Monday’s breakthrough in talks between creditors and the leftist Greek government means a return of negotiators to Athens — next week — to conclude the second review of the now…
By Vassilis Kostoulas [email protected]
Martin Schulz would attempt to show his toughness if elected as German chancellor, whereas Angela Merkel has already proved her mettle, the latter’s biographer told “N”…
By L. Karageoros & A. Tsiblakis [email protected] – [email protected]
Greek-owned shipping interests and the primary union representing Greek seamen continue to clash over the labor regime governing some 5,000 Greek-owned vessels…
The embattled Greek government painted the Monday’s decision to return creditors’ negotiators to Athens, in order to conclude the second review of the bailout program, as a “very positive development,”…
Eurogroup chairman Jeroen Dijsselbloem confirmed on Monday afternoon that creditors’ negotiators will head back to Athens in the short term to conclude a delayed second review of the Greek bailout.…
Eurogroup chairman Jeroen Dijsselbloem confirmed on Monday afternoon that creditors’ negotiators will head back to Athens in the short term to conclude a delayed second review of the Greek bailout.…
The Greek government on Monday afternoon referred to an agreement with creditors’ top representatives to will open the way for a return of negotiating teams to return to Athens after…
By N. Bellos
Common ground to allow a return of creditors’ top representatives and negotiators to Athens is the focus of talks early Monday afternoon between Eurozone officials and the…
Monday started off with a positive development for the embattled Greek government – hours before a Eurogroup meeting – as the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) announced that it has on…
By F. Zois
A re-examining by the EU Commission of the case concerning state subsidies to Greece’s rail operator, extending into the hundreds of millions of euros, is the latest…
The Costa Navarino resort in extreme southwestern Greece will kick off its 2017 golf season by hosting the inaugural Messinia Pro-Am tournament from Feb. 21 to Feb. 24, with a…
By S. Papapetros
Greece’s labor minister this week warned that any serious labor law infractions will result in companies being excluded from public sector tenders for a certain time period…
Tens of thousands of self-employed professionals in Greece will again be called upon to fork over a “vocation fee” of between 500 to 650 euros to the tax bureau. The…
The term “fake news” has now emerged in Greece’s political vernacular, with the leftist government over the weekend blaming the center-right main opposition party for circulating baseless, as it charges,…
A mere 41 million euros was disbursed by state coffers last month to ease state arrears towards the private sector, according to figures released by the Bank of Greece (BoG)…
Up to 12 issues remain, more-or-less, unresolved as far as institutional creditors and Athens are concerned, ones that still hinder a conclusion to the now precariously delayed second review of…
European Stability Mechanism (ESM) Managing Director Klaus Regling appeared optimistic on Friday that Greece will not need institutional creditors’ financial support in his upcoming second five-year term at the post,…
Athens on Friday pointed to what it called the latest Turkish military provocation in the eastern Aegean, charging that a Turkish navy patrol boat not only entered and remained Greek…
Main opposition party New Democracy (ND) continued to field a double-digit lead over ruling leftist SYRIZA in a latest opinion poll, which showed it ahead by 13 percentage points.
The…
Inflation finally “reared its head” in Greece after 46 straight months of no inflation or even deflation, with January 2017 results showing a slight uptick in prices, a development, however,…
The IMF is expected to resume its participate in the Greek program as a lender, and to the tune of five billion euros, according to a Der Spiegel dispatch on…
Well-known Greek artist Dimitris Mytaras died on Friday at the age of 83.
Mytaras, who was primarily known as a painter whose works mostly revolved around the human form, had…
Fraport Greece CEO Alexander Zinell this week visited the Kavala area of northern Greece, as the airport serving the region is one of 14 that the German-Greek consortium will operate…
An off-the-agenda “brunch-time” debate in Greece’s Parliament on Friday, ostensibly held on the issue of citizens’ security and charges of rising crime rates, more-or-less expectedly veered towards the still delayed…
Greek labor minister Effie Achtsioglou makes the case against further cuts for the country’s pensioners in a letter addressed and published to the “Financial Times”, where she says she hopes…
The now Cosco-managed Piraeus Port Authority on Thursday reported a 13-percent increase in pre-tax profits for 2016, with turnover totaling 103.5 million euros, up from 99.9 million in 2015.
Pre-tax…
Vandalism of machines that invalidate tickets aboard mass transit buses, trolleys and even metro stations is reaching epidemic proportions in the greater Athens area, with police reports pointing to “crews”…
By N. Bellos [email protected]
A decision allowing creditors’ top negotiators to return to Greece for talks to conclude the second review of the Greek program could be taken at Monday’s…
Athens-based Taxibeat on Thursday announced the company’s purchase by European multinational mytaxi, one of the best-known applications for electronic hailing of taxis, cabs and other hired vehicles in Europe.
No…
Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos said the best proof that Europe is “ahead of developments” and that it can solve its problems in a timely manner is for all sides…
