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The latest instance of Turkish warplanes entering the Athens FIR without a flight plan turned into over-flights of a couple of small Greek islets in the eastern Aegean on Monday,…

By N. Bellos The Euro-Working Group (EWG) will convene on Tuesday afternoon to again examine the issue of short-term debt relief measures for Greece, whose processing and, more importantly, implementation,…

By A. Doga The Bank of Greece (BoG) this week warned that only three out of 100 (3 percent) restructured loans remain serviced afterwards, just one of several indices presented…

A precautionary automatic “cutter” for state spending during execution of the coming 2017 budget will reportedly be activated by the General Accounting Office with the advent of the new year,…

By A. Doga Non-performing exposures (NPEs) continue to attract the undiminished interest and concern of the Bank of Greece (BoG), which last week announced a stabilization in the sector and…

Main opposition New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Saturday again referred to the need for a major political change in Greece, one that will allow for a “radical restart”, as…

By T. Tsiros Expectations for a conclusion of the now delayed second review of the Greek program (third bailout) now aim for January 2017, as the most recent round of…

European Stability Mechanism (ESM) managing director Klaus Regling on Saturday appeared to backtrack slightly from his initial position regarding a surprise holiday bonus announced by the Greek premier for pensioners,…

“The old Tsipras has returned”, was the way Der Spiegel described the Greek prime minister one-day visit to Berlin for a closely watched meeting with the German chancellor. The major…

Corporate tax rates for previously untaxed profits that legal entities operating in Greece will voluntarily disclose will vary from 21.6 percent to a maximum 52.5 percent, according to provisions of…

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras reportedly touched on his leftist government’s ongoing row with the IMF and the latter’s repeated warnings of leaving the Greek bailout program, in talks in…

By N. Bellos The course of the Greek program in the wake of a conclusion of talks between the Greek side and institutional creditors’ representatives was the subject of Friday’s…

By N. Bellos  The course of the Greek program in the wake of a conclusion of talks between the Greek side and institutional creditors’ representatives was the subject of Friday’s…

German Chancellor Angela Merkel reiterated on Friday, albeit in an affable tone, that decisions on the Greek bailout program are not taken in Berlin but at the Eurogroup setting, a…

The Bank of Greece’s (BoG) interim report for monetary policy on Friday echoed European creditors in citing risks for achieving fiscal targets due to the recent and surprise announcement of…

The latest flare-up in Greek-German relations came this week when authorities in both countries confirmed that a teenage Afghan man sentenced to jail in Greece in 2014 for attempted homicide…

Expectations from Friday’s scheduled meeting in Berlin between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and visiting Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras are low, according to a report by DW the same day.…

The Bank of Greece (BoG) on Friday released its interim report for monetary policy in 2016, as per its institutional obligation, with its primary message being a continuation of memorandum-mandated…

The latest flare-up in Greek-German relations came this week when authorities in both countries confirmed that a teenage Afghan man sentenced to jail in Greece in 2014 for attempted homicide…

Contentious former Greek minister Yianis Varoufakis struck again this week from Athens, grimly predicting that his former political ally, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, faces a bleak future. “The path…

A European Stability Mechanism (ESM) spokesman on Thursday warned that last week’s abrupt “holiday bonus” announced by the Greek prime minister raises concerns over Athens’ bailout commitments, while nevertheless adding…

A decision to give some 1.6 million pensioners a “holiday bonus” worth 617 million euros was easily ratified by Parliament MPs on Thursday afternoon, with 196 deputies voting in favor…

The Eurogroup, i.e. Eurozone member-states’ finance ministers, has not taken any decision regarding a freezing of short-term debt relief measures for Greece, Greek FinMin Euclid Tsakalotos told reporters in Berlin…

The Athens Tourism Partnership (ΑΤΡ), an initiative aimed to better promote tourism in the Greek capital, was presented on Thursday by Athens Mayor Giorgos Kaminis at City Hall. The municipality…

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras met with European Commissioner Pierre Moscovici on the sidelines of a Party of European Socialists (PES) summit in Brussels on Thursday, with reports attributed to…

Main opposition New Democracy (ND) party’s deputies in Parliament will vote “present” in Thursday’s role call vote for a one-off holiday bonus announced last week by the Greek premier for…

Greece’s tax-laden 2016 state budget is nearing a successful completion, with only 3.3 billion euros remaining to be collected over the last month of the year to meet annual revenue…

Ruling SYRIZA party will request a roll call vote on Thursday for a one-off bonus to 1.6 million pensioners in Greece, a procedure viewed as trying to “corner” the political…

By A. Doga Decisions regarding appointments for Athens-based systemic lender Piraeus Bank’s top management have been bumped to Friday.  On Wednesday afternoon a board of directors meeting was interrupted so…

The embattled Tsipras government is experiencing another «Quo Vadis» moment this week, with the Greek prime minister expected to request from German Chancellor Angela Merkel that the IMF completely exit…