The divergence between Greece’s growth rate and that of the Euro zone average by 2.2 percentage points was the highlight of Eurobank’s weekly economic report last week.
The specific figure,…
The latest opinion poll unveiled over the weekend gives main opposition New Democracy (ND) a 16.6-percentage point leading of ruling SYRIZA.
The poll was published in the Sunday weekly “Proto…
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras spoke by phone on Sunday afternoon with former premier Lucas Papademos, who remains hospitalized after a parcel bomb exploded in a car he was riding…
By N. Bellos & G. Kampourakis
The purportedly leaked minutes from Monday’s Eurogroup meeting in Brussels, which failed to generate an agreement between creditors over the Greek bailout, point…
CNBC reported on Friday that a deal between Greece and its creditors at the upcoming June 15 is almost guaranteed, given that the country must pay back bailout loans in…
The first step, among what are expected to be many more, was taken on Friday towards constructing a new pitch for the Panathinaikos football club, with the amateur Panathinaikos organization…
Press reports on Friday claimed the previous day’s assassination attempt against former Greek prime minister Lukas Papademos employed a gunpowder-laden book within a parcel sent to him.
The same reports…
By Thanos Catsambas Nonresident Senior Fellow Global Business and Economics Program
Officials and private citizens around the world have condemned the attack of May 25th against Lucas Papademos, former Prime…
By Vassilis Kostoulas [email protected]
EU Commission Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis took a distinctly sober view of the Greek debt issue, in an interview with “N” this week, urging all sides to…
Former Greek prime minister Lukas Papademos suffered only superficial injuries to the chest, abdominal area and thighs from a letter bomb that exploded in his armored limousine on Thursday afternoon,…
IMF spokesman Gerry Rice on Thursday repeated that the Fund needs “specificity” in terms of Greek debt sustainability in order to rejoin the country’s bailout.
“The IMF position remains: that…
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras got his first personal glimpse of Donald Trump on Friday on the sidelines of a NATO summit in Brussels, as the leftist premier briefly spoke…
An explosion targeting the car of former Greek prime minister and central banker Lucas Papademos was reported on Thursday afternoon, at roughly 6.30 p.m. local time, in central Athens.
One…
By A. Tsimplakis [email protected]
Chinese multinational Cosco is expected to intensify efforts to transform the port of Piraeus into the pre-eminent cruise ship homeport and hub in the eastern Mediterranean,…
Economy and Development Minister Dimitri Papadimitriou on Thursday cited what he called the great potential for economic growth and investment opportunities offered by Greece’s healthcare and affiliated sectors, speaking during…
Figures for Greek state revenues in the executed budget over the January-April 2017 period showed a serious shortfall in terms of VAT remittances, income taxes and all types of “sin…
Greek beaches received a sterling report card from the European Environmental Agency on Wednesday in the body’s annual “State of bathing water” survey, which detailed water quality for the previous…
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras blamed a “harsh winter” in the Greece over the 2016-2017 period for causing a rise in power consumption by 9 percent, in answer a press…
Greece’s state budget posted a primary surplus of 1.726 billion euros over the January-April 2017 period, down from a corresponding figure of 1.906 billion euros over the same period in…
By G. Kanoupakis
A previously scheduled annual general assembly of shareholders of Hellenic Petroleum (Hel.Pe), the country biggest petro-chemical conglomerate, was postponed on Wednesday for next month, following a request…
Reuters on Wednesday quoted a “confidential paper” prepared by European Stability Mechanism (ESM) as advising that bailout-dependent Greece will not need debt relief by European creditors if the country posts…
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Wednesday said his government rejected a proposal for Greek debt relief earlier in the week that was presented at the Eurogroup meeting in Brussels…
By G. Kampourakis [email protected]
The Tsipras government appeared surprised and unable to intervene in the contentious negotiations between Berlin and the IMF over the Greek debt issue, in the wake…
By S. Papapetros [email protected]
The number of Greek pensioners and beneficiaries to be affected by the latest round of austerity cuts and higher social security contributions will reach into the…
Short-term debt relief measures implemented last January by the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) have already generated beneficial effects for Greece’s debt load, as relevant figures for outstanding loans and bonds…
Powerful German FinMin Wolfgang Schaeuble on Tuesday appeared uncharacteristically optimistic over the prospects of a conclusive agreement for the Greek bailout program by next month’s scheduled Eurogroup meeting, speaking a…
A general assembly of Public Power Corp. (PPC) shareholders this week approved the sale of a 25-percent stake of the power transmission grid operator (ADMIE) to the Greek state for…
A Greek government spokesman on Tuesday indirectly blamed the German side for the failure, a day earlier, to achieve an agreement over the Greek bailout at the Eurogroup meeting.
Spokesman…
By A. Tsimplakis [email protected]
The extreme northeastern port of Alexandroupolis, near the land border with Turkey, and the small port of Elefsina, due west of Piraeus and located roughly the…
Greece-based carrier Aegean Airlines on Tuesday reported net losses of 35.8 million euros in the first quarter of 2017, up from 21.5 million euros in losses over the corresponding period…
