One of Greece’s most prominent businessmen, Greek-Russian investor Ivan Savvidis, this week categorically denied that he’s behind attempts to block a landmark agreement between Athens and the neighboring former Yugoslav…
The brother and sister of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras this week threatened legal action over a bevy of recent press reports claiming their construction company tried to win a…
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Property owners engaged in short-term leasing of lodgings, the “AirBnb phenomenon”, will reportedly come under the “taxman’s” scrutiny in Greece over the coming period, with a new…
By G. Kouros [email protected]
Just one out of eight taxpayers submitting an annual tax statement this year – for 2017 income and assets – is due a rebate, based on…
Handelsblatt on Monday claimed that Greece’s Public Debt Management Agency is considering a 10-year bond issue before the current – and last – bailout program officially ends on Aug. 20.…
By L. Karageorgos
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The Wyndham hotel group continues to be “bullish” over its Greece prospects, with Dimitris Manikis, the multinational’s president and managing director for the EMEA region outlining…
Official Moscow dismissed a very high-profile expulsion of two of its diplomats from Greece this month by claiming Athens proceeded with the move without evidence.
In statements to RT America…
Greek shipping interests invested roughly 6.4 billion USD over the first half of 2018 for vessel purchases, either through new orders or by buying second-hand ships.
Specifically, new orders accounted…
By L. Kalamara [email protected]
Executives of Hellas Gold, which holds two gold mining concessions in northern Greece at the center of concerted efforts by opponents to block the investment, are…
Press reports out of Turkey on Friday cite Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as referring to an “agreement” with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras – whom he met on Thursday…
A light earthquake measuring 3.7 on the Richter scale was reported at 08.10 (06.10 GMT) on Saturday in southern Greece, and specifically in the western Peloponnese, with an epicenter near…
FT this week cited Russian intelligence activity in the extreme northeast port city of Alexandroupolis as the reason behind this month’s expulsion of two Russian diplomats stationed in the country,…
EU Commissioner for enlargement Johannes Hahn on Friday engaged in “damage control”, days after a peculiar statement regarding Albania’s pending EU accession process and borders between Greece and the former,…
Berlin’s qualified “nein” to the timely disbursement of the last loan tranche of the current Greek bailout – itself ending on Aug. 20 – apparently generated quick action in Athens…
Former Greek foreign minister Dora Bakoyannis on Friday called for the Greek government to extradite nine Turkish nationals, whom she referred to as “terrorists”, to Turkey. The nine Turks were…
Bloomberg on Thursday assessed that the “glitch” in disbursing the last 15-billion-euro loan tranche to Greece, held up due to Berlin’s annoyance over a measure freezing lower VAT rates on…
A scheduled disbursement of 15 billion euros to Greece, the final tranche of the current bailout, has been kicked back to early August, after Berlin reportedly objected to a high-profile…
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras emphasized that he directly brought up the issue of two Greek servicemen being held in Turkey, during his two-hour meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip…
The IMF’s executive board will convene on July 27 to consider a review for Greece, the so-called article IV consultation, which will include forecasts for a debt sustainability study for…
The prime minister of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (fYRoM), Zoran Zaev, took to Twitter to comment on an invitation issued by NATO towards his country to commence membership…
By N. Bellos [email protected]
The EU Commission’s summer forecast for the Union’s national and overall economies puts the annual GDP growth rate for Greece at 1.9 percent, rising to 2.3…
Deputies with main opposition New Democracy (ND) party on Thursday tabled an amendment in Parliament that would, if ratified as law, allow Greek citizens living abroad to vote in their…
OTE, Greece’s largest telecoms provider, on Thursday announced that it had concluded a book-building process for the issue of a four-year, 400-million-euro bond in international debt capital markets.
According to…
Widespread speculation over early elections in Greece continued unabated this week, and was in fact exacerbated by the tabling of two amendments in Parliament to allow the possible holding of…
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras used caustic language on Wednesday to vilify the continued incarceration of two Greek servicemen in neighboring Turkey, nearly four months after the men allegedly strayed…
The Athens-based Foundation for Economic & Industrial Research (IOBE) on Wednesday forecast a GDP growth rate for Greece in 2018 at 2 percent, a figure cited in its second quarterly…
The European Commission on Wednesday announced the specific terms for Greece’s “enhanced surveillance” by creditors after the third bailout ends in August 2018, underlining that its intent is to support…
The Greek government, via its official spokesman, on Wednesday rejected press reports this week charging that Athens had not briefed its European partners over a high-profile decision to keep VAT…
The Public Debt Management Agency on Wednesday announced that during an auction of 625 million euros of 13-week T-Bills conducted the same day, total bids reached 962 million euros, with…
Moscow has reportedly threatened to retaliate to Athens’ intention to expel two Russian diplomats stationed in Greece.
According to the Russian news agency Interfax, the Russian foreign ministry announced that…
