Main opposition New Democracy (ND) leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Friday reiterated his position that the provisional “Prespa Agreement” is a negative development for the country, stressing from the northern city…
The Tsipras government officially responded on Friday to an earlier decision taken by the powerful Orthodox Church of Greece’s Holy Synod to exclude the issue of public sector salaries for…
The number of Greek citizens studying in the United States increased by 3.3 percent during the 2017/18 academic year, while the number of US students in Greece increased 21.1% during…
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras greeted former French president Francois Hollande to the Maximos Mansion government house on Friday with the adage “true friends are revealed in difficult times,” saying…
The Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece’s Holy Synod, its top ecclesiastical body, on Friday voted to exclude the issue of clergymen’s payroll from church-state negotiations, a development viewed as a…
By K. Deligiannis
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Energean’s exploration target in 2019 for its Israeli operations is 2.3 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, according to a trading and operational update unveiled on…
A group of top SYRIZA lawmakers – ministers, former ministers and MPs – was prevented from entering the Athens Polytechnic on Friday to lay a wreath, ahead of Saturday’s commemoration…
The latest report by the Hellenic Fiscal Council points to a “investment gap” of 100 billion euros over the next few years that Greece must cover in order to re-approach…
By L. Karageorgos
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Danaos Corp. presented improved Q3 2018 results on Thursday, amid a still “soft” container shipping market. Moreover, a recent restructuring of its loan portfolio also brightened…
By D. Alexaki
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Greece’s relevant agriculture ministry has approved of 112 investment plans for aquaculture units around the country, with 60 different companies included, of which the “lion’s share”…
Βy E. Sakellari
A plan by the Bank of Greece (BoG) to deal with tens of billions of euros worth of “bad loans” burdening Greek banks’ balance sheets, by creating…
US Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt on Thursday echoed recent statements out of Washington, namely, that the Republic of Cyprus has the right to exploit the resources found in its…
A promotion video for the Greek National Tourism Organization, entitled “Greece – A 365-day Destination”, picked up the “People´s Choice Award” for the best tourism film 2018.
The award is…
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) spokesman on Thursday again reiterated that the Fund is now restricted to an advisory role in the post-bailout Greek program, while it is not in…
By N. Bellos [email protected]
Eurozone members’ representatives at Thursday’s Euro Working Group (ΕWG) provided a tentative approval to the Tsipras government’s request to suspend pre-legislated social security cuts, which are…
Greece’s Court of Audit has reportedly approved of a contract to extend the concession for the Athens International Airport by 20 years.
The concession extension, submitted to the country’s privatization…
Motions by Folli Follie Group (FFG) for continued protection from creditors, on the one hand, and a group of investors holding shares or bonds issued by the beleaguered company, on…
By L. Karageorgos [email protected]
Negotiations over the past year between the MIG investment fund and Fortress over the sale of a controlling stake in Attica Group, a major coastal shipping…
By M. Hatzikonstantinou & K. Deligiannis
The president and CEO of Public Power Corp. (PPC), Greece’s dominant power utility, on Wednesday more-or-less revealed lackluster results for Q3 2018, pointing to…
Parliament debate on constitutional revision officially began on Wednesday, less than a year before general elections must be held in Greece, and with main opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis reiterating a…
The monthly target for collecting state revenues was easily surpassed last month, October 2018, according to figures released on Wednesday by the finance ministry. Specifically, revenues reached 5.1 billion euros…
Former minister and high-profile New Democracy (ND) party deputy Adonis Georgiadis on Wednesday said he has formally filed a lawsuit against Swiss pharmaceutical multinational Novartis, charging that the company “remains…
MSCI’s decision, on Tuesday, to shift (as of Nov. 30, 2018) the shares of three Greek systemic banks – Piraeus, National and Eurobank – from its MSCI Standard Greece index…
Poseidon Containers this week announced that it will lease, on a long-term basis, four of its vessels to CMA CGM, and specifically the ships “Mary”, “Kristina”, ‘Katherine” and “Alexandra”.
The…
Former Greek prime minister Costas Simitis on Wednesday said he’ll respond to what he charged is slander against him after he ascertains who is behind it, hours after an Athens…
By S. Papapetros
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Revenues collected by the unified social security fund (EFKA) in Greece over the first nine months of 2018 exceeded 28.18 billion euros, with the cash basis…
A draft bill tabled in Greece’s Parliament this week by the labor and social insurances ministry foresees “haircuts” of between 5 to 25 percent on arrears owed by the state…
Anti-corruption prosecutors have reportedly set in motion the process to open bank accounts held by former Greek prime minister, his wife, brother, as well as two former PASOK party ministers,…
Greek army general staff deputy chief Lt. Gen. Nikolaos Manouris visited the Hellenic House in Washington D.C. last week, where he met with American Hellenic Institute (AHI) President Nick Larigakis…
The head of the Greek Parliament’s Budget Office on Tuesday appeared optimistic over the prospects of the primary budget surplus for 2018 reaching 4.5 percent of GDP, a figure that…
