Saturday marked the 196th anniversary of the beginning of Greek War of Independence (1821-1829), a national holiday throughout the country, which is commemorated with pupils’ and military parades.
An annual…
Greece’s privatization fund on Saturday announced that it has received three binding bids for the sale -percent stake of the Thessaloniki Port Authority (OL.Th), which were submitted by a Friday…
A deadline for submitting binding bids for a 67-percent stake of the Thessaloniki Port Authority’s (OL.Th) shares was concluded on Friday, with the Greek privatization fund’s (TAIPED or HRADF) declaring himself…
EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker called for a rapid conclusion of ongoing negotiations between Athens and its institutional creditors to finally conclude the second review of the current Greek program…
Βy Yann-Sven Rittelmeyer Policy Analyst European Policy Centre
At the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Rome treaties, the old concept of multi-speed Europe has surfaced again. This already…
Susanna Vogt Head of Greece Office Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
60 years after the signing of the Treaties of Rome the European Union has to open a thorough and serious debate on its…
By N. Bellos
Stepped up negotiations between institutional creditors and a delegation of top Greek ministers wrapped up in Brussels at midnight on Thursday without a final agreement but with…
Βy Geoffrey R. Pyatt United States Ambassador to the Hellenic Republic
On this 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome, the European Union is as important as ever – not…
The IMF spokesman on Thursday said the Fund “will seek assurances” from Greece’s main opposition party New Democracy, assuming the former remains in the bailout.
Speaking at a regular press…
Reuters reported on Thursday that the leftist Tsipras government is sticking by its objection towards putting the Greece’s signature on a joint declaration by the EU27 to mark the Union’s…
Capital Ship Management Corp. on Thursday announced that the company’s completed its first accredited assessment this month of a MRV monitoring plan for the vessel M/T Alkiviadis.
In a press…
Reduced liquidity, weak investment and an asphyxiated credit system are the primary obstacles faced by Greece’s embattled small-to-medium enterprises, according to the regular six-month survey by Hellenic Confederation of Professionals,…
By N. Bellos
Top IMF official Poul Thomsen and ECB executive board member Benoit Coeuré have reportedly joined ongoing negotiations in Brussels between creditors’ representatives and handful of top Greek…
Three Greek islands, all internationally known tourism destinations, are included in TripAdvisor’s top European choices for 2017, based on users’ preferences.
The trio include world-class Santorini, which is usually found…
Aegean Airlines on Thursday announced consolidated turnover exceeding one billion euros in 2016, a first for the Greece-based carrier, and a 4-percent increase from 2015.
Nevertheless, after-tax profits dropped 53…
By D. Alexaki [email protected]
Turnover in the important Greek super market sector is forecast to continue a downward trend in 2017, according to the Greek subsidiary of the IRI market…
The Bank of Greece (BoG) on Thursday announced that the European Central Bank’s (ECB) governing council did not object to an ELA ceiling for Greek banks of 46.6 billion euros,…
By A. Tsimplakis [email protected]
Asian ports again dominated the top 10 spots worldwide in terms of container terminal traffic for 2016, occupying nine out of the first 10 places. Nevertheless,…
A reduction in currently punishing tax rates, cultivating a tax- paying consciousness and a better exploitation of state-of-the-art digital tools, especially an almost universal use of electronic transactions, are the…
The German-Greek consortium set to assume the management and operation of 14 regional airports around Greece, which include the best-known tourism destinations iin the country, this week unveiled its plan…
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Wednesday will receive German and Foreign Minister and Vice-Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel at his Maximos Mansion office in the early afternoon.
The German minister will…
By L. Karamara http://[email protected]
Papastratos Philip Morris International this week announced a 300-million-euro investment for new facilities in Greece, with the initial impact to include the creation of up…
A fire erupted in the early morning hours of Wednesday at a historic Ottoman-era mosque in the extreme northeastern border city of Didymoteicho, with the blaze later put out by…
By T. Tsiros [email protected]
The latest detailed figures issued by Greece’s independent statistical bureau (El.Stat) show that 9.2 million people in the country are over the age of 15,…
Main opposition New Democracy (ND) party reacted angrily to the latest urgings, as uttered by both the French and German finance ministers, that the party back a looming agreement over…
The fifth annual “Navarino Challenge” will again take place this October in the extreme southwestern prefecture of Messinia, with distance races, TaeKwonDo and boccia competitions, among others, scheduled.
The Navarino…
The embattled leftist government in Athens on Tuesday essentially confirmed same-day reports claiming that the Greek side is demanding a reference to “Europe’s Social Model” in a joint statement by…
By N. Bellos
The IMF wants Greece’s political opposition to also approve any new agreement for fiscal measures and targets after 2019, French Finance Minister Michel Sapin maintained on Tuesday,…
By G. Kouros [email protected]
The IMF’s standing demand to slash the tax-free annual income threshold and abolish tax breaks in Greece — with the former currently at roughly 8,600 euros…
Bavarian state minister for finance and CSU cadre Markus Söder was quoted by Handelsblatt on Tuesday as predicting Greece’s eventual exit from the Euro zone, while calling on the EU…
