More violations by Turkish warplanes in the eastern Aegean were reported on Wednesday, with four fighters planes, two F-16s and two F-4s, flying over several islets in the Fourni complex,…
By T. Igoumenidi
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A much-anticipated decision by the Council of State (CoS) to approve a presidential decree that is considered as the last main bureaucratic hurdle standing before the…
By J. Kanoupakis
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Greece’s largest employers’ federation, SEV, this week expressed concerns over the performances by the country’s small-to-medium business (SMEs) sector, compared to European averages.
SMEs in Greece…
A headless statue believed to depict the ancient goddess Aphrodite has been uncovered at a construction worksite for the metro project in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki.
The statue…
Moody’s is expected to close out the most recent cycle of Greece’s credit rating upgrades, as the former – by all accounts — will follow Standard and Poor’s – last…
EU Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos on Tuesday was the latest Greek politician – one of 10 implicated in an indictment involving the Greek subsidiary of drug manufacturer Novartis – to lash…
Greece’s often Kafkaesque political arena will take an even stranger turn on Wednesday, as 10 individual ballot boxes will be set up in Parliament for deputies to vote for or…
The stepped and universal commencement of electronic auctions of foreclosed real estate will commence in Greece on Feb. 28, according to the president of an association of notaries in the…
Work is continuing on schedule for the installation of a floating storage regasification unit (FSRU) off the extreme northeast port of Alexandroupolis, according a spokesman for Gaslog, one of the…
Seventeen Turkish nationals, self-identified as civil servants and judicial officials in the neighboring country, have requested political asylum in Greece this week, after they arrived on Monday on a small…
ESM Managing Director Klaus Regling joined several other top European official on Monday in praising the recent performance of the Greek government in fulfilling creditor-mandated obligations, although he again ruled…
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras spoke by phone with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday, with the resurrected fYRoM “name issue” and prickly Greek-Turkish relations reportedly dominating the short conversation.…
By N. Bellos
“Close but no cigar” more-or-less summed up the Greek government’s efforts to secure a next tranche of bailout money from European creditors, with Athens falling short by…
By L. Karageorgos [email protected]
The tourism sector in Greece continues to appear impervious to the country’s economic implosion since 2010, with 71 hotels and 6,438 rooms added to the total…
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras toured a Hellenic Air Force combat group (135th) on Sunday on the central Aegean island of Skyros, a visit that received closer scrutiny amid the…
Construction of the 550-kilometer Greek portion of the TAP natural gas pipeline is proceeding at a fast pace, according to the newly appointed country manager for the pipeline project, Katerina…
Eurozone finance ministers will meet at the Eurogroup setting on Monday, a religious holiday in Greece, with one of the main topics on the agenda again expected to be Athens’…
By G. Sakkas
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The vaccines sector in Greece for 2017 reached 165 million euros in value, while at the same time comprising a significant portion of local pharmacies’ turnover.…
Residential prices in Greece continued to fall in 2017, but at a rate lower than in the previous year, comparatively, according to Bank of Greece (BoG) figures released this week.…
EU Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos is the latest Greek politician to go on the offensive against allegations pointing to his involvement in the Novartis kickbacks and price-fixing probe, a case that…
A man who worked for 17 straight years as a pathologist in a public hospital in the northern Greece city of Kavala lacked a medical degree, it was revealed this…
Greece’s privatization fund, the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF), on Friday received two binding offers for the acquisition of 66 percent of the Hellenic Gas Transmission System Operator S.A. (DESFA).
The 66-percent…
Greece’s privatization fund, the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF), on Friday announced that nine investment schemes have expressed an interest for the Egnatia Odos motorway, the longest tollway in…
A Chinese state-controlled multinational, Sichuan Communications Investment Group Co, Ltd (SCIG), has joined forces with Greece-based Copelouzos group to submit an expression of interest for the concession of the Egnatia…
Greece’s balance of trade deficit widened to 21.5 billion euros in 2017, up by 2.8 billion euros in relation to 2016. According to Eurostat, Greek exports during the preceding year…
The Greek government spokesman on Friday adopted a stricter position over recent Turkish military activity in the Aegean, which Athens considers and has condemned as outright aggressiveness.
“If Turkey engaged…
By F. Zois [email protected]
The leadership of Greece’s privatization agency, the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF), will travel to Brussels next week as part of efforts to overcome the…
By N. Bellos
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Three pending “prior actions” are reportedly stalling the disbursement of 5.7 billion euros in bailout money to Greece by European creditors, with a scheduled Eurogroup meeting…
The Turkish military continued stepped up activity in the Aegean region on Thursday, this time in the air, as Athens reported 29 violations of airspace by five Turkish warplanes.
Specifically,…
Greece and Turkey now share more than often prickly relations as the two neighbors are jointly ranked fifth (20.6 points) on Bloomberg’s Misery Index, which was released on Thursday, and…
