By Giorgos Palaitsakis [email protected]
Arrears towards the Greek state inched closer to the “landmark” 100 billion-euro mark in October 2016, with official figures putting it at 94 billion euros, of which…
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras took to the airwaves on Thursday evening to announce that “most” of the money that comprised this year’s primary budget surplus in Greece will be…
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was expected to take to the national airwaves on Thursday evening to essentially announce a new welfare package, three days after his finance minister exited…
A joint announcement on Thursday by the Greek privatization fund (HFSF) and National Bank of Greece (NBG) cited an agreement by which the former will nominate one new member for…
Greek Labor Minister Efi Ahtsioglou on Thursday from Brussels more-or-less confirmed what press reports out of Athens have been stating for months now, namely, that creditors remain opposed to the…
By D. Hatzinikolas
Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos told members of a top ruling SYRIZA party council on Wednesday that neither he nor the leftist government will back down from…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his support for every type of trilateral cooperation between his country with Greece and Cyprus, speaking on Thursday after a high-profile meeting in Jerusalem…
The unemployment figure improved in September 2016, dropping more than a percentage point from 24.7 percent in the corresponding month of 2015 to 23.1 percent, based on a seasonally adjusted…
By A. Doga
A crucial session of a nomination committee set up by systemic Greek lender Piraeus Bank will convene on Thursday, with one or two executives expected to be…
By A. Tsiblakis
The Cosco-led management at the Piraeus Port Authority (OLP) is reportedly facing a barrage of recent legal and labor-related challenges months after the Chinese multinational took over…
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is in Jerusalem on Thursday for a three-country meeting between the prime ministers of Israel, Cyprus and Greece, i.e. his counterparts Nikos Anastasiades and host…
By Vassilis Kostoulas [email protected]
US ambassador Geoffrey R. Pyatt pointed to uncertainty as the biggest obstacle in attracting investments to Greece, speaking on Tuesday to a small group of local reporters.…
By Giorgos Palaitsakis [email protected]
Two prominent measures eagerly promoted by the Greek government for inclusion in a draft bill loaded with incentives to expand the use of electronic transactions have…
Greece earned a disappointing 43rd place among 72 countries surveyed in this year’s Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa), which provides education rankings based on international tests taken by 15-year-olds…
Greece’s ruling SYRIZA party, which assumed power as a hard-left anti-bailout juggernaut but has distinctly «mellowed» over nearly two years in office, was included in «mixed company» on Tuesday by…
Germany’s standing opposition to immediate and generous debt relief for Greece may cause the collapse of Alexis Tsipras’ government and a return of the Greek crisis to the forefront, the…
The same appellate judicial council, but with a different composition of judges, which on Monday ruled against the extradition of three Turkish military officers a day later surprised an Athens…
By S. Papapetros
Lack of any progress in negotiations between Athens and institutional creditors over labor sector liberalization continues to burden talks to conclude the now delayed second review of…
A judicial rapporteur in the closely watched Marinopoulos bankruptcy case was reportedly appointed on Monday, after a month and a half of delay. The development, if true, will mean a…
A statement issued by the Greek prime minister’s office in the wake of Monday’s Eurogroup referred to the debt relief portion of the Eurogroup’s decision as a “significant success” and…
The Eurogroup issued a Delphic announcement on Monday afternoon regarding the closely watched and still unresolved second review of the Greek program (third bailout), announcing previously leaked short-term measures, praising…
The Eurogroup issued a Delphic announcement on Monday afternoon on the closely watched second review of the Greek program (third bailout), announcing previously leaked short-term debt relief measures, praising progress…
The Eurogroup welcomes the progress that has been made in reaching full staff-level agreement between Greece and the institutions in the context of the second review of the ESM programme.…
The Eurogroup welcomes the progress that has been made in reaching full staff-level agreement between Greece and the institutions in the context of the second review of the ESM programme.…
An appellate level council in Athens on Monday issued a decision permanently blocking the extradition of three out of eight Turkish military officers that sought political asylum in Greece following…
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on Monday issued his own particular brand of “spoiler alert” hours before a closely watched Eurogroup meeting in Brussels, saying Greece can achieve a…
By D. Hatzinikolas
The latest “headache” for Greece’s leftist government, beyond its standing obligations and challenges, is the increasingly changing international and European political landscape, as the scheduled departure of…
Greece’s finance ministry is working on a draft proposal to replace the current property tax (ENFIA) with a new framework that will include all real estate assets in the country,…
By S. Papapetros
Liberalization of the regime affecting mass layoffs in Greece remains the primary “stumbling block” in an agreement between creditors and Athens to conclude the second review of…
By N. Bellos
Preparing the groundwork for a “Yuletide” or even New Year’s agreement to conclude the second review of the Greek program (third bailout) has emerged as the goal…
