Hellenic Financial Stability Fund (HFSF) on Wednesday issued a press release stating that it is closely monitoring an ongoing selection process for National Bank of Greece’s new CEO, in accordance…
A bilateral agreement resolving the long-standing “name issue” will reportedly be tabled in Greece’s Parliament for ratification after Jan. 15, 2019, as the constitutional revision in the neighboring former Yugoslav…
A meeting between Greek Prime Minister and newly re-elected Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will reportedly take place on Thursday on the sidelines of a NATO summit in Brussels, and…
The head of Greece’s independent authority for public revenues, Giorgos Pitsilis, on Tuesday appeared confident that a goal for this year to collect 51 billion euros in revenues will be…
Coca-Cola Tria Epsilon (3E), The Coca-Cola Company’s (TCCC) long-time bottler for Greece, on Tuesday celebrated the completion of a 24-million-euro investment with the inauguration of a “mega plant” in the…
The CEO of Greece’s Public Gas Corp. (DEPA) on Tuesday referred to a plan by the utility to build LNG infrastructure and distribution networks on several Aegean islands, specifically mentioning…
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A Eurozone official in Brussels on Tuesday reiterated that suspension of a decision to harmonize VAT rates on five eastern Aegean islands – bringing them up…
By J. Kanoupakis [email protected]
A brewing feud between the leftist-rightist coalition government and the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV), Greece’s largest employers’ association, continued on Tuesday, a day after the…
EY’s European attractiveness survey this week calculated the number of new direct foreign investments (DFIs) in Greece at 24 in 2017, up from 13 the previous year, a development that…
A up-until-recently deputy of the rightwing Independent Greeks (AN.EL) party on Tuesday announced the establishment of a new political formation, described as being on the right of the political spectrum.…
By G. Hatzilidis
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Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras again referred to “tax breaks” next year, 2019, a year in which a general election can come no later than the…
Economic climate eased in Greece in June, according to the Athens-based Foundation for Economic & Industrial Research’s (IOBE) monthly report, although a small improvement was recorded in the same index…
Following the resignation of three members of the Ellaktor company’s board on Monday, Dimitrios Koutras and Leonidas Bobolas issued a statement briefing shareholders that they will support the appointment by…
By F. Zois
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European and global institutional lenders, which provided financing of up to one billion euros in long-term credit used by a Fraport-led consortium to fund a tender…
The foreign minister of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (fYRoM) on Monday was quoted by Reuters as saying that the land-locked country to Greece’s north is waiting for a…
A noteworthy Israeli presence is scheduled for this year’s Kalamata Dance Festival, which takes place in the extreme southern Greek port city in July.
Choreographer Sharon Fridman will present…
By A. Tsimplakis
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The cruise ship sector in Greece in 2018 is expected to fall below 2017’s level, essentially overturning initial optimistic estimates of an increase. Last year, in…
Α light earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale was recorded at 10:32 p.m. (20.32 GMT) west of the large island of Crete.
The quake’s epicenter is located some 90…
Greece’s top finance ministry leadership heads to the US this week in search of much-needed investments in the thrice bailed-out country, as two stops are on the official itinerary, in…
Germany’s defense minister over the weekend estimated that it was only a “matter of time” before an agreement between Berlin and Athens to return certain categories of refugees from Germany…
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) again takes a very critical look at recent developments concerning the Greek program, assessing that a June 21 Eurogroup decision to finalize medium-term debt relief measures for…
Former Greek foreign minister Dora Bakoyannis will be among the international dignitaries scheduled to attend a swearing-in ceremony for re-elected Turkish President Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday, a…
Greece’s relevant migration policy minister on Friday referred to an effort at imposing what he called political “authoritarianism” via a “fear-mongering agenda” by the leaders of Hungary and Austria.
“As…
By A. Tsimplakis
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The Capital shipping group, headed by Vangelis Marinakis, is reportedly ready to enter the LNG sector, with the former reportedly having conveyed the group’s intentions to…
Construction, participation in concession projects and the environment are the sectors where Athens-based multinational holding company Ellaktor should remain focused on, the group’s CEO, Leonidas Bobolas, emphasized in a presentation…
A meeting between Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and recently re-elected Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of a NATO summit next week is increasingly viewed as crucial…
By K. Deligiannis
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The Copelouzos group on Thursday announced a partnership deal with Chinese multinational China Energy Investment Corp. to vie for the Public Power Corp.’s up-for-sale lignite-fired production.…
Greece’s Public Debt Management Agency (PDMA) assessed that recent debt relief measures extended by Eurozone creditors last month ensure the medium-term sustainability of the country’s external debt.
The PDMA divided…
The state’s arrears to the private sector – including outstanding tax refunds to taxpayers – reached 2.974 billion euros at the end of May, down 390 million euros (3.364 billion…
One of the more prominent Cabinet members of the first Tsipras government in 2015 on Thursday – the third anniversary of a contentious referendum over what was billed as creditors’…
