Center-right main opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Tuesday promised to scrap the current asylum status granted to university campuses in the country if he’s elected as the next premier, amid…
Ankara on Tuesday again resorted to saber-rattling after Greece’s recently resigned foreign minister said Athens is considering extending certain territorial water boundaries to the internationally accepted 12-mile limit.
“It is…
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Greece’s exit to the markets is not a high priority, especially under the present circumstances, given that a “cash buffer” has been accumulated whereas the country’s…
European Stability Mechanism (ESM) Managing Director Klaus Regling on Tuesday again dampened the poll-trailing Tsipras government’s hopes of eventually avoiding a pre-legislated social security reduction next January, saying that “fiscal…
Media reports out of Ankara on Tuesday morning maintain that Turkey’s foreign ministry has called on the Greek ambassador in the country for a meeting.
Speculation over the intent of…
Mytilineos Holdings S.A. this week announced the purchase of EPALME, an independent aluminium billet manufacturer located north of Athens that uses pure aluminium ingots and recyclable aluminium scrap in its…
The mayor of Piraeus, the municipality that hosts the same-name port, the biggest and busiest in Greece, this week outlined his administration’s objections to a master plan submitted by the…
A relevant energy minister on Monday announced that the government was abolishing two separate levies imposed on lignite production and power generation, with Minister Giorgos Stathakis pointing to what he…
Former foreign minister Nikos Kotzias on Monday evening underlined that he “neither blackmails nor can be blackmailed,” speaking at an event in the Cretan city of Irakleio organized by the…
The port of Piraeus’ competitiveness edge as a transport hub and cargo handler got a distinct boost this month with a decision by the independent public revenues authority allowing for…
An Athens first instance court on Monday afternoon ordered a temporary freeze on the assets – up to the sum of 160,000 euros – of Folli Follie, a legal decision…
Continuing excavations at the eponymous Minoan Bronze Age settlement of Akrotiri, on the volcanic holiday island of Santorini (ancient Thira), have yielded 13 sarcophagi filled with artifacts from the Aegean…
The primary budget surplus for 2017 was revised from the figure released last April, standing at 3.9 percent of GDP, slightly down from the previously calculated 4.0 percent.
Greece’s statistics…
A deficit of 910 million euros in current accounts, increased by 857 million euros, was reported (yoy) on Monday by the Bank of Greece (BoG) for the first eight months…
A first instance court in Athens on Monday lifted a temporary protection from creditors order for Folli Follie Group, a development expected to increase pressure on the beleaguered retailer and…
A latest transaction involving a Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) witnessed the oldest such vessel in the Pantheon Tankers fleet, the Astro Chorus, selling for slightly more than 21 million…
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Greek lenders have reportedly submitted a proposal, based on three axes, in talks with the country’s institutional creditors to formulate a new legal framework in Greece that protects primary…
By S. Papapetros
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Pensioners in Greece between the ages of 56 and 65 receive, on average, the highest monthly benefits, and specifically 1,051 euros for the ages of 56…
The world’s first bulker to be installed with a Flettner rotor system – utilizing wind energy – is the 64,000-dwt ultramax MV Afros, managed by the Greek-controlled and Panama-based company…
A cascade of negative political reactions greeted a surprise reference by outgoing foreign minister Nikos Kotzias, as well as his successor, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, of a pending expansion of…
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…
