Greece’s main opposition political leader, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, has requested the mediation of Qatar Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in efforts to resolve the issue of two Greek servicemen still…
The Greek state will save up to 80 million euros a year in reduced power subsidies for a handful of Cyclades isles, following the recent completion of a first phase…
Another bizarre incident was reported on the Greek-Turkish border overnight at the Kastanies site, as four Turkish men, which reports claim were heavily intoxicated, tried to pass into Greece from…
The sale of National Bank (NBG) subsidiary in Romania, OTP Bank Romania, has stumbled upon the refusal of Romania’s central bank to approve the deal.
OTP had filed a request…
The digital satellite pay broadcaster that holds the rights to Greece’s football “Superleague” will reportedly demand that a relevant sports minister allow a resumption of play, following an indefinite suspension…
The Bank of Greece (BoG) on Monday announced that the central government cash balance recorded a surplus of 843 million euros over the first two months of 2018, compared to…
A study by the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI), released on Monday, notes that wage-earners in nine EU countries, including Greece, are worse off now than they were – as…
Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos on Monday extended his congratulations to UK-based Cypriot teacher Andria Zafirakou, who picked up the global best teacher prize over the weekend.
Zafirakou teaches art and…
Bank of Greece (BoG) Gov. Yannis Stournaras on Monday reiterated that recession-battered Greece needs an “investment shock” in order to adopt a new and outward-looking economic growth model.
Stournaras spoke…
Greece’s coastal shipping sector – excluding cruise ships – still ranks as one of the largest in Europe, as 17 percent of all passengers transported by sea in the Union…
European Commission VP and Commissioner for the Euro and Social Dialogue Valdis Dombrovskis emphasized that the creation of a “bad bank” to better deal with the acute problem of non-performing…
A government spokesman on Monday morning announced that Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will meet with his junior coalition partner, Defense Minister Panos Kammenos, on Tuesday, as press speculation continued…
By G. Kampourakis [email protected]
Government sources at the beginning of the week dismissed media reports of a “fall-out” between Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and his junior partner, Defense Minister and…
By L. Karageorgos [email protected]
One goal for the 2018 tourism season, according to the relevant ministry at least, is for more than one million holiday-makers from Russia.
Tourism Minister Elena…
By G. Palaitsakis
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Electronic auctions of foreclosed real estate for arrears to the state – primarily back taxes, by taxpayers and legal entities – debut on April 27 in…
By T. Igoumenidi [email protected]
Vodafone and Wind, two of the three major mobile phone and telecoms operators in Greece, along with Providence in tandem with the local Antenna media group…
A search-and-rescue operation by the Greek coast guard has failed to turn up any survivors or bodies in a sea region off the extreme eastern islet of Agathonisi over the…
The inflation rate in Greece was recorded at 0.4 percent in February 2018, slightly up from the previous month’s 0.2 percent, but still hovering at subdued levels. Inflation during the…
Athens and Washington have the same interests vis-a-vis Turkey, was the way the US ambassador to Greece, Geoffrey Pyatt put it, in statements from the northwest lake-side city of Ioannina…
By T. Igoumenidi [email protected]
Approximately 284 million euros will flow into Greek state coffers from the sale of 5 percent of telecoms provider OTE’s share capital, assuming that Deutsche Telekom…
By T. Igoumenidi
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The value of the retail smartphone sector in Greece reached 502.3 million euros in 2017, down 3 percent from 2016, when it reached 518.6 million euros.…
Northern Greece tobacco company SEKAP, which found itself in the middle of a political furor in the recent period, will reportedly pass into the control of Japan Tobacco group as…
Cyprus Airways this week announced that it was resuming a route between the Larnaca and Athens, beginning with two flights a week as of March 29, and four flights a…
An Athens appeal council has rejected an extradition request by Turkish authorities for eight Turkish army servicemen that fled to Greece and requested political asylum in the wake of a…
Athens-based Energean Oil & Gas wants to raise approximately US $500 million through an initial public offering (IPO) in London, in order to develop its natural gas and oil concessions…
A relevant prosecutor in Athens has reportedly recommended that the latest extradition request by Turkish judicial authorities for eight Turkish servicemen that fled to Greece in the wake of a…
Main opposition New Democracy (ND) president Kyriakos Mitsotakis referred to an “increased Turkish provocations” in the Aegean over the recent period, in statements to members of the Greek-American community in…
Germany’s Fraport, the lead partner in the Fraport Greece consortium, said renovations and upgrades at half of the 14 airports it manages in the east Mediterranean country will have been…
Unemployment in Greece increased in the last quarter of 2017, reaching 21.1 percent, up from 20.2 in the previous (third) quarter, according to figures released by the country’s independent statistics…
Main opposition New Democracy (ND) party continues to field a double-digit percentage point lead over ruling SYRIZA in a latest opinion poll, whose results were broadcast on Thursday evening.
Specifically,…
