A powerful explosion damaged the building housing the Skai broadcaster’s facility in coastal southern Athens in the early morning hours of Monday, with authorities pointing to a terrorist attack.
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More than 5,700 lightning strikes were recorded over the Aegean Sea on Sunday up until the early afternoon, according to figures released by the Athens observatory the same day, an…
Main opposition New Democracy (ND) leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis closed his center-right party’s 12th nationwide conference on Sunday in a similar manner in which he opened it on Friday: pledging lower…
The management of a private zoo outside Athens over the weekend confirmed that two jaguars were shot dead last week at the Attiko zoological park after reportedly escaping from their…
A light earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale was recorded at 11.24 a.m. (09.24 GMT) northeast of the central Aegean island of Alonnisos. The quake was pinpointed in a…
The Greek state posted a massive primary budget deficit over the first 11 months of the year, almost doubling the stated target for the Jan-Nov 2018 period, riding on the…
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras spoke to party supporters in the northern city of Thessaloniki on Friday evening, again boasting of taking the country out of the memorandum era entailed…
Main opposition New Democracy (ND) leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis unveiled a package of liberal-minded and pro-market proposals on Friday evening with an eye directly on next year’s general election, in opening…
By Vassilis Kostoulas [email protected]
European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi bid “arrivederci” this week to the European central bank’s “Quantitative easing” program – which itself constituted a major milestone…
The IMF this week points to businesses and households in Greece trying to keep to stay “above water” in terms of tax and debt obligations, along with the now oft-repeated…
Main opposition New Democracy’s (ND) lead over ruling SYRIZA is at 8.8 percentage points, according to the most recent opinion that was revealed this week.
The poll, by the MRB…
Hotels in winter destinations in Greece are at roughly 80 percent occupancy for the upcoming Christmas and New Year holidays, according to sector representatives.
The president of the Ioannina prefecture’s…
Excellent relations between Athens and Washington, despite diametrically opposite ideological views by the respective governments in either capital, were more-or-less confirmed on Thursday, during talks in the US capital by…
More than 1.554 million applicants have been approved for this year’s “Yuletide” welfare benefit, the third year in a row that the Tsipras government has returned a portion of revenues…
Representatives of the Greek and Israeli general staff offices signed a Defense Cooperation Programme (DCP) 2019 this week, with the agreement focusing on operational and individual military training.
The DCP…
By N. Bellos
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The European Commission on Wednesday, as expected, approved an extension of the concession contract for the Athens International Airport, after confirming that EU bylaws are upheld…
A council of misdemeanor court justices on Thursday ordered the conditional release of eight defendants arrested earlier this month in a high-profile investigation of alleged gold smuggling, money laundering and…
Official unemployment eased in the third quarter of 2018, reaching 18.3 percent, down from 19 percent in the previous quarter, Q2 2018, and from a 20.2 percent figure recorded in…
Outspoken Greek defense minister Panos Kammenos Thursday again promised that he’ll resign from the Cabinet post and leave the coalition government if the provision Prespa agreement is ratified by the…
By E. Sakellari & G. Sakkas
A team of Moody’s analysts are in Greece this week for talks with representatives of Greece’s four systemic banks, with the focus on efforts…
A traffic accident on a northern Greece tollway resulted in the death of three individuals on Thursday, identified as irregular migrants, the latest deadly incident involving people trafficking on the…
An earthquake measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale was recorded at 08.29 local time (06.29 GMT) in a sea region southwest of the Ionian island of Zakynthos, an active seismic…
By A. Tsimplakis
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Chinese multinational Cosco, which owns a majority stake of the Piraeus Port Authority (PPA) and holds its management, remains the global port operator leader, according to…
The Greek statistics authority (EL.STAT) on Wednesday announced for provisional data September 2018 regarding building activity in the country, with newly issued building permits totaling 1,197, and corresponding to nearly…
Main opposition Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday added his voice to official Athens’ condemnation, a day earlier, over a decision by the Albanian Cabinet to appropriate lands owned by ethnic Greeks…
Lloyd’s List held its annual “Greek Shipping Awards” last Friday in downtown Athens, with outgoing Intercargo association chairman and Angelicoussis group executive John Platsidakis voted as the 2018 “Greek Shipping…
A clay tablet dating to the 3rd century AD or earlier, on which the first 13 verses of Homer’s “Odyssey” are chiseled, is among the “Top 10” finds of 2018,…
A former general secretary of the defense ministry’s one-time armaments directorate, which in the past oversaw major weapons systems procurements by the Greek state, was handed down a 22-year prison…
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A 35.7-percent stake held by the troubled Folli Follie group in the Attica department store, located in a prominent central Athens location, was divided up on Wednesday…
By L. Karageorgos
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Greece’s maritime registry remained in ninth place in 2019, nevertheless reduced from the previous year in terms of the share of the global shipping fleet, according…
