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…
“No European crisis has left Greece untouched in recent years”, visiting German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said in Thessaloniki on Sunday, while inaugurating the exhibition “Fragmented Memories 1940-1950”, at the…
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was again the target of stinging criticism over the weekend, although this time the source of ridicule was none other than well-known Greek composer Mikis…
Fixed assets belonging to Greece’s armed forces are valued at 33 billion euros, with 25 percent available for “immediate exploitation”, according to the head of a specially created subsidiary to…
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier arrives on Sunday in Athens for a two-day visit, with several meetings with Greek leadership planned, including with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and main opposition…
Well-known US investor and financier Paul Karazian once again re-entered the Greek debt fray with a “bang” over the weekend insisting that his calculations of the country’s debt-to-GDP ratio is…
An unnamed government official referred to “limited” chances of an agreement at Monday’s Eurogroup meeting to conclude the second review of the Greek program, charging that the leftist Greek government…
The first license granted to a private firm to manage “bad debt” portfolios in the country was reportedly granted on Friday to Aktua Hellas, a joint venture established by Spain-based…
A Greek foreign ministry spokesperson on Friday responded to the latest provocation emanating from official Ankara, as Turkish leadership has unveiled an old-styled “nationalist card” in its policy mix over…
A twin “haircut”, retroactive as of July 2016, has been imposed on primary pensions of more than 2,000 euros a month and cumulative social security benefits exceeding 3,000 euros a…
A German Finance Ministry spokesman on Friday confirmed a WSJ report this week reporting a European Stability Mechanism (ESM) document citing various short-term measures for Greek debt relief, mostly measures…
By S. Zisimos
Business activity in Greece remains plagued by sluggish state services, high taxes, red tape and even corruption, a report by the Foundation for Economic & Industrial Research…
Renowned Israeli architect, academic and poet Haim Dotan is in Greece this week until Friday, as he arrived to address an Economist Conference entitled “The Sustainability Summit for southeast Europe and the…
