One top Greek government minister on Tuesday expressed a view that scheduled social security cuts – set for Jan. 1, 2019 – may not be implemented after all, saying that…
A Greek-owned Panama-registered tanker has been reported as missing for a week now in a sea region off the west African state of Gabon, military sources in the region reported…
The Greek prime minister’s televised proclamation from the Ionian isle of Ithaca on Tuesday morning, to prominently herald the end of the third (and last) bailout for the country, drew…
One of the first preliminary reports on last month’s deadly wildfire in eastern coastal Attica prefecture, which submitted on Tuesday to the head of the Athens first instance prosecutor’s office,…
Morgan Stanley sees recent debt relief measures and an improving Greek economy as helping the country achieve a “clean exit” from the third and last bailout – which officially ended…
Net profits for the Eleftherios Venizelos Athens International Airport (ΑΙΑ) reached 140.05 million euros in 2017, up from 132.4 million euros in 2016.
Nevertheless, despite the increased profitability, the operators…
A nationally televised address by the Greek prime minister on Tuesday morning, from the iconic Ionian isle of Ithaca, to commemorate the end of the third (and last) memorandum bailout…
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras “waxed poetic” on Tuesday morning with the Iconic Ionian isle of Ithaca as a backdrop to announce the end of the memorandum era for the…
By S. Emmanuil
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Embattled accessory manufacturer and retail Folli Follie has commenced negotiations with creditors in order to stave off collection and legal actions by the latter, as the…
Angela Merkel was among the last, but the most prominent, European leader on Monday to comment on Greece’s official exit from the third (and last) memorandum bailout, with the powerful…
By G. Sakkas
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The total “clawback” figure returned by private health care providers in Greece for 2017 reached 297.5 million euros, posting a distinct reduction compared to previous years,…
The new ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Greece, Zhang Qiyue, was due to visit the port of the Piraeus on Monday for talks with Chinese multinational Cosco’s…
By A. Tsimplakis
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Greek ship-owning interests were again in first place in terms of buying and selling second-hand vessels over the first half of 2018, continuing a trend lasting…
By V. Vegiri
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The number of overnight stays in Greece throughout 2018 will reach 2017 levels, the president of the country’s hoteliers federation, Grigoris Tasios, estimated over the weekend.…
Former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis struck again on Monday by saying there’s absolutely “no chance for Greece’s public debt to ever be repaid”, speaking on the same day as…
EU Commissioner Pierre Moscovici on Monday referred to the second week of September 2018 for the first post-bailout supervision mission by European creditors’ auditors to Greece, part of what Brussels…
Forty-five non-EU foreign nationals were arrested at three commercial airports on Crete between the Aug. 13 to 19 period on charges of attempting to fly to west and central European…
Eurogroup President Mario Centeno addressed a special statement on Monday, via a relevant video message, no less, to mark the end of the bailout era in Greece.
The message by…
By G. Kampourakis [email protected]
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras this week is again expected make a nationwide address – via the state broadcaster – to commemorate the end of the…
European Stability Mechanism (ESM) Managing Director Klaus Regling over the weekend insisted that the Tsipras coalition government’s decisions and actions in the first half of 2015 cost Greece up to…
Influential Greek central banker Yannis Stournaras, a standing “thorn in the side” of the current leftist-rightist coalition government, again cautioned against complacency and overly optimistic scenarios – a day before…
A light earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale was reported at 08:45 (06.45 GMT) off the island of Santorini, with an epicenter 41 kilometers east of the popular holiday…
Τhe president of Greece’s Hellenic Confederation of Commerce and Entrepreneurship (ESEE), Vassilis Korkidis, this week detailed his assessments of the country’s post-memorandum prospects and challenges, in separate interviews with Japan’s…
By K. Deligiannis
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A subsidiary of the Public Power Corp. (PPC), Greece’s dominant electricity utility and the one-time state monopoly, is reportedly attracting attention by Turkish investors in the…
The latest figures by German travel giant TUI and Fraport Greece point to positive tourism season in Greece for 2018 so far, with the former saying it has booked holidays…
The Apostolopoulos group, which owns the Athens Medical Centre and other private facilities in SE Europe, continued to press on with efforts to purchase the Ygeia group, offering shareholders of…
A Condor Airlines jet carrying passengers from Egypt to Germany was diverted to the Hania (Chania) airport on Crete on Friday morning after authorities received a bomb threat. …
Greece’s finance ministry appears fully satisfied with the first difficult “test” in the execution of this year’s state budget, with revenues in July 2018 exceeding the prescribed monthly target.
Overall,…
By G. Kampourakis [email protected]
This week’s release of two Greek servicemen held in Turkey since early March 2018 offered a welcome respite for the foundering Tsipras coalition government, which was…
The Greek coast guard is investigating a second report involving crew-members of a Turkish fishing vessel firing shots at Greek vessels, with the latest instance reportedly taking place west of…
