Canadian multinational Eldorado Gold on Thursday announced that it temporarily postpone a decision on whether to suspend the bulk of its activities at its northern Greece gold and copper mining…
A relevant shipping deputy minister on Thursday said two-thirds of the stored fuel oil in a sunken tanker has been pumped out, as a repercussions from an oil spill continue…
By S. Zisimos [email protected]
The Greek government, systemic lenders in the country and creditors’ top auditors are in the final phase of negotiations over criteria for businesses’ inclusion in a…
Greece’s finance ministry is reportedly planning new bond issues until August 2018 – when the current bailout ends – as well as swaps of 2012 issues worth 32 billion euros.…
By J. Kanoupakis [email protected]
Greek exports continued a 2017, with the latest figures released by the association of exporters showing an impressive increase in demand by third countries.
Results for…
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on Wednesday projected growth in recession-plagued Greece to reach a very modest 1.1 percent in 2017, but jumping to 2.5 percent next…
Euro Working Group head Thomas Wieser was quoted by a Greek website this week as leaving open the possibility of additional austerity measures needed in Greece over the 2019-2020 period.…
By V. Vegiri [email protected]
The elimination of a night-time shift at the port of Thessaloniki’s gate 16 by the customs service has reportedly caused international shipping agencies to avoid the…
By V. Vegiri [email protected]
The elimination of a night-time shift at the port of Thessaloniki’s gate 16 by the customs service has reportedly caused international shipping agencies to avoid the…
Charges of chaotic reactions by state services in the wake of a small tanker’s sinking off the greater Athens area last week resurfaced anew on Wednesday, when the skipper and…
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…
