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Small-scale disturbances broke out in central Athens on Thursday afternoon amid a protest on the occasion of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s working visit to the Greek capital. Demonstrators tried to…

Saudi football club Al-Ittihad on Thursday announced the transfer of Serbian forward Aleksandar Prijović from PAOK Thessaloniki, in a deal expected to bring in 10 million euros to the Greek…

Greece is in first place in terms of absorbing funds from the so-called Juncker plan, with total community-private sector funding totaling 5.2 billion euros, and with aggregate benefits reaching 18.2…

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras appeared live on an Athens TV channel’s primetime newscast on Wednesday to shore up support for the provisional Prespa agreement, which aims to resolve the…

Athens’ international airport posted another record in 2018, with passenger traffic exceeding 24.14 million passengers, up by 2.4 million from 2017, an increase of 11 percent. Traffic from overseas flights…

Influential Bank of Greece (BoG) Gov. Yannis Stournaras on Wednesday cited what he called “very positive” reactions over his central bank’s plan to tackle an Olympus-sized “mountain” of “bad debt”…

A majority of Council of State (CoS) justices this week approved extended opening hours for stores on Sunday is constitutional, specifically ruling on a 2017 law that expanded the areas…

Controversial Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos on Wednesday hastily withdrew an amendment regarding off-set benefits included in a lucrative contract with US contractor Lockheed-Martin for the upgrading of Greece’s fleet…

Handelsblatt this week refers to German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s now “lenient” stance, as it said, towards Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, a day before the powerful German leader returns to…

By K. Deligiannis kdel@naftemporiki.gr US giant Tesla has reportedly submitted a detailed plan to the Greek government to boost the use of renewable energy sources and “energy security” on the…

An urban terror gang on Wednesday assumed responsibility for the bombing outside the building housing the Skai broadcaster and Kathimerini media group on Dec. 17, with a relevant statement posted…

Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos on Tuesday cited a seven-billion-euro figure that the Greek state will attempt to drain from the markets in 2019, while exploiting the fact that it…

One fatality was reported on the well-known holiday island of Rhodes early Tuesday morning, reportedly due to carbon monoxide poisoning from a makeshift portable heater (brazier). Another two people were…

Traffic problems and interruptions in mass transit routes were the main problems on Tuesday in the greater Athens area, as the season’s first snowfall – widely expected for at least…

Sources close to ruling SYRIZA party on Monday again maintained that the current Tsipras coalition government has a majority of votes – 151 deputies οut of 300 – in Parliament…

Fears of a harsher than usual cold front blowing through the greater Athens area on Tuesday caused the regional authority for the area to order schools in nearly 30 municipalities…

Two arrests were made on Monday morning in relation to the latest instance of vandalism by members of a notorious local “anarchist collective”, with the side entrance of the US…

By Vassilis Kostoulas vkost@naftemporiki.gr The Greek state’s continued absence from international money markets is having negative effects on liquidity in the thrice bailed-out Eurozone member-state and on economic confidence, with…

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras spent Sunday’s Epiphany (Theophany) religious holiday on the northeast island of Samothrace, where he also attended a traditional outdoors “Blessing of the Waters” Orthodox Church…

Private sector deposits in Greece decreased by 79 million euros in November 2018, a figure that, nevertheless, was still better than a decrease of 346 million euros from the previous…

OPAP’s purchase of a majority stake in rival Stoiximan was made official on Thursday, following the completion of due diligence procedures. According to the ATHEX-listed lottery and sports betting operator,…

The latest inflammatory statements by Alternate Health Minister Pavlos Polakis, one of the more controversial members of the struggling Tsipras coalition government, regarding the Novartis case and judicial investigations in…

Bloomberg this week sees thrice bailed-out Greece facing a difficult year in 2019, saying the recession-battered country must struggle for a viable return to markets for its borrowing, all amid…

A up-until-recently “protected” witness in an ongoing investigation into past practices by Novartis’ Greek subsidiary this week charged that he was pressured to name politicians as recipients of bribes, the…

Police on the Ionian island of Corfu have arrested the father of a 29-year-old woman whose body was discovered buried in a garden outside the former’s semi-rural residence this week.…

Greece’s general counsul to Venezuela was found dead in a Caracas hotel room this week, according to the local daily “El Nacional”. The first reports said the death of 55-year-old…

Another cold front, accompanied by freezing rain and snowfall in much of Greece’s mountainous and semi-mountainous regions, is forecast for this week, beginning on Thursday. Snowfall is expected in parts…

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu continued official Ankara’s saber-rattling into the new year this week, warning that an “accident” could have in the Aegean due to inflammatory statements by the…

The discovery of the remains of ancient Tenea, near the present-day village of Chiliomodi, in southern Corinth prefecture, is one of 2018’s top 15 archaeological finds, according to the Internet…

Two inmates escaped from the greater Athens area’s Korydallos penitentiary overnight on Wednesday. The two fugitives, identified as Albanian nationals and brothers, were serving multiple theft and robbery convictions. The…