A change in leadership in the neighboring former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (fYRoM) this month has apparently rekindled interest in that country’s Euro-Atlantic prospects, and inevitably, in solving the nearly…
Visiting French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire reportedly presented a “compromise solution” over the Greek debt issue in talks with the country’s top leadership in Athens on Monday.
In statements…
Firefighters were searching for the resident of a partially damaged home in the village of Vrisa, on the island of Lesvos, on Monday afternoon in the wake of a strong…
The Cosco-managed Piraeus Port Authority (OLP) and Shanghai International Port Group, the world’s biggest commercial port, on Monday signed a MoU envisioning cooperation in infrastructure studies, personnel training, information exchange…
A strong earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale was recorded at 15.23 (13.28 GMT) some 37 kilometers southwest of the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos, across from the Asia…
By S. Papapetros
Social security funds on Monday reported a 2.07-percent reduction in private sector wages for August 2017, the last month for which figures have been released.
The figure…
By T. Tsiros [email protected]
Discussions are reportedly continuing at the top Eurogroup echelons over what “offset” measures can be offered to the embattled Tsipras government over the coming months, given…
The Greek government on Sunday announced that it would proceed with the obligatory expropriation of properties damaged in major landslide a day earlier at an open lignite pit in the…
“A difficult balancing act” is the way a top one German lawmaker described Wolfgang Schaeuble’s task at the upcoming Eurogroup meeting, where Greek debt relief is expected to dominate the…
A state of emergency was declared on Saturday in a northern Greece district after a massive landslide occurred at a lignite pit in the Amyntaio site, in Florina prefecture.
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By T. Igoumenidi
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The massive real estate redevelopment project at the coastal Helleniko site moved a step forward this week with the submission, on the part of the…
Athens last week announced that a visa program linked with the purchase of real estate in the country exceeding 250,000 euros has already attracted roughly one billion euros to the…
The slim leftist-rightist coalition in Greece held firm on Friday during a vote for the latest – and probably last – round of “prior actions” demanded by creditors in order…
The Economist Intelligence Unit this week stood by its forecast for Greek GDP growth of 1.2 percent in 2017, a week after the country’s statistics bureau announced that a revised…
Greece’s ombudsman will reportedly investigate claims that Greek authorities illegally returned Turkish nationals that recently sought international protection after fleeing from the neighboring country, as well as another high-profile incident…
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias on Friday spoke by phone with his counterpart from the United Arab Emirates, Anwar Mohammed Gargash, with talks focusing directly on the latest developments in…
An 11-year-old elementary pupil was killed by stray bullet that struck him in the head during a school event in a northeast Athens district on Thursday evening, authorities said on…
Thessaloniki Port Authority (OL.Th) managing director Dimitris Makris on Thursday expressed optimism that the port’s privatization will be concluded within the next five months.
Speaking during a press briefing to…
The latest and probably last round of “prior actions” demanded by creditors to conclude the long overdue second review of the Greek program was submitted to Parliament on Thursday, with…
The European Central Bank on Thursday lowered its Emergency Liquidity Assistance (ELA) cap on the amount that Greek banks can draw from the Bank of Greece (BoG) by 1.1 billion…
A controversial draft bill on higher education attracted shrill criticism by the opposition in Greece this week, as two of the “highlights” in the legislation essentially restore a blanket university…
A draft amendment will be tabled in Parliament on Friday morning that includes the remaining “prior actions” demanded by Greece’s creditors in order to finally conclude the utterly delayed second…
The head of the EuroWorking Group Thomas Wieser appeared absolutely confident over the prospects of a conclusion to the long-delayed review of the Greek program being achieved at the coming…
A return to the markets for Greece’s borrowing needs and a need to send international investors a “positive message” are the primary arguments now being circulated lined by the Greek…
A competing flurry of leaks and statements by nameless sources in Berlin and Athens, respectively, continued on Wednesday, with Reuters quoting Greek government sources as saying the country could return…
The GEK Terna construction group on Wednesday announced quarterly consolidated sales of 262.4 million euros, down from 281.9 in the corresponding quarter of 2016.
The group’s EBITDA reached 68.9 million…
Greece’s privatization fund (HRADF) on Wednesday announced an international tender for the commercial exploitation of a tract of land in northern Corfu, the well-known Ionian island destination.
The property is…
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Wednesday received former US vice-president Joe Biden at the Maximos Mansion government house.
Regional developments, the Cyprus issue, energy matters and bilateral Greek-US economic…
By G. Kanoupakis [email protected]
Motor Oil president Vardis Vardinogiannis, one of Greece’s most influential industrial and business leaders, on Thursday reiterated during a group shareholders’ meeting that the refinery and…
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on Wednesday was the latest international institution to lower its annual growth forecast for crisis-battered Greece, putting the figure for the current…
