A biting response by Estonian Minister of Justice Urmas Reinsalu to his Greek counterpart Stavros Kontonis was widely circulated in Greek media on Wednesday, in the wake of the latter’s…
Tax inspectors are continuing a “safari” around Greece’s prime tourist regions at the end of August, with several indicative examples of alleged tax evasion and VAT avoidance released to the…
The ASTA Destination Εxpo 2018 will be held in Athens next April, Greek Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura confirmed this week, speaking at the annual conference of the American Society of…
A further modification of capital controls in Euro zone member Greece – a continuing “byproduct” from shambolic negotiations with creditors in the first half of 2015 – will come on…
The economic outlook improved in Greece this month, according to the monthly report issued by the EU over the course of the economy in the Union.
Specifically for Greece, the…
The US embassy in Athens and its consular section, the US consulate general in Thessaloniki, and all US government offices in Greece will be closed on Monday, Sept. 4, 2017,…
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias will visit the foreign Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (fYRoM) on Thursday, where he is scheduled to meet with his counterpart, Nikola Dimitrov.
Expanded talks between…
By L. Karageorgos [email protected]
At least three new luxury urban resorts on or next to Syntagma Square, in the heart of Athens, is the target of Greece-based hotel developer and…
By S. Papapetros [email protected]
A labor ministry draft omnibus bill was tabled in Parliament on Tuesday afternoon after reportedly receiving the “go ahead” from Greece’s institutional creditors.
The draft legislation…
A study by EY places recession-battered Greece at the bottom of a relevant list — of Mediterranean countries in this case — in terms of attracting foreign investments (2011-2015), a…
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…
