By G. Kouros
The finance ministry’s continued “safari” to locate and tax undeclared income and assets held in Greece and abroad by alleged tax evaders and Greek citizens using tax…
A torrential thunder storm over the greater Athens area in the early morning hours of Sunday caused several flood-related problems, including knocking out three metro stations.
More than 200 calls…
Some 897 million euros out of the 154-billion-euro “Juncker package” have already been approved by the European Investment Bank (EIB) for nine separate projects in Greece from the specific initiative,…
“Black Friday” emerged as a resounding success in Greece this week, as several store chains and the major shopping malls reported record sales and long lines of shoppers waiting to…
By N. Bellos
EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker conveyed his support towards Athens to conclude a second review of the Greek program in the coming period, so that efforts can…
By T. Tsiros
Tax revenues worth 8.1 billion euros must be collected by the finance ministry services over the last two months of 2016 in order achieve the revised, upwards,…
Finance ministry officials on Thursday quickly clarified that two articles in the revised tax code allowing for the re-imposition of a surplus value tax on property transactions will remain suspended…
A 60-year-old woman and her five-year-old grandson, identified as Kurds from Iraq, were killed in a fire at the Moria “hotspot” on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos on Thursday…
National Bank of Greece (NBG) group returned to profitability over the January-September 2016 period, with after- tax earnings totaling 26 million euros, up from a loss of 1.7 billion euros…
Former Greek prime minister Costas Simitis, who held power between 1996 and 2004, is expected to outline his premise that the ongoing and punishing economic crisis in the country has…
The usual high-pitched political debate in the country acquired a new wrinkle this week with back-and-forth accusations between the leftist government and center-right main opposition over who is “actually” —…
Archaeologists are now considering the existence of a second monument, smaller than the one already discovered at Amphipolis’ Casta Hill excavation, to the west of the latter and at a…
The latest irredentist-sounding musings this week by Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan coincided with heightened activity by the Turkish air force in the Aegean region, with 23 violations of Greek…
Parliament’s state budget office on Thursday offered a more restrained outlook over the draft 2017 budget, which was tabled on Monday by the leftist government, predicting “short-term recessionary trends” that…
A general shareholders’ meeting of state-run Public Power Corp. (PPC) on Thursday approved the sale of a 24-percent stake in the Independent Power Transmission Operator S.A. (IPTO or ADMIE) to…
The finance ministry on Thursday reported a primary budget surplus of 6.5 billion euros over the first 10-month period of the year, up from a similar 4.53 billion euros in…
By N. Bellos
Press “leaks” apparently tanked Friday’s meeting in Berlin of the informal “Washington Group”, which by all accounts was to have focused on the timely issue of Greek…
By T. Tsiros
While insignificant amid the ongoing and continuing “tax tsunami” that menacingly unfolds in the draft 2017 budget, roughly 24 million euros is booked in the budget from…
By Nikos Bellos [email protected]
Fiscal targets, labor sector liberalization, and energy-related reforms, particularly issues revolving around the dominant electricity provider in the country, state-run Public Power Corp. (PPC), have emphatically emerged…
EU Commissioner Pierre Moscovici and ECB Executive Board member Benoit Coeure will be in Athens on Monday to attend an annual economic conference.
The conference is organized by the Hellenic-American…
Home searches by tax inspectors will now be allowed in Greece in the presence of a court bailiff and following the issuance of a warrant by a relevant prosecutor, a…
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Wednesday spoke by phone with US president-elect Donald Trump, with the former congratulating the Republican candidate for his election victory.
According to a press…
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Wednesday called the rapid conclusion of a second review of the Greek program (third bailout) as both realistic and necessary.
His comments, made during…
The Tsipras government on Tuesday referred to a “political solution” in order to conclude the increasingly critical second review of the Greek program (third bailout), given that differences between the…
The finance ministry’s leadership is aiming to announce a new chairman and CEO for Greece’s all-important privatization fund by Friday, according to reports.
Sources have pointed to current board member…
The Greek program will come under scrutiny this Friday in Berlin when finance ministers of the informal Washington Group convene in the German capital, a meeting that the relevant Greek…
By S. Zisimou
Continued liberalization of Greece’s energy sector, as per memorandum provisions, and especially the natural gas market and the future framework for NOME electricity auctions, dominated negotiations between…
Germany’s MNI news agency on Tuesday said that despite the progress achieved so far, an agreement to conclude the second review of the Greek program (third bailout) is not expected during a…
One area where institutional creditors and the Greek government have converged in negotiations over a second review of the Greek program (third bailout) has apparently left out self-employed professionals in…
Downtown Athens’ iconic Hotel Grande Bretagne has again been included in the “Best Hotels in the World” category by the international travel magazine Condé Nast Traveler, as voted by its…
