By N. Bellos and T. Tsiros
A European Commission report this week on the course of member-states’ economic performance is deemed as crucial in gauging the “fiscal space” that…
Greece is one of eight countries that Washington will exempt from oil sanctions it slapped this week on Iran, with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said, in making the…
An attorney representing the family of a 35-year-old ethnic Greek man killed in a shootout with Albanian police last week on Monday told an Athens television station that the victim’s…
Greece’s first locally owned and managed hydroelectric unit was inaugurated on Monday in the Velventos district in northwestern Kozani prefecture.
The 1.9MW-unit is operated by a local Organization of Land…
A supreme court prosecutor has ordered a preliminary investigation stemming from a “fictitious defendants” lawsuit filed by former foreign minister Nikos Kotzias last week, over what the latter alleges is…
The regional governor of central Greece (Sterea Ellada), Costas Bakoyannis, on Monday officially announced his candidacy for the city of Athens, a development that was more-or-less expected over the recent…
By Vassilis Kostoulas [email protected]
Greece’s creditors seem not particularly concerned over the prospect of the Tsipras government suspending a pre-legislated social security reduction that’s set for implementation on Jan. 1,…
A majority of members on a Parliamentary committee of inquiry, as expected, on Monday attributed “political responsibility” to previous health ministers’ handling of the case involving the bankrupt Henry Dunant…
The president of Greece’s land registry, officially called the National Cadastre & Mapping Agency S.A., this week said system now includes nearly 30 percent of property rights in the east…
A relevant deputy social insurances minister on Monday alluded to reasons of “public interest” in precluding the retroactive return of previously cut pension benefits to all affected beneficiaries in Greece.…
Twenty-one aviation companies, with a total of 485 aircraft, are based and operate in Greece, according to figures released by the country’s Civil Aviation Authority last week. Most of the…
The Hellenic Union of Industrial Consumers of Energy (UNICEN), which represents Greece’s power-intensive companies on energy-related issues and regulatory matters, has sharply condemned a recent initiative by the state-run Public…
Extension of an out-of-court settlement framework for arrears owed by businesses, by six months or even a year, is considered a highly likely prospect, according to well-informed sources that spoke…
Main opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Sunday promised a major renewal of his center-right New Democracy (ND) party’s candidate lists for next year’s general election, which cannot be held later…
The latest “tough talk” emanating from neighboring Turkey came from none other than powerful Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday, during a military ceremony take possession of two new…
A total of 89 third country nationals attempting to land on Greek territory were located in two instances off the eastern Aegean island of Samos on Friday and subsequently transferred…
Major LNG operator GasLog’s revenue 158.4 million USD in the third quarter of 2018, up from 131.2 million USD in the same quarter of 2017, while profits reached 39.3 million…
By A. Tsimplakis
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UK-based credit fund Chenavari is apparently ready to enter the Greek market, amid its ongoing negotiations to acquire a majority stake in Aegean Baltic Bank, which…
Bank of Greece (BoG) Gov. Yannis Stournaras on Friday said after three successive recapitalizations Greece’s four systemic banks now enjoy amongst the highest capitalization rates in the Eurozone, as well…
Two public health system physicians and the former vice-president and general director of Novartis’ subsidiary in Greece, Costas Frouzis, were acquitted of bribery charges – passive and active, respectively –…
The European Union is ready to begin the pilot use of AI-assisted lie detectors at its external borders, part of a plan to combat organized crime and terrorism, the Telegraph…
Handelsblatt on Friday recalled a now infamous boast by then firebrand opposition leader Alexis Tsipras in 2014, namely, that “we’ll beat the tabor (snare drum) and the markets will dance”,…
Jailed former finance and economy minister Yannos Papantoniou, one of the most influential Cabinet members in the Simitis governments between 1996 and 2004, on Friday said he and his spouse…
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Friday referred to “close cooperation” between Greece and Israel and the strategic significance of the Balkans, during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin…
By G. Kampourakis [email protected]
The political thermometer in post-bailout Greece dramatically heated up this week following leaks, mostly in pro-government media, that a majority of Parliament MPs – all backing…
Some 10 members of a self-styled anarchist “collective” on Friday continued their string of recent “interventions” at diplomatic missions in the Greek capital, with a raid against the Argentine embassy…
An Athens-Skopje air link was resumed on Thursday, with an Olympic Air passenger jet taking off from the Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport for the capital of the former Yugoslav Republic…
The Athens-based company now at the center of scrutiny over alleged Chinese capital control violations linked with residency visa-granting property purchases in Greece on Thursday decried what it called inaccurate…
The European Bank of Reconstruction & Development on Thursday again forecast GDP growth for Greece at 2.2 percent this year, rising to 2.3 percent in 2019, retaining the same forecasts…
By T. Igoumenidi
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A very high-profile case involving alleged capital control violations in far-off China linked with property purchases in Greece, combining the export of capital via POS transactions…
