 fiscal year, corresponding to 39 percent of the…
The latest opinion, coming days after the second round defeat of ruling SYRIZA party in local government run-off elections assessed main opposition New Democracy (ND) party’s lead over the former…
