By L. Kalamara [email protected]
The eyebrow-raising figure of 200 million euros has been invested in Greece-based start-ups between 2010 and 2016, a development that borders on the stunning when considering…
The start price for seven nationwide broadcast licenses in Greece was set on Friday at 35 million euros by an independent watchdog authority, according to a letter sent to the…
Greece’s independent public revenues authority has reportedly commence an urgent sample audit of some 2,500 hotels in the country, amid the current height of the summer tourism season.
Tax auditors…
Main opposition New Democracy (ND) party on Friday followed the Communist Party (KKE) and centrist Potami party by withdrawing its MPs from this week’s Parliamentary debate, with all three parties…
An Athens appeals court on Friday found a one-time minister in a late 1990s socialist PASOK government guilty of money laundering charges.
The court ruled that 450,000 deutschmarks transferred by…
By T. Tsiros [email protected]
With a more-or-less successful first foray into the capital markets since 2014 this week behind it, the leftist-rightist coalition government in Athens now has a full…
The political thermometer equaled the temperatures in downtown Athens this week, with main opposition New Democracy (ND) leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis referring “impudence” and “arrogance” on the part of Prime Minister…
By T. Igoumenidi [email protected]
Six high-rise buildings (above 200 meters from the sea level) and various types and sizes of cutting-edge residences are an integral part of the Helliniko real…
Titan cement group on Thursday announced H1 2017 financial results showing a 6.9-percent increase in consolidated turnover compared to the same half of 2016, as the former reached 773.8 million…
The general secretariat for trade and consumer protection, a state entity, on Thursday issued a circular to try and clear up which categories of self-employed professionals and businesses in the…
Greece’s central bank on Thursday announced that deposits in domestic banks by households and non-profit institutions increased by 771 million euros in June, compared with a decrease of 214 million…
FT on Wednesday reported that Greece’s five-year, three-billion-euro bond on Tuesday was the fifth most-traded euro-denominated sovereign debt in Europe.
According to the international media provider, in an article bylined…
The latest instance of anarchist-related violence occurred on Wednesday evening when between 10 to 15 sledge hammer-wielding perpetrators smashed ticket dispensers and validation machines at the Perissos electric train (ΙSAP)…
Greece’s federation of property owners, known by its Greek-language acronym of POMIDA, this week charged that the government is attempting to impose what called “predatory” tax rates on short-term leases,…
Two bodies were recovered from the wreckage of a small plane that went down overnight outside the central Greece city of Larissa.
The two victims had taken off with the…
Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, arrived in the Ionian island of Corfu on Wednesday afternoon for a holiday stay at the Rothschild estate.
The…
The leftist government is expected to submit a draft bill in September that will reportedly prescribe the imposition of heavy fines against the owners of private vehicles used to transport…
By K. Deligiannis
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The management of the state-run Public Power Corp. (PPC) on Tuesday unveiled a plan to expand activities to neighboring Turkey, the biggest electricity market in the…
An across-the-board interview by the IMF’s mission chief for Greece to “N” this week apparently “ruffled feathers” in Athens, with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras charging that the people “who…
An across-the-board interview by the IMF’s mission chief for Greece to “N” this week apparently “ruffled feathers” in Athens, with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras charging that the people “who…
The New Acropolis Museum, the country’s most popular and cutting-edge museum, will again mark August’s full moon with special events.
Entrance is free.
An evening concert is scheduled for Monday…
The relevant finance ministry on Wednesday is reportedly considering a “silent” extension of a deadline for all retail businesses to install electronic transaction terminals (POS) on their premises.
A circular…
The EBRD on Wednesday signed an inaugural project under its new framework for renewable energy in Greece by subscribing to €28.3 million in bonds issued by Hellenic Petroleum, Greece’s biggest…
Parliament’s independent Budget Office on Wednesday referred to a “positive development” with the previous day’s first exit by the Greek state to test sovereign debt markets in three years.
In…
Hellenic Petroleum (Hel.Pe) on Wednesday announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Hel.Pe Finance Plc, successfully issued new notes priced at 74.5 million euros, which will be consolidated and form a…
A union representing culture ministry employees has chosen the upcoming weekend, amid the height of the ongoing summer tourism season, to announce a 48-strike at museums and archaeological sites in…
The Greek state’s “debut” in international sovereign debt markets on Tuesday drained three billion euros out of the four billion-euro target it said it wanted, although the overall development was…
By Vassilis Kostoulas [email protected]
Greece’s testing of the markets must adhere closely with the current program’s objectives and targets, as the Greek side still has a “full agenda” of reforms…
Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos expressed his satisfaction with the results of a five-year bond issue concluded on Tuesday, the first by the bailout-dependent Greek state since 2014, months before…
Greek government sources on Tuesday referred to an “absolute success” and a confirmation of the positive course of the Greek economy, immediately after a five-year bond issue offering concluded with…
