The political “thermometer” turned red on Thursday evening in Greece’s Parliament as debate wound up over the most recent austerity and reform package submitted by the government to meet creditors’…
By M. Sinodinos
Small-scale rioting was reported outside Greece’s Parliament in central Athens on Thursday afternoon, as lawmakers inside the building debated the latest batch of austerity measures demanded by…
The Greek government spokesman merely reiterated Athens’ optimism over “positive developments” regarding the country’s debt load, with all statements referring to Monday’s Eurogroup meeting.
Dimitris Tzanakopoulos again referred to…
A top ECB executive board member was quoted by Reuters on Thursday as saying that bailout-dependent Greece “must clear several more hurdles” before the Eurozone’s central bank can include the…
By Geoffrey R. Pyatt United States Ambassador to the Hellenic Republic
One of the strongest pillars of the bilateral relationship between our two great democracies is the people-to-people ties between…
By G. Kampourakis [email protected]
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras appeared optimistic on Wednesday over pending developments regarding debt relief measures for the bailout-dependent country, a prospect that his embattled coalition…
The German chancellery on Wednesday declined to confirm a previous announcement by the Greek prime minister’s office referring to converging views between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Alexis Tsipras over…
Bloomberg quoted what it described as a high-ranking Eurozone official on Wednesday who forecast that the chances of achieving a comprehensive agreement over the Greek program at Monday’s Eurogroup meeting…
Emirates on Wednesday announced that, as of Dec. 1, 2017, it will add another daily flight connecting Dubai with Brisbane, Australia.
The new connection will bring the number of daily…
A moderate earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale was recorded on Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. local time, centered off the Dodecanese island of Rhodes. No injuries or damages were reported.
No injuries…
Main opposition New Democracy (ND) party on Wednesday tabled an amendment in Parliament prescribing the immediate distribution of a portion of the primary budget surplus recorded in 2016, a day…
Masked youths emerged amid organized protesters participating in union rallies and marches heading to Parliament, in central Athens, early Wednesday afternoon.
Unions have called for day-long strikes in the public…
Main opposition New Democracy (ND) party on Wednesday tabled an amendment in Parliament prescribing the immediate distribution of a portion of the primary budget surplus recorded in 2016, a day…
A relevant general assembly on Tuesday extended the operation of Greece’s privatization fund, the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF), until June 1, 2020. HRADF’s sole shareholder is the Hellenic…
A telephone call between Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday emerged on Wednesday, given that a strike called by press unions a day earlier…
Moody’s forecast GDP growth in 2017 at 1.5 percent, rising to 2 percent in 2018, while its outlook on Greek banks remained “stable”.
The forecast is a far cry from…
The finance ministry, as expected, on Monday unveiled its “road map” for a further loosening of capital controls in the country, nearly two years after the Tsipras government imposed the…
Fraport Greece on Friday presented its strategic development plan for the airport on Mykonos, the iconic Greek isle known as a jetsetters’ destination and one of the country’s major tourism…
Arrivals at Greek airports increased by 7.4 percent in 2016, compared with the previous year, the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE) announced on Monday, citing data supplied by the Civil Aviation…
The naval command in Athens on Monday reported that two Turkish missile boats had entered Greek territorial waters the same day and approached the small eastern Aegean islet of Agathonissi…
Net revenues over the first four months of the year were off by 152 million euros from target, with the total standing at 14.567 billion euros, down from the prescribed…
By F. Zois [email protected]
A decades-old idea to commence regular seaplane routes towards Greece’s numerous islands and even coastal resorts appears to have resurfaced over the recent period, with nascent…
A peculiar burglary involving the theft of expensive diagnostic equipment from a public hospital specializing in cancer patients, and located across the street from the main police headquarters in Athens,…
By T. Tsiros [email protected]
The “cost” from the latest round of austerity measures and tax hikes in Greece reaches 5.396 billion euros over the 2018-2021 period, as calculated from provisions…
By A. Tsimplakis [email protected]
Chinese multinational Cosco, who assumed the management of the Piraeus Port Authority (OLP) last August, is reportedly eyeing the privatization of pilot services in the wider…
By S. Papapetros
Greece’s General Accounting Office estimates the total savings from the latest round of proposed cuts in pensions and welfare subsidies over the 2019-2021 period to reach 7.125…
A charred body was recovered by firefighters battling a wildfire due west of Athens on Sunday at the bottom of a gorge in the Aghii Theodori settlement.
The blaze erupted…
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras put his leftist government and the IMF “on the same page” as far as the country’s debt issue is concerned, taking to Twitter immediately after…
Τhe death toll from a late-night train derailment in northern Greece has risen to three, after another victim succumbed to injuries on Sunday morning.
Seventy passengers and a five-person crew…
The IMF was quick to issue a statement following a Sunday meeting in Beijing between the Fund’s Managing Director, Christine Lagarde, and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, amid the ongoing…
