A barrage of statements, assessments and policy points that suddenly emerged from Berlin this week regarding the Greek program appears to have dampened expectations by the Tsipras government – as…
By C. Deligiannis
The Mytilineos group on Thursday announced an investment reaching 400 million euros for its aluminum production complex at the Aspra Spitia site, in south-central Greece, on the…
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble on Thursday again firmly entered the fray in terms of the Greek program, saying that although progress has been achieved, Greek leadership has nevertheless put…
Top German economist Lars Feld on Thursday told participants at an Economist conference in Frankfurt that he believes German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble will not back down in negotiations with…
German financial daily Handelsblatt on Wednesday pointed to a French proposal to link Greek debt relief with the rate of economic growth in the still recession-battered country.
The Frankfurt-based paper…
Bloomberg on Wednesday quoted “officials involved in negotiations” over the increasingly gasping Greek bailout program as stressing that no substantial improvement is expected at a coming Eurogroup meeting over a…
By G. Hatzilidis [email protected]
The crisis-battered Greek economy fell one spot on the annual global competitiveness rankings compiled by the International Institute for Management Development (IMD), dropping from the already…
The relevant shipping minister this week promised to push through Parliament at least 10 concessions in ports around the country for infrastructure and services dealing with the cruise ship sector,…
By J. Kanoupakis [email protected]
Greek exports, including refined fuel products, increased by 20.3 percent in value over the first quarter of 2017 to reach 6.79 billion euros, up from 5.56…
A special study by Athens-based lender Eurobank has calculated that the current framework in place for Greek debt relief, as decided during a May 2016 Eurogroup, may not be sufficient…
The body of former prime minister Constantine Mitsotakis was flown to the large island of Crete on Wednesday aboard a military transport plane, as a burial service will follow on…
Greek shipowner Vangelis Marinakis has submitted the highest bid for the troubled Lambrakis Press Organization (DOL), with his offer reaching 23 million euros.
Offers were unsealed on Wednesday in Athens…
Greece’s privatization fund (HRADF) on Wednesday announced that it has accepted an improved offer by the Athens International Airport SA (AIA), the company which manages the airport, to extend the…
The Ariadne Airport Group consortium has been declared the provisional winner of an international tender to build a new airport on Crete, and specifically at the Kasteli site.
Ariadne is…
Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos again called for clarity in debt relief measures for crisis-bedeviled Greece, taking his message on Wednesday to the heart of the Euro zone, Frankfurt.
Speaking…
The “tug-of-war” between the IMF and German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble over the gasping Greek bailout program continued on Wednesday, with dpa quoting the powerful German minister as dismissing the…
European Central Bank (ECB) executive board member Benoit Coeure reiterated on Wednesday that the Euro zone’s central bank will make a decision over the Greek debt’s sustainability independently.
In echoing…
The next few days are crucial for achieving an agreement at the June 15 Eurogroup meeting regarding the Greek program, with contacts and deliberations ongoing at the highest political level…
Greece’s privatization fund (HRADF) on Tuesday announced that its board of directors requested an improved offer for a 20-year extension of the concession agreement in place for the Athens International…
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras spoke by phone with Angela Merkel, Emmanuel Macron and EU Council President Donald Tusk over the last 24 hours to press for a Greek debt…
Greece-based Energean Oil & Gas on Tuesday signed a landmark deal with Israel’s Dalia energy group to provide the latter with natural gas from the Karish and Tanin deposits, which…
Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos on Tuesday charged that German daily “Bild” distorted his statements – made a day earlier to reporters – in order to support its claim that…
The government spokesman on Tuesday referred to “political expediencies” as behind the same-day “Bild” article, which claimed that Athens is considering – if pressed – to avoid the next bailout…
An eyebrow-raising dispatch by the German mass daily “Bild” on Tuesday claimed the Tsipras government is considering an option to skip a coming bailout payment unless creditors extend debt relief…
By Vassilis Kostoulas [email protected]
High-flying Uber, the app-based international services company that uses private drivers linked by its hand-held technology, has arrived in Greece and wants to expand.
Faced with…
The Greek side on Monday appeared to lower its oft-repeated expectations of an agreement with creditors at the coming Eurogroup meeting on June 15, with the relevant finance minister telling…
Main opposition New Democracy (ND) party leads ruling SYRIZA by 16 percentage points in the latest opinion poll published on Monday.
The poll was presented on the prime-time newscast of…
The pilot of a Hellenic Air Force Mirage 2000 that went down in a sea region south of the Sporades island chain in the central Aegean on Monday morning parachuted…
US ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt on Monday commented on the death of former Greek prime minister Constantine Mitsotakis, referring to a “great statesman” who improved US-Greek relations.
“Another great…
The wife of former Greek prime minister Lucas Papademos, who was injured in a letter bomb attack last Friday, on Monday said the explosive material was located in a CD…
