One of the biggest Mycenaean-era engraved tombs discovered in recent decades has been pinpointed near the south-central Greece town of Orhomenos, the modern-day placename for the ancient settlement of Orchomenus.…
Eurogroup chairman Jeroen Djisselbloem will arrive in Athens on Sept. 25 for a meeting with Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos.
The report comes a day before creditors’ auditors are expected…
The sudden but not altogether surprise announcement by Eldorado Gold on Monday that it was suspending its subsidiary’s operations in Greece – due to systemic foot-dragging by Greek government, as…
By L. Kalamara [email protected]
Mining giant Eldorado Gold announced on Monday that it will suspend its operations in Greece, following what it called three months of unsuccessful negotiations and talks…
The head of China Development Bank (CDB), Wang Jining, on Saturday signed a MoC with the president of Greece’s state-run power utility, the Public Power Corp. (PPC), Emmanuil Panagiotakis, on…
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras inaugurated the 82nd Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) in the northern Greece metropolis on Saturday, the biggest trade exhibition in the country and the venue for…
It was ESM Managing Director Klaus Regling’s turn on Saturday to repeat European creditors’ constant message to Athens, namely: keep implementing agreed to reforms and debt relief is on the…
By Vassilis Kostoulas [email protected]
Paris will continue pushing for an ambitious implementation of last year’s Eurogroup decision regarding debt relief, as long as Athens continues to meet its commitments regarding…
The Hellenic Space Technologies and Applications Cluster (si-Cluster) this week signed an extension of a bilateral strategic agreement with the famed Aerospace Valley cluster in France, a cooperative that includes…
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French President Emmanuel Macron stayed “on message” again on Friday during the second day of his official visit to Athens, emphasizing that Greece needs debt relief but…
Few Greek tourists were recorded in 2016, compared to 2015, although total tourism-related expenditures from this particular group increased, Greece’s independent statistics authority (EL.STAT) revealed on Friday.
According to released…
The heads of French energy and utility giants Total and Suez, respectively, on Friday referred to interest by their groups in Greece-based investments, speaking on the sidelines of an economic…
The Piraeus Port Authority (PPA) SA on Friday announced the completion of a tender and finalization of a contract with Cosco SH (Dalian) Shipyard for the purchase of a new…
French President Emmanuel Macron began the second day of his two-day visit to Greece on Friday by meeting with main opposition New Democracy party leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
The center-right political…
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IMF sources told “N” this week that the Fund’s managing director, Christine Lagarde, has accepted an invitation by the Greek president to visit the country. Nevertheless, the…
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Emmanuel Macron spoke in Greek, with a French accent and a German tone.
He called the Greek crisis a European crisis.
He confidently said Greece was recovering.
Europe…
French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday evening set out his challenges and vision for a more “ambitious” European future on the very spot where the very notion of democracy first…
Main opposition New Democracy (ND) leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday promised to detail his center-right party’s positions on boosting entrepreneurship and creating a more business-friendly environment during an address this…
French President Emmanuel Macron didn’t waste any time in directly referring to a need for a “collective commitment” by Greek leaders towards continuing reforms by still bailout-dependent, in his first…
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in Greece for June 2017 fell to 21.2 percent, compared to 23.5 percent in the corresponding month of 2016. The downward revised figure for the…
French President Emmanuel Macron landed in Athens just after 1 p.m. (11 GMT) on Thursday to begin a two-day visit to Greece and talks with the country’s leadership. Macron, who…
Eurostat on Wednesday announced that Greece retains first place in the EU in the category of self-employed, with the figure at 29 percent of the workforce for 2016, followed by…
Main opposition New Democracy (ND) party enjoys a 7-percentage point lead over ruling SYRIZA in the first major opinion poll released in the end-of-summer season.
The poll was conducted by…
Less than 24 hours after Greece’s Central Archaeological Council (KAS) failed to issue a decision delineating what – if any – portion of the old Athens airport and surrounding land…
The Greek prime minister’s office on Wednesday afternoon announced the official itinerary for the next day’s visit to Athens by French President Emmanuel Macron, noting that the latter’s meeting with…
The first-ever electronic auctions of foreclosed properties in Greece will reportedly commence next week, with commercial real estate up for sale to the highest bidder in the first phase.
Environment…
European Commissioner Pierre Moscovici offered up a “bitter pill” for Athens on Wednesday by stating that Greece would remain under fiscal supervision even after the current bailout program ends in…
Global luxury hotel and resort operator Four Seasons is set to make its inaugural foray into the Greek tourism market next year, as the Astir Palace resort on Wednesday announced…
The Greek and Bulgarian prime ministers, Alexis Tsipras and Boyko Borisov, on Wednesday signed a memorandum of cooperation envisioning increased rail links between the two southeast European neighbors.
The two…
A very closely watched session of Greece’s influential Central Archaeological Council (KAS) ended in the early morning hours of Wednesday morning after eight hours of deliberations but without issuing a…
