By Kampourakis [email protected]
Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting witnessed an acrimonious quarrel between Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias and Defense Minister Panos Kammenos, with the former charging that the latter is exercising foreign…
The leadership of the Union of Greek Shipowners (UGS) on Tuesday received in Piraeus a delegation from the Danish Shipping Union, as part of ongoing meetings between the two shipowners’…
By A. Tsimplakis
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China’s visiting Minister of Transport Li Xiaopeng has reportedly asked the Greek side to accelerate the process for approval of a master plan submitted by Chinese…
By K. Deligiannis
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Greece’s Energy Exchange has reportedly proposed a new measure aimed to act as a counter-incentive in acquiring future energy quantities, via the NOME auction process, for…
Three binding offers have reportedly been submitted for the Henry Dunant hospital in Athens, once the flagship facility of the Hellenic Red Cross in the country before it was taken…
The Greek government, as expected, included both “scenarios” regarding pension cuts in a draft budget for 2019 sent to the EU Commission this week for its review and posted by…
The influential Russian Orthodox Church on Monday evening announced that it was cutting ties with the Ecumenical Patriarchate, according to the TASS news agency, confirming the Moscow-based Church’s extreme displeasure…
Four police officers slightly injured in an attack on a central Athens precinct (Omonia district) on Monday evening by some 50 assailants throwing firebombs and other objects, with initial reports…
Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos on Monday insisted that his senior coalition partner, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, knew of his “alternative proposal” to bypass a provisional agreement to finally solve…
The closely watched Greek draft budget for 2019 was delivered to the EU Commission on Monday, with the highlights being a primary budget surplus of 3.6 percent of GDP and…
Greek lender Piraeus Bank on Monday announced the conclusion of the binding offer phase for the sale of a subsidiary that owns and operates Athens’ Henry Dunant hospital, as a…
The Hellenic Investors’ Association on Monday said the first lawsuits for damages incurred by investors with shares in retailer and accessory maker Folli Follie are only days away from being…
State and regular budget revenues moved lower than prescribed targets in September 2018, with net revenues in this case reaching 5.36 billion euros, lower by 346 million euros from the…
Greece’s Manpower Employment Agency (OAED) is expected to unveil a tender for the temporary hiring of 5,500 unemployed degree holders in the public sector in the coming period, with general…
Condé Nast Traveler noted that “although it doesn’t yet fly across the pond (Atlantic), its affiliation with Star Alliance gives it a wider global reach. Aegean is known for its…
By L. Karageorgos
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A long-delayed tourism-related investment valued at up to 120 million euros in northeast Corfu, a popular Ionian Sea island off northwest Greece, appears finally ready to…
Two blocks of non-performing loans (NPLs) are set for sale by a same-number of Greek lenders this period, with the “Mercury” package being sold off by Alpha Bank and “Zenith”…
One of the leftist-rightist coalition government’s most combative and controversial ministers, alternate health minister Pavlos Polakis, again raised eyebrows over the weekend at a ruling SYRIZA central committee meeting, saying…
Newsweek is the latest international media outlet to report on the now infamous Moria ‘hotspot’ on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos (Mytilene), the “preferred destination” for migrant smugglers operating…
Former Eurogroup president and Dutch foreign minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem continued to toe a much more moderate line vis-a-vis the Greek program since leaving office and the Eurozone limelight, calling for…
Airports around Greece posted a new passenger record over the Jan-Sep 2018 period, with the Civil Aviation Authority reporting more than 53 million passengers, up 10 percent compared to the…
Bank of Greece (BoG) Gov. Yannis Stournaras over the weekend referred to a need for a “faithful adherence” by the country to terms agreed to with creditors, saying this is…
By L. Karageorgos
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A new round of mergers and acquisitions in Greece’s significant coastal shipping sector is apparently on the horizon, following the recent acquisition of Hellenic Seaways by…
The remains of 573 Greek soldiers that fell during the Greek-Italian war in 1940-41 were interred on Friday during a solemn religious ceremony at a military cemetery near the small…
Arrears by taxpayers towards the Greek state increased by 849 million euros in August 2018, the last month for which figures are available, with the first feedback showing an increasing…
EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker will meet with main opposition New Democracy (ND) president Kyriakos Mitsotakis next Wednesday in Brussels, press reports in Athens on Friday stated.…
Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos, the right-wing junior coalition party leader in the coalition government, on Friday denied that he spoke with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in the wake of…
Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos presented Athens’ standing arguments in favor of suspending an already legislated round of pension cuts to the IMF’s leadership on Friday, with the Washington D.C.-based…
The first P-2002JF trainer for the Hellenic Air Force landed at the Tatoi base, north of Athens, this week, as delivery of the aircraft commenced by the Tecnam company.
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The Federation of Enterprises (SEV), one of the largest employers’ groups in Greece, this week referred to “Scandinavian” taxes being imposed in the country, which however, do not translate into…
