A total of 91 flu-related deaths have been reported in Greece this season, as of Thursday. The most fatal flu strain is Η1Ν1.
According to Greece’s disease control center (KEELP.NO),…
The Cypriot government on Thursday announced what it called a major natural gas deposit in a sea region southwest of the east Mediterranean island republic, with the country’s relevant minister…
The fact that Greece is both a European Union and NATO member-state does not impede efforts to boost bilateral relations, main opposition New Democracy (ND) president Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on…
EU Commission Pierre Moscovici used a “success story” narrative following his meeting on Thursday with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, as his visit here comes a day after a second…
The Tsipras government and representatives of the country’s shipping industry on Wednesday renewed an arbitration agreement envisioning the payment of at least 75 million euros, annually, into Greek state coffers.
The agreement…
US Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew Palmer, in Athens on Wednesday, told reporters that application of the recently ratified Prespa agreement – normalizing relations between Greece and the newly christened Republic…
Wednesday’s “warning bell” by the EU Commission apparently proved to be the fillip for the Greek government and the country’s four systemic banks to come to an agreement over a…
Members of a judicial council in the central city of Volos have unanimously rejected a request by convicted arch-terrorist Dimitris Koufodinas to receive a prison furlough. Koufodinas, serving 11 life…
The EU Commission’s report on Greece, the second in the post-bailout period, included the ubiquitous recommendation towards Athens to accelerate already agreed reforms, while also containing concerns over recent moves…
By E. Sakellari [email protected]
A new meeting was convened on Wednesday at the Maximos Mansion government house between top ministers and the heads of Greece’s four systemic banks to finalize…
By Vassilis Kostoulas [email protected]
The World Bank’s top executive in Europe this week cautioned that Greece must not slacken efforts to implement reforms in the crisis-battered country, especially structural changes.…
Main opposition New Democracy (ND) leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Tuesday reiterated his pledge to abolish a controversial legal framework for social security contributions paid by the country’s self-employed professionals and…
Main opposition New Democracy (ND) party’s lead over ruling SYRIZA in the most recent opinion poll unveiled this week reaches 6.5 percentage points, a lower gap than the one recorded…
Bank of Greece (BoG) Gov. Yannis Stournaras on Tuesday reportedly provided testimony to an Athens prosecutor days after controversial Alternate Health Minister Pavlos Polakis personally contacted the central banker on…
The Greek state’s primary budget surplus for January 2019 reached 729 million euros (on a modified cash basis), significantly exceeding a target of 103 million euros. The same figure for…
Handelsblatt on Tuesday cited what it called a plan by the Greek government to float a new 10-year bond, with the German financial daily saying that whatever yields arise will…
The body of a missing 61-year-old stockbreeder in western Crete was discovered along creek’s banks on Tuesday.
The victim went missing a day earlier, with authorities saying his truck was…
By L. Karageorgos [email protected]
The first month of 2019 was disappointing for the hotel sector in the Greek capital and the greater Athens area, as all relevant indexes moved “south”…
By L. Karageorgos [email protected]
Greek shipowners and shipping companies continue to lead the way in terms of major capital investment in LNG carriers, even as daily rates have recently dropped…
The Bank of Greece’s (BoG) contribution to the Greek state’s coffers reached 644.3 million euros for 2018, the figure translating into the dividend owed by the central bank to the…
The first – official – reaction to a BBC article on Sunday entitled “Greece’s invisible minority – the Macedonian Slavs” came via a lengthy letter sent to the British media…
Torrential rains have battered western Crete over the past two days, with two bridges in rural areas collapsing from floodwaters and at least one man, a 61-year-old stockbreeder, missing in…
By E. Sakellari [email protected]
Representatives of Greece’s European creditors and the IMF — the “quartet” — are expected to receive the entire draft text of a proposed new legal framework…
Former prime minister and PASOK party leader George Papandreou on Monday dismissed rampant press reports of late claiming a “political flirtation” with ruling SYRIZA.
Speaking on a morning current affairs…
By S. Papapetros
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Greek Deputy Labor Minister Anastasios Petropoulos detailed the government’s proposal – in an interview with “N”, published on Monday – for a 120-month installment plan to…
Olivia Colman won the Oscar for best actress at Sunday’s 91st Academy Awards in Los Angeles, the only one of the 10 nominations associated with Greek director Giorgos Lanthimos’ “The…
By E. Sakellari
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Guarantees worth five billion euros may be sufficient to slice off up to 15 billion euros of “bad debt” burdening the balance sheets of Greece’s four…
One of the first “ripples” in Greece in the post-Prespa agreement period came on Sunday, with a BBC report headlined “Greece’s invisible minority – the Macedonian Slavs” raising heckles by…
An urgent circular was issued by Alternate Finance Minister Giorgos Chouliarakis on Friday requested economic forecasts by all ministries in order to compile a revised Medium-Term Fiscal Strategy Framework.
The…
The Temes group on Friday announced that it was acquiring a controlling interest in the company that owns the iconic Athens Hilton, after increasing its stake.
The agreement foresees that…
