Athens apparently switched tactics on Monday and ramped up its criticism of official Ankara and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan personally, as no progress has been discerned in efforts to…
By G. Kampourakis [email protected]
Sunday’s much harsher reply by Athens to the latest verbal “fireworks” by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan marked a sharp departure from the Greek government’s recent…
An operational plan unveiled recently by Greece’s Independent Public Revenues Authority refers to extensive audits and legal actions against taxpayers with arrears to the state, included in no less than…
By K. Deligiannis
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A closely watched draft bill, expected to be tabled by the relevant Greek energy and environment ministry this week, details an international tender process to sell-off…
Efforts were continuing on Sunday to restore the water supply to the greater Thessaloniki urban area, days after the tap dried up in the metropolis, the second largest in Greece…
The flow of third country nationals reaching Greek territory over the first quarter of 2018 has increased by 33 percent, compared to the same period last year, new Migration Policy…
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias expressed a hope that both sides will be ready for a “major step” in a next meeting, speaking immediately negotiations with his counterpart from the…
A closely watched meeting between the foreign ministers of Greece and the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia (fYRoM), held under the auspices of a special UN mediator, is set for…
Greece’s Independent Public Revenues Authorities (ADAE) this week clarified that a surcharge imposed on hotel overnight stays also applies to furnished rooms-to-let and short-term leased apartments, the so-called AirBnB-type sector.…
The excessively high primary budget surpluses, as a percentage of GDP, that the current leftist-rightist coalition government has agreed to – with institutional creditors – and achieved over the last…
By K. Deligiannis [email protected]
Greece’s privatization agency, the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF), on Thursday requested improved bids by the two consortia that have submitted binding offers for the acquisition…
An IMF spokesman on Thursday expressed a slightly more positive outlook over the prospect of the Fund continuing in the Greek program, while noting that technical work on the debt…
The Bank of Greece (BoG) on Thursday said non-performing rxposures (NPEs) affecting the domestic credit sector reached 95.7 billion euros up until the end December 2017, down by 4.8 percent…
Greece’s powerful Central Archaeological Council (KAS) has again turned down a request by international producers to shoot scenes at one of the country’s best-known landmarks, the Cape Sounion Temple of…
The head of FIFA’s monitoring committee for Greek professional football has recommended the suspension of the country’s crisis-bedeviled league from international participation, a prospect that means that Greece’s football federation…
By S. Zisimos
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Greece’s New Economy Development Fund, known as TANEO in its Greek-language acronym, has signed a MoU with UAE state-run investment fund, the well-known Mubadala Investment Co.,…
The course for implementing “prior actions” for the fourth, and last, review of the ongoing Greek bailout program was the object of a teleconference on Tuesday evening between top government…
The number of retiring Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCC) over the recent period has been more-or-less been matched by orders for new VLCCs, according to Allied Shipbroking.
Specifically, since the…
The aluminum sector accounted for a noteworthy 5.6 percent of Greece’s total exports in 2017, the country’s independent statistics authority (EL.STAT) announced this week.
The Aluminium Association of Greece added…
Deputy Bank of Greece (BoG) Gov. Theodoros Mitrakos this week detailed the initiatives that Greece’s four thrice-recapitalized systemic banks must accelerate in order to keep the country’s fragile credit system…
By K. Deligiannis [email protected]
Accelerated work is proceeding on the Greek portion of Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP), with a timetable referring to the first deliveries of natural gas from Azerbaijan’s…
A relevant prosecutor in Athens has filed felony charges against an 88-year-old man who fired a shotgun against two robbers that broke into his residence in the upscale coastal suburb…
Official Turkey has apparently loosened, at least temporarily, security measures aimed to prevent third country nationals from leaving the country’s shores to reach Greek isles in the eastern Aegean, as…
By F. Zois [email protected]
Aegean Airlines on Wednesday announced a pre-agreement with Airbus for the purchase of up to 42 A320neo passenger aircraft.
The preliminary deal calls for an initial…
Members of a federation representing owners of businesses leasing out vehicles to tourists on Wednesday held a “moto-rally” with ATVs outside the relevant transport ministry in Athens and through the…
Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan has reportedly linked the issue of two Greek servicemen held in his country, after allegedly straying into the neighboring country’s territory, with the fate of…
The Tsipras government, and specifically the relevant agriculture development ministry, on Tuesday withdrew a controversial draft bill on the care, ownership and management of pets and strays in the country,…
The ESM’s board of directors on Tuesday approved the disbursement of a 6.7-billion-euro tranche to Greece, as part of the ongoing bailout program, according to a press release by the…
The US embassy in Athens on Tuesday announced that the US federal government has contracted with US-based Caddell Construction to renovate and rehabilitate the embassy’s historic Chancery building, designed by noted architect…
The Bank of Greece (BoG) on Tuesday announced that the annual growth rate of total deposits held in Greek banks reached 7.7 percent in February 2018, up from 6.8 percent…
