By G. Kampourakis [email protected] The Greek government is awaiting a decision on Monday by a provincial first instance Turkish court, in Edirne, over the fate of two Greek army…
Former Euro Working Group (EWG) president Thomas Wieser over the weekend continued to insist on his 200-billion-euro estimate of damages incurred by Greece from the shambolic first-half negotiations in 2015…
The numerous finds and artifacts that were discovered in works for the construction of a long-overdue metro line in the northern city of Thessaloniki were recently detailed at a one-day…
Greece must continue to implement the terms that it has previously agreed to, along with reforms, even after the third bailout ends in August 2018, European Stability Mechanism (ESM) Managing…
The last remaining obstacles in the disbursement of a 5.7-billion-euro loan tranche by European creditors to Greece have reportedly been cleared, with Bloomberg on Friday reporting that a compliance report…
Turkish media on Friday afternoon were reporting that two Greek servicemen – an army officer and NCO – who strayed into Turkish territory overnight and were detained will be tried…
Former Euro Working Group (EWG) president Thomas Wieser on Friday said Greece’s immediate future would be easier with a “safety net” in place, a direct reference to a precautionary credit…
Local media in Athens on Friday morning reported that one Greek army officer and a NCO were detained in Turkish territory, just east of the land border in the northeast…
The head of the European Central Bank’s (ECB) supervisory board SSM chief Danièle Nouy on Thursday “stayed on message” in reiterating that Greece’s four systemic banks remain “somewhat weak”, with…
Momentum continued to build in the Greek manufacturing sector mid-way through the first quarter 2018, with rates of expansion in total new orders, output and purchasing activity reaching post-global financial…
Piraeus Bank group CEO Christos Megalou on Thursday expressed satisfaction with the recent commencement of electronic-only auctions of real estate in the country, as the domestic banking sector continues to…
Several violent incidents were again recorded overnight in the greater Athens area and even in a provincial city, all linked activity by self-styled anarchist and anti-state gangs in the country,…
Most of the electronic auctions held on Wednesday, the first day of an obligatory of all such auctions via an online format, failed to record a successful transaction, according to…
Alternate Finance Minister Giorgos Chouliarakis will represent Greece at Thursday’s Euro Working Group in Brussels, armed with figures reportedly showing an expansion of electronic auctions around the country, in a…
By Vassilis Kostoulas [email protected]
The chief credit officer of EMEA at Moody’s Corporation, Cοlin Ellis, told “N” this week that a precautionary credit line for Greece after the end of…
More than 250 electronic auctions of foreclosed real estate – mostly by lien-holding banks – were scheduled for Wednesday, with 262 properties up for sale. All total, 2,018 auctions were…
ESM Managing Director Klaus Regling again appeared confident that Greece will successfully exit the current – and presumably last – bailout in August 2018, while nevertheless repeating European creditors’ caveat…
Bank of Greece (BoG) Gov. Yannis Stournaras on Wednesday received the chairwoman of the supervisory board at the European Central Bank (ECB) and SSM chief Danièle Nouy, with the volatile…
Detected instances of tax evasion increased by a whopping 174.4 percent in 2017, compared to the previous year, mostly due to stepped up checks, inspections and audits by the Independent…
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras proceeded with a widely expected government reshuffle on Wednesday evening, a day after two ministers, Dimitris Papadimitriou and his wife, Rania Antonopoulou, resigned in the…
The Greek government on Wednesday further loosened capital controls, allowing, for instance, the opening of a new bank account in one of the country’s banks without a previous customer ID.…
By L. Karageorgos [email protected]
One ferry boat company owner on Wednesday picked a high-profile manner in which to demand the last signature remaining – in this case by the relevant…
By S. Emmanuil [email protected]
Although the rate of new business entities, controlled by Greek interests, being opened in neighboring countries with low tax rates is slowing, this trend almost exclusively…
Unknown assailants vandalized roughly 10 store fronts along the Ermou pedestrian way, the Greek capital’s “high street”, in the early morning hours of Wednesday.
According to initial reports, the incident…
Reuters on Tuesday quoted the prime minister of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (fYRoM) as saying his government has forwarded four proposals to finally solve the fYRoM “name issue”…
Main opposition New Democracy (ND) on Tuesday continued to insist that the US ambassador to Athens told the party’s president, a day earlier, that the FBI is not investigating any…
Prospects for creating a “Bad Bank” in Greece as part of efforts to tackle nearly 100 billion euros in non-performing loans (NPLs), as well as the cost for such an…
By G. Kampourakis [email protected]
Speculation over a looming Cabinet reshuffle in Athens went into overdrive on Tuesday morning, following the late-night resignation of Economy Minister Dimitri Papadimitriou.
The latter resigned…
European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi on Monday denied reports that he “exchanged words” with Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos last week during a Eurogroup meeting in Brussels, while…
US ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt reportedly told main opposition New Democracy (ND) leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis that “there is no FBI investigation” involving Greek politicians, ND sources said after a…
