Τhe head of the small right-wing party that continues to prop up the mostly leftist Tsipras government, Panos Kammenos, reiterated on Sunday that he’ll remain in the shaky coalition government…
The Canadian embassy in Athens was the latest diplomatic mission in the country vandalized by members of a notorious anarchist collective that has more-or-less operated with impunity over the past…
A cordial handover ceremony took place at the Greek foreign ministry in Athens on Saturday morning, as resigned minister Nikos Kotzias greeted his successor, none other than Prime Minister Alexis…
Greece has avoided a letter by the EU Commission requesting clarifications over its draft 2019, whereas Italy, France, Spain, Slovenia, Portugal and Belgium received such an inquiry.The relevant requests were…
The annual AMVER awards ceremony will be held on Monday at a central Athens hotel, with well-known ship-owner Capt. Panagiotis Tsakos among the honourees.
Tsakos will be honored for his efforts to…
Piraeus Bank this week announced a financing agreement worth 40 million euros with Thomas Cook Hotel Investments, a consortium comprised of Thomas Cook plc and LMEY Investments.
The Greek lender…
An Athens first instance prosecutor on Friday ordered a preliminary investigation into press leaks describing how “discretionary funds” are allocated by Greece’s foreign ministry.
The order came after the publication…
The US embassy in Athens on Friday negatively reacted to this week’s petition a notorious urban terrorist to be freed from a Greek prison due to serious health reasons, a…
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras again dismissed any possibility of declaring snap elections, speaking in Brussels on Friday, as his leftist-rightist government struggles this week to deal with the abrupt…
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Friday, speaking from the sidelines of an EU summit in Brussels, said he won’t publicize a lengthy resignation letter by his recently resigned foreign…
The European Commission has requested more information from Athens regarding the recently tabled 2019 draft budget, with a relevant request reaching the Greek finance ministry on Friday.
The Commission wants…
Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Yannis Dragasakis met with Titan cement group’s CEO Dimitris Papalexopoulos on Friday, hours after the large Greece-based industrial concern said it was moving its…
The leftist-rightist Greek government again went into “damage control mode” late this week after Nikos Kotzias’ high-profile resignation as Greece’s foreign minister, with a top minister and associate of Prime…
By E. Sakellari [email protected]
Greek banks and Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) have reportedly agreed over new targets to lower “bad debt” held by the former, with initial reports pointing to…
By T. Igoumenidi [email protected]
An abrupt announcement on Thursday evening by Titan S.A., one of the biggest cement producers in SE Europe and an industrial mainstay in Greece for decades,…
The latest NOME-type auction this week – the last for 2018 – witnessed a record-breaking price for blocks of future electricity production, topping off at 54.74 euros per MWh/h.
The…
Greece-based Titan Cement Co. S.A. on Thursday announced a voluntary tender offer, submitted by Titan Cement International S.A., for the exchange of all the ordinary shares and preference shares issued…
By E. Sakellari [email protected]
Negotiations between National Bank of Greece (NBG) and Shanghai-based Gongbao to sell-off NBG’s insurance subsidiary – Ethniki Hellenic General Insurance S.A. – ended unceremoniously this week…
Main opposition New Democracy (ND) party continues to field a double-digit percentage point lead over ruling SYRIZA in the latest – almost monthly – opinion poll by the Pulse firm,…
MSC Cruises and Fincantieri on Thursday announced the signing of a memorandum of agreement (MOA) for the construction of four ultra-luxury cruise ships, in a deal worth two billion euros.…
Greek Alternate Finance Minister Giorgos Chouliarakis on Thursday denied that his government’s closely scrutinized 2019 draft budget includes “two alternate scenarios”, ostensibly to allow it to choose which it will…
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras spoke with his counterpart from the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (fYRoM), Zoran Zaev, on Wednesday, a few hours after the former’s foreign minister, Nikos…
A US State Department official on Wednesday replied to a question by Greece’s state-run news agency regarding the same-day resignation of Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias, expressing Washington’s appreciation for…
A light earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale was recorded overnight (23.03 GMT) and pinpointed in a sea region 55 kilometers south, southwest of the Ionian island of Zakynthos…
One of Greece’s most notorious urban terrorists, Savvas Xiros, has filed a request for parole, citing serious health reasons.
Xiros is serving five life sentences for is participation in the…
Greek lender Piraeus Bank this week announced that it will finance a 200-million project in the Thriassio industrial district, west of Athens proper, to build a massive logistics hub connected…
Greece-based Energean, and oil and gas provider, will pursue a secondary listing on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, with the process expected to be completed by Oct. 29, the company…
Greece’s occupies an unremarkable 57th place – out of 140 countries surveyed – on the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Index, scoring 62.1, and with its worst scores in the…
In a brief televised statement outside his office on Wednesday afternoon, Greek PM Alexis Tsipras first thanked resigned foreign minister Nikos Kotzias and then reiterated that his decision to assume…
Greek FM Nikis Kotzias tendered his resignation to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras early Wednesday afternoon, with the leftist prime minister to assume the sensitive portfolio.
The sudden development comes after…
