Yet another fatal road accident involving migrant trafficking was reported in the early morning on Tuesday outside the northern city of Thessaloniki. One woman, identified as a foreign national, died…
The government on Monday evening announced a reduction of social security contributions by 33.3 percent for self-employed professionals and farmers, with the measure to apply as of Jan. 1, 2019,…
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) forecasts a recovery in the Greek economy and the country’s labor market, but at an extremely slow pace, with the prediction found…
Senior Euler Hermes and Allianz economist Katharina Utermoehl said the Greek government was slipping in its reform program, making particular reference to a scheduled and pre-legislated round of social security…
The latest “spin” out of Athens regarding the Tsipras government’s stepped up attempt to avoid already pre-legislated pension cuts, set for implementation on Jan. 1, 2019, came on Tuesday morning,…
An explosive device, reportedly packed in a pressure cooker, was found outside the east Athens apartment building where a supreme court deputy prosecutor resides.
Authorities located the object after an…
Turkey’s “exceptionalism” in terms of unilaterally interpreting maritime borders and rights – in lieu of adhering to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) – reached war-torn…
By L. Karageorgos lkar@naftemporikigr
Greek shipowners and shipping interests allocated more than 10 billion USD over the Jan-Oct. 2018 period for new vessel orders and second-hand ships, according to figures…
Three police officers were slightly injured on Monday at the Athens first instance court complex during an unprecedented scuffle involving up to 50 self-styled anti-state activists, on the sidelines of…
Wood & Company this week reminded that there’s “no magic wand” in dealing with the Greek banking system’s problems, such as clearing NPLs and replenishing deferred tax credits following a recent…
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ recollection of how he opted to avoid “Grexit” in July 2015 and resulting consequences from a forced or voluntary departure of the country from the…
The Bank of Greece (BoG) on Monday released a report showing that residential prices in the country increased by 2.5 percent, on average, in Q3 2018, compared with the same…
Main opposition New Democracy (ND) president Kyriakos Mitsotakis will travel to Belgrade on Monday, as part of an official visit to Serbia. The center-right political leader will give an interview…
The former top anti-corruption prosecutor in the country, Eleni Raikou, on Monday filed a petition to exclude her successor, Eleni Touloupaki, as well as another two assistant prosecutors overseeing a…
By T. Tsiros [email protected]
The Tsipras government is reportedly banking on four initiatives over the last two months of 2018 to boost liquidity in Greece’s still feeble markets, and by…
Albania’s foreign ministry on Saturday announced that it was banning the entry into the country of Cyprus MEP Eleni Theocharous, days after she attended the funeral of an ethnic Greek…
Press reports on Sunday evening cited a protest on the Bulgarian side of the Promachonas/Kulata border post connecting Greece with Bulgaria that has stranded dozens of vehicles and their drivers…
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was hand in Paris on Sunday for events to commemorate the centennial of the end of World War I, an anniversary that brought together practically…
An ExxonMobil-contracted drillship, the Stena IceMax, arrives on Monday at the Cypriot port of Limassol on Monday ahead of scheduled hydrocarbon exploration in “Block 10” of the Republic of Cyprus’…
A Kenyan long-distance runner was again the winner of the 36th annual Athens Authentic Marathon, with Kipkorir Misoi on Sunday covering the distance from a site just outside the township…
By Vassilis Kostoulas [email protected]
The zeal of Greece’s institutional creditors and the Tsipras coalition government to meet ambitious annual primary budget surplus targets apparently doesn’t extend to areas of state spending…
The high-profile “interventions” of a self-styled “anarchist collective” in Greece, which has gained a measure of notoriety over the recent period by barging into foreign embassies, multinationals’ offices and public…
Greece’s foreign ministry on Friday requested “valid clarifications” over Albanian authorities’ decision to declare 52 Greek citizens as “personae non gratae”, as fallout from the shootout death of an ethnic…
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will travel to Berlin on Friday to attend a summit of Germany’s SPD party, while on Saturday he will arrive in Paris in order to…
A direct link with the Athens Airport via metro line 3 will resume on Saturday, after media reports pointed to numerous complaints by commuters and tourists, who since the beginning…
Power supply gradually returned on Friday afternoon on the Dodecanese island of Rhodes, one of the best-known holiday destinations in the country.
A malfunction at the Public Power Corp.’s (PPC)…
A collision between a Greek-owned tanker with a Norwegian navy frigate off the Scandinavian country’s coast has left seven people injured and the evacuation of 137 officers and seamen aboard…
By T. Igoumenidi
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OTE telecoms group announced dividends and an own share buy-back scheme worth 260 million euros this week, during a briefing to present nine-month results.
Greece’s biggest…
The nomination on Thursday of Manfred Weber as the European People’s Party (EPP) lead candidate for next May’s European election brought smiles to Greece’s center-right main opposition New Democracy (ND),…
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras stuck by his “October 2019” date for general elections next year, which would exhaust his four-year mandate to the very last day.
Although his ruling…
