Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Monday spoke by phone with new French President Emmanuel Macron, hours before a closely watched Eurogroup meeting is set to convene in Brussels, with…
By S. Papapetros [email protected]
The average gross monthly pension payment in Greece is 772.03 euros, with the average supplementary monthly stipend – for beneficiaries that receive such a benefit –…
Greece’s head of state on Monday reiterated Athens’ standing appeal towards the Turkish state that it lift legal obstacles preventing the re-opening of a seminal Orthodox Christian seminary in the…
G. Kouros [email protected]
Greece’s newly created Independent Authority for Public Revenues, itself a memorandum-mandated provision, is reportedly preparing a new action plan to collect a chunk of the 95 billion…
By N. Bellos [email protected]
The EU Commission continued to step up its interventions in favor of a comprehensive agreement for Greece at today’s Eurogroup meeting in Brussels, as behind-the-scenes deliberations…
A high-profile agreement between state-run Public Power Corp. (PPC) and Chinese utility operator CMEC is on hold, according to Greek Deputy Economy Minister Stergios Pitsiorlas, who told reporters on Friday…
Eurogroup chairman Jeroen Dijsselbloem, in statements to the Dutch Parliament last week, expressed a view that the ambitious 3.5-percent primary budget surplus that the Greek state must post – on…
ExxonMobil representatives arrived in Athens late last week to finalize cooperation with Hellenic Petroleum (HEL.PE) in the field of exploration and exploitation of fossil fuels in Greece’s wider region.
The…
European Commissioner Pierre Moscovici on Sunday again expressed his confidence over an agreement between bailout-dependent Greece and its institutional creditors, speaking a day before a closely watched Eurogroup meeting in…
By A. Tsimplakis [email protected]
The Cosco-managed Piraeus Port Authority (OLP) is ready to declare an international tender for an 80K-ton floating dock to dramatically boost its ship repair presence in…
German mass media provided extensive coverage on Friday of the previous evening’s passing in Greek parliament of a latest round of austerity and reform measures, essentially the linchpin in unblocking…
The European Commission on Friday welcomed the latest round of austerity and reforms passed by the Greek Parliament on Thursday evening to unblock the current (third) bailout.
The spokeswoman for…
Flamboyant ex-finance minister Yanis Varoufakis on Friday continued his high-profile sniping against former comrades – especially Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras – by revealing vivid background from the summer of…
By Vassilis Kostoulas [email protected]
Greece must absolutely avoid expensive borrowing from the markets for no less than 10 years, the director of the Brussels-based Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), Daniel…
Bloomberg paints a “make or break” dilemma for Greece’s leftist government in the wake of the latest ratification of an austerity and reform-laced package on Thursday evening.
According to the…
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said he expects debt relief measures for the bailout-dependent country in a matter of days, speaking moments after the vote tally was announced for an…
An omnibus bill containing the latest round of austerity measures demanded by creditors, along with various bench-marked reforms, was passed by Parliament late Thursday evening with exactly the number of…
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…
