By A. Tsimplakis
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Postlane Partners this week withdrew its bid for the Neorion shipyards on the Cyclades island of Syros, thereby leaving only one offer on the table for…
By T. Tsiros [email protected]
The latest – positive – “scenario” being tossed around in Athens this week by the finance ministry’s top officials holds that the target for the this…
By K. Deligiannis
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Greece’s environment and energy ministry has reportedly submitted proposals to the EU Commission for renewable energy sources projects in the country estimated to total 1.2 to…
By K. Deligiannis [email protected]
The recent inauguration of electricity auctions in Greece, the well-known NOME sales mechanism, has apparently not boosted competition among alternative high-voltage producers, who provide the “lion’s…
The Greek state allocated 1.214 billion euros over the January-August 2017 to cover arrears towards the private sector, the finance ministry announced this week.
In August alone, the figure reached…
Two escaped convicts, identified as Turkish nationals serving lengthy sentences for smuggling foreign nationals into Greece, were apprehended in the Evros border prefecture on Monday, authorities said.
The two inmates,…
EU Commission Vice-president Valdis Dombrovskis this week reiterated that an “ideal timetable” for concluding the looming third review of the ongoing Greek program should extend by the end of the…
By F. Zois [email protected]
A mostly expected approval by the Court of Audit, which reviews major state contracts, of a proposed 20-year extension of the current concession for the Eleftherios…
By G. Sakkas [email protected]
The market in Greece for non-prescription drugs remains stuck in the 230-million-euro range over the past few years, with the per capita expenditure, in fact, last…
By G. Kampourakis
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Monday promised the “ASAP” implementation of “prior actions” by his government in order to conclude the looming third review of the…
National Bank of Greece, in a report published on Monday, noted that employment growth in the recession-battered country picked up the second quarter of 2017 by 2.3 percent, yoy, and…
Israeli director’s Shmuel Maoz’s “Foxtrot” will be among the entries in this year’s 23rd Athens International Film Festival, with showings set for Sunday, Sept. 24 at the Indeal movie theater,…
By A. Tsimplakis [email protected]
Total tourism-related revenues in Greece posted a significant increase in July 2017, compared to the corresponding month of 2016, up 14.2 percent yoy.
Nevetherless, per capital…
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras took to the airwaves on Monday morning nearly a week after the sinking of a small oil tanker west of the greater Athens area has…
By K. Deligiannis
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Deliberations between the government and the EU Commission over the sale of 40 percent of the state-run Public Power Corp.’s (PPC) lignite-fire production capability shift to…
A 4.2 on the Richter scale earthquake shook the central Aegean island of Alonissos on Sunday afternoon.
The quake’s epicenter was located 21 kilometers northeast of the Greek island.…
Main opposition New Democracy (ND) leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis again pressed his “jobs instead of handouts” pledge on Sunday, appearing at a press conference in Thessaloniki on the sidelines of a…
Millions of taxpayers in Greece will face payment of up to six different taxes over the next 4.5 months, as the beleaguered leftist-rightist government must meet or exceed a 1.75-percent…
Greek opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis laid out a wide-ranging reform package during a nationally televised address on Saturday evening, staying “on message” with pledges of less taxes, a smaller public…
Main opposition New Democracy (ND) party leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Friday reiterated his pledge to work towards revising Greece’s constitution in order to allow non-profit, non-state universities to operate in…
Greece’s largest employers’ federation this week released figures showing that the ratio between the non-active (homemakers, juveniles, the elderly, unemployed people) and active population in the Greece is two to…
Greek FinMin Euclid Tsakalotos on Friday forecast that his government will not need to take additional austerity measures in 2018, speaking hours after an informal Eurogroup meeting in Tallinn.
Figures…
The initial results from Friday’s informal Eurogroup meeting in Tallinn, as far as bailout-dependent Greece is concerned, include the European Central Bank’s opposition to a standing IMF demand for an…
By V. Kostoulas [email protected]
European Investment Bank (EIB) officials this week referred to the size and scope of proposals for prospective inclusion in its investment schemes, especially the so-called Juncker…
By L. Karageorgos [email protected]
London apparently still remains a magnet for Greek-controlled ocean-going shipping, despite the specter of “Brexit”, with the head of the Union of the Greek Shipowners telling…
International Monetary Fund (IMF) spokesman Gerry Rice on Thursday confirmed that the Fund considers that new austerity measures in still bailout-dependent Greece may be possible.
He also said an Asset…
A furor over failure to fully contain an oil spill from a small tanker that sank under mysterious circumstances in the early morning hours Sunday off the greater Athens area…
The inaugural ‘EAEU–Greece: A New Bridge for Cooperation and Development’business forum’, which within the framework of the Thessaloniki International Fair-Helexpo (TIF) 2017 was concluded in the northern Greece city this week.…
By G. Kampourakis
An off-the-record briefing by top finance ministry officials on Wednesday revealed that the ministry’s leadership considers the goal for concluding the third review of the current bailout…
One unanswered question casting a shadow over official and unofficial Athens prior to negotiations to conclude the third review of the ongoing bailout program is whether current Finance Minister Euclid…
