A light earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale was recorded at 10.17 a.m. (08.17 GMT) near the eastern Aegean island of Samos, with its depth measured at 10 kilometers.…
Germanys finance ministry reportedly calculates the most recently extended Greek debt relief measures as totaling 34 billion euros, according to a report on Wednesday by the financial daily FAZ.
The…
A MoU was signed this week in Athens by representatives of Cosco-managed Piraeus Port Authority (PPA), which operates the largest and busiest port in Greece, and Qingdao Port Group, the…
By T. Igoumenidi
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Grivalia Properties this week acquired the remaining 50 percent of Piraeus Port Plaza 1’s (PPP1) shares, a real estate developer and the owner of one square…
The Greek government on Wednesday afternoon announced urgent relief measures for the survivors of Monday’s deadly wildfire in eastern Attica prefecture.
A spokesman said residents whose property was damaged by…
By T. Igoumenidis [email protected]
A majority of present shareholders – corresponding to 52.9 percent of total shares – on Wednesday approved an offer by the Kallitsantsis brothers for board of…
Greece’s non-systemic Attica Bank on Wednesday announced that it will award a second “bad debt” portfolio to Pimco. Last year, Attica Bank approved the transfer of NPLs worth 1.3 billion…
Travel and tourism revenue in Greece significant increased over the Jan-May 2018 period, compared to the same period in 2017, the country’s central bank (BoG) announced on Tuesday, citing higher…
Google on Tuesday announced that its crises group activated three online tools that can be used to aid wildfire relief efforts in Greece, and specifically, its SOS Alert service, its…
The exact number of missing persons in the wake of a deadly wildfire in eastern Attica prefecture – east of the greater Athens area – remains unknown as of Wednesday…
Greece will be able to repay the loans it has received although it is still important for the country to continue its reform efforts, ESM Managing Director Klaus Regling said…
By G. Palaitsakis
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More than 2.4 million households in Greece and more than 200,000 legal entities (mostly SMEs) are due – according to finance ministry calculations – to pay…
The management of the Olympiacos football club on Tuesday announced that it was donating one million euros to the victims of this week’s wildfires around the greater Athens area, while…
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras fielded calls from several international and Europoean leaders on Tuesday, in the wake of a deadly wildfire in eastern Attica, which has claimed nearly 80…
Τhe death toll from Monday’s devastating wildfire in eastern Attica prefecture (east of Athens proper) has reached 74, with 83 people hospitalized, of whom 12 are children.
Dozens of people…
Two Polish nationals, a mother and her 10-year-old son, are among the victims of Monday’s wildfire in eastern Attica prefecture, east of Athens proper, the Polish foreign ministry confirmed on…
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras declared a three-day period of mourning for the victims of a deadly wildfire that swept through a coastal stretch of eastern Attica prefecture over the…
Another two bodies, a mother and her daughter, were reportedly discovered on Tuesday in the areas devastated by wildfires in eastern Attica prefecture the previous afternoon and overnight, raising the…
EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on Tuesday morning expressed Brussels’ solidarity with Greece in the wake of a string of devastating wildfires that erupted around the greater Athens area a…
The port authority of Rafina, on Attica prefecture’s eastern coast, on Tuesday announced that ferry boat routes to and from its harbor were being conducted normally, while roads leading to…
At least 24 dead are the toll so far from catastrophic wildfires in eastern Attica prefecture, east of the greater Athens area, while reports point to the possibility of even…
Reports, albeit unconfirmed before midnight, referred to fatalities from a string of abruptly started wildfires east of Athens proper on Monday, along a pine-covered stretch of coastline on the western…
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was cutting short his visit to Bosnia on Monday, in the wake of a bevy of wildfires that erupted almost simultaneous around the greater Athens…
The scourge of summertime wildfires in southern Greece suddenly emerged with a vengeance on Monday amid arid conditions and swirling winds, with several blazes around the greater Athens area’s remaining…
Τhe general government’s arrears to the private sector reached 2.385 billion euros at the end of May 2018.
Conversely, only 60.4 million euros went towards covering arrears during the same…
Greece’s culture ministry on Monday abruptly “changed gears” and ordered the opening of the Acropolis archaeological site, with free access, from 5 to 8 p.m. the same day.
The site…
Embattled Greek jewelry manufacturer and retailer Folli Follie has filed for protection from creditors, under Greece’s article 106 of the bankruptcy code, according to announcement on Monday issued by the…
The first major wildfire of the season erupted in Greece on Monday, with the blaze centered in the Magoula settlement off a coastal highway due west of Athens, near the…
By S. Papapetros [email protected]
The official unemployment increased in Greece in June 2018 after five successive months of decreasing, with more than 923,000 people registered on jobless rolls in the…
The average income tax – on top of monthly deductions – that 2.172 million taxpayers in Greece will pay for 2017 income returns is 1,129 euros, with 5.483 million tax…
