The European Investment Bank (EIB) on Thursday announced a 10-year loan worth 11 million euros with Veridos Matsoukis for the printing of secure ID documents for the Greek state.
According to…
The Tsipras government this week pointed to another 9,000 public sector hirings for 2019, continuing a string of recent spending initiatives ahead of three elections during the year.
On Thursday,…
IHS Markit forecasts sluggish growth rates for the Greek economy over the medium term, adding that projected growth is not enough to reduce the public debt.
The London-based global…
Greece’s independent public revenues authorities this week announced that a stamp duty is due on contracts between property managers and owners when the property is set for short-term leasing via…
Two thirds of a Greek five-year bond floated on Tuesday has ended up with fund managers, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, with hedge funds ending up with 11 percent.
The international…
The recently ratified Prespa agreement continued to generate political clashes this week, with the latest outbreak coming after a videotaped conversation between Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras with French President…
By Τhanos Tsiros [email protected]
Effects of a unilateral government decision this week to raise the minimum monthly wage scale in Greece now ranks as among the major “wagers” in the country’s…
By G. Fokianos [email protected]
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is expected in Istanbul on Feb. 5 for an official visit to Turkey, according to diplomatic sources in Athens on Tuesday.…
The Greek state will reportedly drain roughly 2.5 billion euros from a five-year bond it floated on Tuesday, with the yield hovering at 3.6 percent.
Demand was reported as very…
Reverberations from the ongoing political and economic turmoil in far-off Venezuela reached Greece this week, after the former’s National Assembly President and self-declared interim president, Juan Guaidó, pointed to what…
The first reactions from Monday’s unilateral increase of private sector minimum monthly wage scales – made by Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras himself during a televised Cabinet meeting – came…
The Greek state has “opened books” for a closely scrutinized new five-year bond, Reuters reported on Tuesday afternoon, citing an unnamed source. The news agency reminded that it was Greece’s…
The figure of 650 euros per month (gross pay) was the “bonus” announced by Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras himself on Monday, making the more-or-less expected announcement made during a…
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is expected to take to the airwaves early Monday afternoon, during a nationally televised Cabinet meeting by the state broadcaster, to announce increases in the…
The Greek state on Monday, as widely expected, announced a five-year bond issue – maturing in April 2024, according to an announced by the Public Debt Management Agency.
In a…
With the Greek state’s latest foray into money markets for its post-bailout borrowing needs, a decision by the finance ministry was published on Monday ordering all state entities to transfer…
Lt.-Gen. Christos Christodoulou has been promoted as the new chief of the Hellenic armed forces general staff, following a decision by the relevant government council for foreign affairs and defense…
A monument commemorating the Jewish cemetery that once stood on the grounds of the current Aristotle University of Thessaloniki was again vandalized on Friday, with vandals tearing off and breaking…
The IMF forecasts increased growth and employment in Greece for 2019, although the Fund calls for a greater reduction in taxes and stepped up efforts to deal with banks’ “bad…
A majority of deputies in the 300-MP Greek Parliament on Friday ratified the landmark Prespa agreement, which aims to resolve the nearly three-decade dispute over the neighboring former Yugoslav Republic…
Greece’s Public Debt Management Agency on Friday said the Greek state will auction 26-week T-Bills totaling 625 million euros on Jan. 30, 2019, in book entry form, and with maturity…
By S. Papapetros [email protected]
A long-awaited measure to allow 120 installments for paying off arrears to Greece’s social security funds, a particularly acute problem for the country’s self-employed professionals, will…
A large majority of respondents, 62 percent, consider the Prespa agreement as “negative” for Greece, according to results of an opinion poll unveiled on Thursday, as debate continued in Parliament…
Israel-based Fattal Hotel company, widely known with its Leonardo brand name, has reportedly secured the long-term lease of the one-time Esperia Palace property in central Athens, with the contract worth…
Α crucial vote for ratification of the Prespa agreement has been bumped to Friday at 2:30 p.m. local time, with debate on Thursday to expected to end after midnight, due…
An earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale was recorded at 4:30 p.m. (14.30 GMT) east, southeast of the Dodecanese island of Rhodes, according to a geological institute in Athens.…
A delegation of ruling SYRIZA met in Athens on Thursday with the Venezuelan embassy’s chargé d’affaires in Greece, with the leftist party’s secretary, former minister Panos Skourletis, with the latter…
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Institutional creditors’ top auditors and Greek finance ministry officials continued talks in Athens this week over a successor framework for legal protection of primary residences from creditor…
Twenty-year-old Stefanos Tsitsipas “Cinderella” appearances at the Australian Open came to an abrupt end on Thursday with his decisive defeat in the semi-finals by tennis heavyweight Rafael Nadal in straight…
Former Greek prime minister Costas Karamanlis (2004-2009) on Thursday removed any doubts over his stance regarding the contentious Prespa agreement, which comes up for ratification in Greece’s Parliament later in…
