Alexis Tsipras’ first visit to large private sector enterprise as Greek prime minister yielded a tantalizing bit of news on Tuesday, as the latter told assembled workers at a new…
A late summer political furor has erupted in Greece over a government proposal to change the way college entry in the country is achieved, with the relevant minister partially back-tracking…
German multinational P&I (Personal & Informatik) AG on Tuesday announced that it will inaugurate its new subsidiary in Greece (P&I – Hellas Ltd.) in the northwest city of Ioannina on…
Greece’s independent power regulator, officially called the “Operator of Electricity Market”, this week announced that state-owned Public Power Corp.’s (PPC) market share rose by 0.22 percent last month, month-on-month, to…
Greek refinery and petrochemical conglomerate Motor Oil posted encouraging H1 2017 results this week, with the highlight being a major increase in turnover and improved profit margins.
Turnover rose by…
The president of Thessaloniki’s professional chamber of commerce this week said a recent meeting between the area’s business leaders and chamber officials with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was “disappointing”.…
Greece’s relevant public order minister on Tuesday said he was “certain” a recent major wildfire on the Ionian island of Zakynthos was the result of an “organized plan by arsonists”.…
Two of Greece’s best-known children’s charities have been hit with an expensive property tax bill for 2017, with the SOS Children’s Villages slapped with a 95,000-euro bill and the “Smile…
Nine out of the 10 biggest regional airports in Greece now managed by a German-Greek consortium as of last March posted an increase in outgoing flights over the ongoing summer…
The Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration has ruled in favor of the Mytilineos mining group in its dispute with the state of Serbia, a legal battle stemming from a defunct…
No expressions of interest were submitted in a tender for the state-run Hellenic Vehicle Industry (ELVO), as a relevant deadline expired on Monday, according to the president of the union…
The relevant agriculture minister over the weekend promised wine producers that his leftist-rightist government will abolish an unpopular special levy on wine consumption by the end of the year, one…
Private sector bank deposits increased for a third consecutive month in June 2017, according to the Bank of Greece (BoG), with the total reaching 121.25 billion euros during that month,…
A recent spate of bullying and even assaults against tax inspectors in the recent period, especially on a handful of well-known islands, appears to have set in motion a plan…
By L. Karageorgos [email protected]
Tourist arrivals from Greece’s southeast European neighbors have posted a massive increase over the current economic recession in the country, according to figures collected by the…
Annual property tax payment notices were electronically sent to roughly seven million owners with at least one holding to their name in Greece over the weekend.
The independent public revenue…
By A. Doga [email protected]
Greek systemic banks’ obligation to downsize or sell-off their overseas operations has dramatically decreased their relevant networks abroad by 64 percent, with the result, however, translating…
European countries are expected to immediately resume the repatriation of third country asylum seekers back to Greece, in case the latter is the first EU country they entered, according to…
Representatives of workers employed by the Hellas Gold mining company met with the relevant environment and energy ministry general secretary on Thursday afternoon in Athens, part of efforts by the…
By L. Karageorgos [email protected]
Hotels in the greater Athens area reported positive results for July 2017, with the occupancy rate reaching 91.4 percent, up 1.9 percent from the corresponding month…
By V. Vegiri [email protected]
State-run Public Power Corp. (PPC), the dominant electricity provider in Greece, is set to sign a MoU with China Development Bank (CDB) on the sidelines of…
By T. Tsiros [email protected]
A shortfall of 338 million euros in the target for revenues from individual tax returns was recorded in the first seven months of 2017, according to…
By L. Kalamara [email protected]
Canadian mining multinational Eldorado Gold will review its investment plans for Greece, CEO George Burns told “N” this week in an interview, as the biggest industrial…
An appellate level prosecutor in Athens has recommended an indictment against former Siemens Hellas CEO Michalis Christoforatos on charges of bribery related to a massive contract for the ill-fated C4I…
Germany’s finance ministry on Wednesday issued a quick clarification after a same-day Bild article claimed that German FinMin Wolfgang Schaeuble has “reversed” his position over any future transformation of the…
By S. Zisimos [email protected]
More than 5,000 individuals and businesses with private sector arrears have so far submitted at least a portion of the paperwork needed for inclusion in an…
Βy Vassilis Kostoulas [email protected]
A spokesman for Estonia’s EU Presidency on Wednesday stepped into the increasingly acrimonious political furor in Greece this week over the leftist Tsipras government’s decision to…
By T. Tsiros [email protected]
Privatizations in still bailout-dependent Greece will again come under scrutiny in the coming period, as the leftist-rightist coalition government expects the commencement of negotiations with creditors…
Italian energy giant Snam is the protagonist in a consortium comprised of four European natgas operators that has submitted a bid in the first phase of the current privatization for…
By K. Deligiannis [email protected]
Greece’s state-run dominant power company, listed Public Power Corp. (PPC), is set to hire a consultant next month as part of efforts to more effectively manage…
