Qatar Airways this week announced that it will commence a route connecting Doha with the popular Cyclades island of Mykonos, beginning on May 30, 2018.
Mykonos will mark the third…
Unknown assailants used three camping gas canisters to attack the entrance of a business in central Athens owned by the wife of main opposition New Democracy (ND) leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis,…
By F. Zois
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Two of the most prominent multinationals that have pushed through landmark privatizations in recession-battered Greece, Chinese shipping giant Cosco and Italian rail operator Ferrovie dello Stato…
The bodies of two mountain climbers from the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (fYRoM) were located on Sunday on Mt. Kaimaktsalan, in extreme northern Greece, a day after they fell…
Cyprus’ foreign minister on Friday evening called the actions of six Turkish warships to try and block a Bahamas-flagged deepwater drillship from reaching block 3 in the island republic’s Exclusive…
A master plan recently unveiled by the Cosco-managed Piraeus Port Authority (PPA), the largest and busiest port facility in Greece, outlines four main axes of development over the coming years.…
Arrears owed to the Greek state fell under 100 billion euros as of Jan. 1, 2018, corresponding to just over 4.068 billion debtors, according to information supplied on Friday by…
Unemployment again fell in Greece during the last month surveyed, November 2017, now totaling 20.9 percent, down from 23.3 percent recorded in November 2016.
According to figures supplied by the…
Main opposition New Democracy (ND) leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis referred to the specter of “hyper-taxation” in the still bailout-dependent country, during his meeting on Friday with visiting EU Commissioner Pierre Moscovici,…
A government spokesman on Friday announced that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will propose to leftist SYRIZA party’s Parliament group the establishment of a preliminary committee of inquiry over the now…
Convicted “N17” assassin Dimitris Koufodinas again exited a Greek prison on Friday morning with a two-day furlough unanimously granted by a judicial council, sparking reactions by the families of victims…
By S. Papapetros
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Four out of 10 pensioners in Greece current receive less than 500 euros in monthly net primary social security payments, a number that translates into more…
The European Court this week ruled that the sale of fuels without the imposition of a special consumer tax at petrol stations on Greece’s border crossings with non-EU third countries…
Aegean Airlines this week announced that it will order at least 50 new airliners within the next month, company CEO Dimitrios Gerogiannis was quoted by Bloomberg as saying.
He said…
Greece returned to the markets on Thursday with a seven-year bond, an offering that was only temporarily postponed earlier in the week due to a mini crash in stock exchanges…
Another 48-hour furlough will be issued to convicted terrorist Dimitris Koufodinas, beginning on Friday, press reports in Athens stated on Thursday.
Koufodinas has been convicted and sentenced to multiple life…
By K. Deligiannis
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Higher bid prices were recorded at Wednesday’s latest “NOME-type” electricity auction, the first of the current year, with the highest offer reaching 41.45 euros per MWh.…
By N. Malliara
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A full-blown feud between between US-based Calamos Family Partners and Exin Financial Services, in the Netherlands, has now found its way into the legal arena, threatening…
Fraport Greece this week reported a 20.7-percent increase in passenger traffic for 2017 at the airport it manages on the eastern Aegean island of Kos, as well as an overall…
Visiting European Commissioner Pierre Moscovici, one of the more pro-Greek leaders in the EU, told his hosts on Wednesday that there’s “light at the end of the tunnel,” in referring…
Alternate Health Minister Pavlos Polakis on Wednesday revealed that three “protected witnesses”, whose testimony over the past few months alleged the involvement of two former prime ministers and eight one-time…
The 2018 SMART4SEA Conference successfully concluded on Wednesday 31st of January, at Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) at the Bookcastle of the National Library of Greece, attracting 500 delegates from…
By N. Bellos [email protected]
The European Commission forecasts that GDP growth in Greece will total 2.5 percent in 2018 and 2019, the same forecast it made for the two years…
By D. Alexaki
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International brewer Carlsberg group has acquired full control of Greece-based Olympic Brewery, which produces and distributes the well-known “Fix” and “Mythos” brands in the country, completing…
The Greek state’s arrears towards the private sector reached an all-time low – since the memorandum era began in 2010 – in December 2017, falling to 2.567 billion euros.
The…
Greece’s northern neighbor, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (fYRoM), as it’s recognized by Athens and international bodies, is ready to accept a geographic qualifier before the name “Macedonia”, the…
The European Investment Bank’s (EIB) board of directors, in a first session of 2018, on Tuesday announced that the development bank will provide funding of 1.5 billion euros for the…
A sealed judicial probe compiled by anti-corruption prosecutors on alleged kickbacks and price-fixing charges by Novartis’ Greek subsidiary was sent to Parliament on Tuesday, a day after sparking another political…
Greece is reportedly scrapping a decision to float a seven-year bond issue over the next few days, as stock and money markets around the world on Tuesday continued to suffer…
Media attention and political clashes were immediately diverted on Monday from a mass rally in favor of a hard-line stance vis-a-vis the resurgent fYRoM “name issue” to the reassignment of…
