The iconic baker of Kos, an island in the eastern Aegean, Dionysis Arvanitakis, who became known throughout Europe for his daily and constant assistance to the hundreds of third country…
Decades-old efforts to revise a controversial article in the Greek constitution essentially preventing the establishment and operation of non-state universities in the eastern Mediterranean country again fell short this week,…
Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos on Friday met with the CEOs of Greece’s four systemic banks, as well as the Hellenic Bank Association (HBA) president, a day after an agreement…
A mini reshuffle was announced on Friday in Athens by the Tsipras government’s spokesman, with up-until-now Alternate FM Giorgos Katrougalos promoted as the top minister of foreign affairs.
The development…
Main opposition New Democracy (ND) leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis emphasized growth, the creation of new job spots and protection of European borders as the most significant issues facing Greece and the…
The first political reactions over last evening’s announcement of an agreement between the Tsipras government and Greece’s systemic banks, aimed to establish a new legal framework protecting primary residences from…
Greece’s digital policy, telecoms and information minister, Nikos Pappas, among Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ closest associates, is set to become the first Greek cabinet member to visit the recently renamed…
A wide majority of Parliament MPs on Thursday approved of a finance ministry draft bill extending the concession for the Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport of Athens.
Deputies from ruling SYRIZA…
An agreement was announced on Thursday evening between the Greek government and the four systemic banks in the country over a new legal framework to protect primary residences from creditors.…
The government’s proposal to revise a constitutional article (paragraph 1 of Article III) referring to religious neutrality received a bare majority during an initial Parliament vote on Thursday evening, meaning…
A total of 56 flu-related, most linked to the H1N1 strain, have been reported in Greece so far this season by the country’s disease prevention center (KEELPNO).
According to a…
A messy “political divorce” between the up-until-recently coalition partners in Greece continued to generate headlines in the country, with former defense minister Panos Kammenos – the head of the smaller…
Main opposition New Democracy (ND) leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis will arrive in Germany on Thursday to attend the Munich Security Conference 2019 in the Bavarian city, where he’ll give a brief…
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Results of a Supervisory Review and Evaluation Process (SREP), sent to Greece’s systemic banks last week by the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM), cited the level of…
By S. Papapetrou
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At least three circulars are expected to be issued by the relevant labor and social insurances ministry next week in order to cut social security contributions…
A two-stage process for constitutional revision served as the latest political “battleground” between the Tsipras government and the opposition this week, especially with main opposition New Democracy (ND), with all…
Handelsblatt on Wednesday referred to delays in implementing already agreed-to reforms in Greece by the poll-trailing Tsipras government, as well as what it calls pressure exerted on the Greek prime…
Michalis Sakellis was re-elected this week as the president of the Greek Shipowners Association For Passenger Ships (SEEN), following a general assembly last week held to elect a new board…
New Greek Defense Minister Evangelos Apostolakis was meeting with his Turkish counterpart Hulusi Akar at roughly noon (local time) in Brussels, on the sidelines of a NATO ministerial summit in…
A former education minister and Greece’s one-time EU Commissioner, Anna Diamantopoulou, on Wednesday added her voice to political criticism in the country over the leftist Tsipras government opposition to any…
By V. Vegiri
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Greece’s economy and development ministry, according to sources that spoke to “N”, is expected to unveil its position over the future of the state-run, and debt-laden,…
The government in Skopje is reportedly ready to send an official letter to the UN, its member-states and international organizations, of which it is a member, announcing the change of…
The government on Tuesday presented a 10-page plan to implement a recent draft agreement between the state and the Church of Greece, ostensibly aimed at distancing the two side, especially…
Alpha Bank on Tuesday announces that Schroders, following a relevant notification this week, now holds indirectly voting rights that correspond to an equal amount of common, registered, voting, dematerialised shares…
Main opposition New Democracy (ND) leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Tuesday reiterated his personal and his center-right party’s position an overhaul of Article 16 of Greece’s constitution, speaking on the day…
Reducing NPLs held by Greece’s systemic banks, accelerating privatizations and fully covering the state’s arrears to the private sector – all standing demands by institutional creditors during the memorandum era…
The Tsipras government and Greece’s four systemic banks have reportedly reached at least one major compromise on the pressing issue of renewing legal protection of primary residences from creditors, with…
Russia’s ambassador to Athens this week referred to Greek interest, as he said, in a possible extension of the Turkish Stream natgas pipeline to the country.
Ambassador Andrey Maslov was…
The head of Greece’s state-run Public Power Corp. (PPC), the dominant electricity provider in the country, on Monday did not rule out rate hikes.
PPC president and CEO Manolis Panagiotakis…
A government spokesman in Athens on Monday attempted to downplay resurgent speculation and concerns over “bad debt” burdening Greece’s systemic banks, held mainly in the form of non-performing loans (NPLs),…
