Bank of Greece (BoG) Gov. Yannis Stournaras stayed “on message” on Friday, saying the country’s economic recovery depends on continued – and agreed to – reforms, privatizations, a significant reduction…
A total of six consortia and companies, one more than the last international tender, expressed an interest for the purchase of two Public Power Corp. (PPC) lignite-fired power stations, Meliti…
Greece’s privatization agency, the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF), on Friday unsealed binding offers for the Alimos marina in coastal southeast Athens.
The three binding offers on the table…
Athens immediately responded on Friday to inflammatory statements a day earlier by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who, among others, said “we (Turkish military) scramble aircraft in the Aegean, as…
European creditors, especially the European Central Bank (ECB), have reportedly tabled four main objections to the proposed framework presented by the Greek government for protection of primary residences in the…
Bolivian President Evo Morales began a two-day official visit to Athens on Thursday, one of his rare exits from the land-locked South American country.
Morales addressed a crowd composed mostly…
Entrance fees at 24 archaeological sites, museums and monuments around the country will be increased in 2020, while the relevant culture ministry also announced the abolition of the 1- and…
Greece’s association of industrialists has addressed a letter to the relevant finance minister requesting the urgent composition and signing of a double tax avoidance agreement with the neighboring Republic of…
A bundle of proposals for constitutional revision, tabled by the leftist Tsipras government, passed with a simple majority of deputies in Parliament on Thursday, meaning that in order to make…
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An integrated casino resort (IRC) at the Helleniko site – one of the biggest real estate development projects in Europe – will cover 634,000 square meters,…
European Stability Mechanism (ESM) Managing Director Klaus Regling told Greek media on Wednesday that Athens is committed to posting a primary budget surplus of 3.5 percent (of annual GDP) until…
The IMF’s country report on Greece this week confirms that the Tsipras government intends to pay off as much as 60 percent of its debts to the Fund before maturity…
Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos was revealing on Wednesday in regards to the first six months of the Tsipras government in 2015, a period punctuated towards its end by failed…
Main opposition New Democracy (ND) leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis referred to the coming European Parliament elections in May as entailing elements of a “referendum” in Greece, given that his main political…
Attica Bank President Panagiotis Roumeliotis tendered his resignation on Wednesday afternoon, in a widely expected move, given that a board of directors meeting is scheduled for Thursday morning to accept…
Attica Group issued an immediate statement on Wednesday stressing that agreements referring to issued shares and developments related to shareholders are accompanied by announcements to the public, following a query…
Most private sector wage-earners in Greece are not satisfied with their current employment, results of a study by the research institution of the General Confederation of Greek Workers in cooperation…
Greece’s Civil Aviation Authority on Wednesday followed other European regulators in applying mandating a bank on flights by Boeing 737-8 MAX and 737-9 MAX aircraft in Greece’s airspace. The CAA…
Cycling is increasingly becoming a popular way to see downtown Athens and all of its many sights and monuments. Exploring the Greek capital on two wheels now allows a visitor…
Greece has been declared as the best cruise destination (Port or Country) in the world for 2019, picking up the distinction at the annual Wave Awards in London.
Also, for…
This week’s political furor in Greece erupted over proposed changes in the penal code being promoted by the leftist Tsipras government, among others, downgrading the manufacturing and possession of firebombs…
The Tsipras government on Tuesday continued to emphasize its clash with “big pharma”, this time announced that a rebate of up to 241 million euros was not collected from pharmaceutical…
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The gradual “reopening” of eastern Mediterranean tourism destinations is apparently improving prospects for the Greek cruise sector for the coming season, as 2019 is projected to…
New Greek Defense Minister Evangelos Apostolakis on Tuesday received Israel’s ambassador to Greece, Irit Ben-Abba, at his ministry office in Athens.
Discussions focused on issues of mutual interest, according to…
Greece is listed in the unenviable top spot of Eurostat’s fertility index, with the EU executive’s statistics authorities releasing the latest figures (2017) on Tuesday.
Specifically, Greece is last with…
The IMF repeated its “less taxes, more reforms” mantra for Greece, in releasing its “country report” on Tuesday, the Fund’s first post-bailout scrutiny of the country amid the current “enhanced…
One of the stranger post-Prespa agreement “aftershocks” played out in Athens over the weekend, following press reports that Greece’s culture minister proposed sending a well-known glass sculpture to Skopje, the…
A decision to allow the installation of a cremator within the boundaries of the municipality of Athens was signed by the relevant environment minister on Tuesday, another legal move edging…
Clean Monday, a religious holiday in Greece marking the commencement of Great Lent ahead of Christian Orthodox Easter, was celebrated through the country with traditional kite-flying and dinners comprised mostly…
Main opposition New Democracy (ND) party leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis stuck to his pro-reform and pro-market message during an interview with CNN on Monday, as he continued a visit to the…
