By K. Deligiannis
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Greece-based Copelouzos group this week announced a new energy investment in the extreme northeast port of Alexandroupolis of between 300 and 350 million euros, and specifically…
By V. Vegiri
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The process to grant concessions at the northern Greece ports of Kavala and Alexandroupolis will begin next month, according to the head of Greece’s privatization agency,…
Reports of Athens’ interest in acquiring US-made F-35s warplanes – although not officially stated – swirled in the Greek capital this week, with defense sources merely saying Greece’s armed forces…
Greek bonds and shares on the Athens Stock Exchange (ATHEX) are again piquing international investors’ interests, according to Bloomberg, commenting on the latest reduction – due to increased demand –…
A multi-year investigation by successive anti-corruption prosecutors into alleged kickbacks by Novartis’ Greek subsidiary to top politicians in the country is apparently proving more of a “tempest in a teapot”…
One positive trend for the coming tourism season in Greece came via Germany over the recent period, with the Cologne-based market analysis firm ΤrevoTrend pointing to an increase of 20…
By L. Karageorgos [email protected]
The increasingly global “footprint” of the Costa Navarino resort in extreme southeast Greece, now considered as the best-known large-scale resort in the country, is boosting the…
The third oil deposit exploited in Greek territory commenced production on April 1, and specifically at the Epsilon deposit in the Gulf of Kavala, off northern Greece, according to an…
Greece’s relevant migration policy minister on Monday pointed to international migrant smuggling rings operating outside a Thessaloniki-area “hotspot” as behind last week’s rumors that the Greek border with North Macedonia…
By T. Tsiros [email protected]
The issue of whether or not an already pre-legislated measure to lower the annual tax-free income threshold will be implemented on Jan. 1, 2020 will be…
The Council of State (CoS), Greece’s highest administrative court, this week ruled that a 2016 law excluding settlements of illegally built structures – mostly residences – from being included in…
Greece’s finance ministry on Friday issued a forecast pinpointing the primary budget surplus for last year, 2018, at 3.9 percent of GDP, whereas hours after an ESM “nod”, the ministry…
The US is examining the prospect of selling the Lockheed Martin’s 5th generation F-35 to Greece, a top Pentagon official told members of a US Congressional committee on Thursday, a…
The directorial debut of Steve Krikris will be on the screens in Athens this week with the debut of “The Waiter”.
The “new noir” film is set in the “darker…
The Eurogroup on Friday added a few “sticks” to the “carrots” provided to Athens with the release of 970 million euros, as part of a 2017 debt relief package, reiterating…
A claim issued by a pro-refugee Facebook page and subsequent Internet reproductions that Greece was “opening its borders” with North Macedonia to allow third country nationals to exit without travel…
The European Stability Mechanism (ESM) is positive to the prospect of thrice bailed-out Greece paying off loans extended to the country by the IMF, the emergency fund’s managing director, Klaus…
By S. Papapetros [email protected]
Some 1.5 million self-employed professionals in Greece – out of a total population of some 11 million in the country – must fork over four…
The latest high-profile incident in Athens’ Exarchia district, considered the Greek capital’s “hub” for anti-state activists and groupings, came on Thursday evening, when eight coast guard officers and a prosecutor…
The Maritime Economic Forum, an initiative by local NGOs and Thessaloniki residents, will host its inaugural conference in the northern Greece city on Friday, on the issue of “Shipping Economy…
Tension erupted on Thursday afternoon outside a one-time military camp now used as a migrant shelter, as some 500 asylum-seekers and other third country nationals, including families, set up tents…
Greece’s finance ministry on Thursday reported an increase, in February, of arrears by the state owed to the private sector.
According to figures for the general government released by the…
Seven fighter planes from four allied air forces – Greece, the United States, Israel and Italy – flew through a sunny Athenian sky on Thursday afternoon, part of the annual…
The first OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopters sold by the United States to Greece will arrive in the country within a few days.
According the Hellenic Army general staff office, the helicopters…
By K. Deligiannis [email protected]
The failure to attract even one binding offer for a majority stake and the management of Hellenic Petroleum (HEL.PE S.A), the biggest petrochemical concern in Greece…
By S. Papapetros [email protected]
The biggest trade union body (GSEE) in Greece is again faced with the prospect of canceling its 37th general assembly, after unprecedented clashes at a Rhodes…
Greece-based Mytilineos this week announced that it has signed a contract with Janvo Podjet Energetika Ljubljan, in Slovenia, worth 118 million euros for the study, procurement and construction of a…
By A. Tsimplakis [email protected]
The Cosco-managed Piraeus Port Authority (PPA) is now reportedly falling back on three options to react against the latest – and very prominent – obstacle placed…
A Council of State (CoS) ruling this week has declared the current operation of video lottery terminals (VLTs) by the ATHEX-listed Greek Organisation of Football Prognostics S.A. as illegal, pending…
By I. Zafolia & A. Tsimplakis
The Hellenic Capital Market Commission (HCMC) is reportedly ready to finalize a review of Attica Group’s investor bulletin for a corporate bond worth 150…
