EU Commission first VP Frans Timmermans, the Party of European Socialists’ (PES) candidate for Commission, spoke in Athens on Sunday at a closely watched conference by the Kinima Allagis party,…
A 31-year-old Bulgarian national was arrested at the extreme northwest port of Igoumenitsa over the weekend after Greek authorities discovered nearly 370,000 psycho-stimulant pills hidden in a large gas tank…
A moderate earthquake was felt in the greater Athens area at 12.46 p.m. (10.46 GMT), with the quake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale.
The epicenter was west of Athens,…
Main opposition New Democracy (ND) president travelled to the northern city of Thessaloniki on Friday, kicking off a tour of northern Greece, where he promised local producers more protection for…
Alpha Bank reported after-tax profits of 53 million euros in 2018, up from 21.1 million in 2017. Just as importantly, the Athens-based systemic lender said its goal is to reduce…
Scores of current and retired bank executives in Greece, as well as former party treasurers for main opposition New Democracy and PASOK parties, face various felony and misdemeanor charges, after…
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Friday referred to a “model of cooperation” for the wider SE Europe region in referring to the recently implemented Prespa agreement, in statements in…
A draft bill reinstituting a legal framework for the protection of primary residences in Greece – from creditors – was passed by a wide margin in Parliament on Friday afternoon,…
Main opposition New Democracy (ND) party leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Friday continued to play up the notion that the upcoming May 26 European Parliament elections in the country serve as…
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The renowned Four Seasons brand officially debuts in Greece this week with the Four Seasons Astir Palace Hotel Athens at Vouliagmeni promontory in coastal southeast Athens,…
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The business community in northern Greece appeared divided this week over an upcoming visit to neighboring and recently renamed North Macedonia by Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras,…
National Bank group reported after-tax profits of 50 million euros in 2018, after posting 158 million euros in losses in 2017.
Operational profits reached 71 million euros in Greece, from…
Two out of three companies and other legal entities in Greece declared no profits to the tax bureau for 2017, statistics released recently by the Independent Public Assets Authority revealed.…
A light earthquake measuring 3.9 on the Richter scale shook southwest Greece, and was particularly felt in the greater Patras region.
The quake was recorded at 11.15 a.m. (09.15 GMT),…
An Athens first instance court on Wednesday rejected a motion by the Halyvourgiki company, which owns and operated Greece’s biggest and oldest steel mill, to overturn an injunction against it…
The Titan cement group on Wednesday released 2018 results showing 119 million euros in new investments, including an increase in its share in the Turkish consortium Adocim, leaving the former…
Greek Defense Minister Evangelos Apostolakis on Wednesday referred to “concerns” over the prospect of an “incident” in the Aegean involving the militaries of Greece and Turkey.
Speaking from New York…
Greece’s Council of State (CoS), the country’s highest administrative court, this week shot down a ministerial decision, dating to 2011, which essentially watered down a strict anti-smoking law that even…
Main opposition New Democracy (ND) party fields a 6.9-percentage point lead over ruling SYRIZA in the latest opinion poll released on Wednesday evening. The results were shown on the Athens-based…
The ATHEX-listed Greek Organisation of Football Prognostics’ S.A. (OPAP) board on Wednesday proposed a dividend of 0.70-euros per share, with the proposal to be forwarded to a general assembly of…
A top government minister on Wednesday, during debate at a relevant Parliament committee, expressed qualified support towards legislating a law to benefit responsible borrowers, especially those paying off mortgages in…
Air Canada will expand its presence in Athens this coming summer with the addition of two weekly flights linking the Greek capital to Toronto and two weekly flights to Montreal,…
Greek Deputy PM and Economy Minister Yannis Dragasakis referred to this week’s draft amendment unveiling a successor law for a recently expired legal framework to protect primary residences as the…
Debt-plagued Hellenic Sugar Industry S.A. is expected to file for bankruptcy protection (Article 106B and 106d) by Friday, as part of a major restructuring plan proposed by its primary creditor,…
Members of the Hellenic Bank Association’s (HBA) board of directors on Tuesday unanimously elected George Handjinicolaou, the president of Athens-based Piraeus Bank, as its new president.
New vice-presidents for HBA,…
Greece’s foreign ministry on Tuesday presented Turkey’s ambassador to the country with a demarche protesting the harassment of a helicopter carrying Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to an eastern Aegean…
The Tsipras government on Tuesday evening finally tabled a draft bill containing the legal framework for protection of primary residences (from creditors) in the country, a post-bailout “prior action” whose…
ABB will supply a comprehensive power and propulsion package for China’s first domestically built cruise ship, in a landmark deal with Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding (SWS).
The Azipod steerable propulsion systems,…
A daily ferry boat route connecting the small port of Lavrio, in the extreme southeast Athens area, with the western Turkish port of Cesme will begin on June 2.
The…
Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos immediately extinguished speculation of yet another “holiday benefit” being doled out by the poll-trailing Tsipras government, speaking hours after a deputy minister referred to an…
