Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras took to Facebook on Thursday to categorically deny that his late father, Pavlos, was friendly with and benefitted, as a construction contractor, from the military…
The first, official, reaction by creditors to Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ abrupt announcement of tax breaks, VAT reductions and a partial restoration of at least pension benefit came on…
Russia’s ambassador in Athens on Monday said the scheduled delivery and installation of the Russian-made S-400 anti-aircraft system in neighboring Turkey is not a threat to Greece.
Speaking to the…
The Commission’s spring forecast for the course of the Greek economy are moving slightly lower than the immediately previous forecast, primarily affected by a slowdown in the overall European economy.…
Greece’s institutional creditors, mostly European and Eurozone partners, on Wednesday replied that abruptly announced tax breaks, VAT reductions, a partial restoration of a “13th pension” and post-2020 relief measures –…
Press reports on Wednesday claimed that the widow of a late shipowner, on whose luxury yacht Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras spent an undeclared family vacation last August, has been…
Bloomberg on Wednesday pointed to a Greek government initiative to persuade institutional creditors to allow a lowering of the target for an annual primary budget surplus – as a percentage…
The first reaction by main opposition New Democracy (ND) party to Tuesday afternoon’s unexpected announcement, by the Greek prime minister himself, of tax breaks and a partial restoration of a…
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras abruptly took to the airwaves on Tuesday afternoon to announce a package of tax breaks, pension hikes and lower VAT rates, flanked by a handful…
The influential head of the Greek Church on Tuesday visited the intensive care unit of an Athens children’s hospital for a briefing on the condition of an eight-year-old girl critically…
By T. Tsiros [email protected]
Fiscal issues will dominate talks in Athens on Tuesday between representatives of Greece’s European creditors and top Greek government ministers and officials, as auditors arrived in…
Convicted urban terrorist Dimitris Koufodinas was transferred to a Volos-area hospital on Monday evening, five days into a hunger strike in demand for the approval of another prison furlough.
The…
By K. Deligiannis [email protected]
A plan to securitize Public Power Corp.’s (PPC) arrears, a process by which Greece’s dominant electricity utility hopes to raise at least 300 million euros, will…
The latest political furor swirling around the beleaguered Tsipras government, with European Parliament elections at the end of the month, emerged early Monday morning, after a well-known local news radio…
A mixed justice-juror appellate court in Athens on Monday reduce the previous life sentences handed down against two local men for the murder of a Pakistani migrant worker in January…
The more than half a billion euros in damages reported by Greece’s dominant electricity utility, ATHEX-listed and state-controlled Public Power Corp. (PPC), continued to cause reverberations across the country’s political…
The hard left Tsipras government on Monday officially submitted a vote of confidence measure in Parliament, following main opposition New Democracy (ND) threatened and ultimately tabled censure motion against controversial…
Greece’s lackluster pro football league suffered yet another depreciation on Monday, following a decision by the relevant deputy sports minister on Monday to hold the cup final on May 11…
Greece’s union of justices and prosecutors on Monday issued a scathing announcement in reaction to a FB post by a user viewed as containing threats against a trio of judicial…
By L. Karageorgos
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Greece is reportedly edging close to the global ‘Top 10’ in terms of international tourism destinations, following a record-breaking arrivals performance for 2018.
Despite the fact…
By L. Karageorgos
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While Greece’s coastal fleet is desperately in need of renewal, several European companies have turned to the continent’s and Asian shipyards for new vessels, especially ones…
By E. Sakellari [email protected]
A further easing of capital controls in Greece was reportedly the object of talks two weeks ago between systemic banks and Bank of Greece officials, according…
By K. Deligiannis & L. Karageorgos
The binding phase of two international tenders by Gastrade for the construction and operation of a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) off…
By T. Tsiros
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A long-awaited omnibus bill that will include the provisions for an installment plan – of up to 120 months under certain circumstances – to cover arrears…
The head of a tiny center-left party whose president bolted from the Kinima Allagis political formation, which is mostly dominated by the once-formidable PASOK party, is the new tourism minister…
A tabled amendment by the transport ministry this week essentially outlaws most multinational ride-sharing and cab-hailing applications in Greece, such as the controversial giant Uber and the Greek-invented passenger-to-driver locator…
By S. Papapetros
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A three-member committee of Greece’s state-affiliated arbitration and mediation organization has issued a decision designating the minimum monthly wage scale for workers in the fast food…
Former health minister Andreas Loverdos has been granted a brief continuance and will testify before a relevant anti-corruption prosecutor on May 30 regarding allegations against him linked with the now…
Greece is among the top 5 destinations for the coming summer season in a survey by the Virtuoso travel site.
The results come from the pre-bookings by the site’s users…
Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura on Friday resigned from the Cabinet in order – as she said in a resignation letter – to focus on the upcoming European Parliament election, where…
