The Greek government issued a statement on Thursday aimed to deflect a growing chorus of local press reports and political speculation downgrading next week’s visit to Athens by outgoing US…
By A. Doga
This week’s tenuous compromise for a new board of directors and top leadership the National Bank of Greece (NBG) has apparently not normalized relations between the Hellenic…
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Wednesday evening called on Greek shipowners and companies to invest in the country, and to exploit what he called business opportunities in the country.…
By M. Sinodinos
A hand grenade was tossed outside the French embassy in central Athens in the early morning hours of Thursday, with one police sentry slightly injured in the…
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras joined Greek leadership on Wednesday in conveying his congratulations to new US president-elect Donald Trump, as he cited the traditional bonds of friendship uniting the…
By Vassilis Kostoulas [email protected]
The current Greek government has entertained high expectations of mediation by the US administration towards European “paymaster” Germany, in order to lessen Berlin’s insistence on an austerity-based…
A new board of directors for National Bank of Greece, the largest credit institution in the country, was finally announced on Wednesday afternoon ending a more than week-long impasse.
Specifically,…
By N. Bellos
The European Commission is reportedly eyeing a “trifecta” on the Greek issue at a now closely watched Dec. 5 Eurogroup meeting in Brussels, namely, completion of the…
By A. Tsiblakis
Reports that the Piraeus Port Authority’s (OLP) Cosco-led management will transport a massive 300,000-ton floating dock to the port, Greece’s busiest and largest, has dampened prospects for…
Outgoing US President Barack Obama will deliver an address during his Athens visit on Nov. 16 with a historical backdrop, the southwestern side of the Acropolis, the quintessence of classical…
The first, albeit indirect reaction, by the Greek side to the stunning election victory by Donald Trump in the US presidential election was decidedly negative on Wednesday morning, with a…
Greek government sources on Wednesday reportedly declared that Athens had “prepared” for either possibility in the US elections, in the wake of a stunning upset by Republican Donald Trump over…
The latest effort on Tuesday evening to elect a new president and top board members for National Bank of Greece (NBG) again proved fruitless, with the Hellenic Financial Stability Fund…
Hellas Horse Races S.A., a wholly owned subsidiary of OPAP S.A., the privately held betting and sports pools operator in Greece, on Tuesday announced a partnership agreement with France’s Pari…
Results of the latest opinion poll in Greece mirrors the outcome of a series of recent polls in the country, with main opposition New Democracy enjoying a 15-percentage-point lead over…
The Greek exporters’ association on Tuesday reported that exports posted a noteworthy increase in September 2016, citing provisional figures by the country’s statistical service, EL.STAT.
The value of exports increased…
By T. Tsiros
One of the leftist Greek government’s strategic medium-term goals, as repeatedly enunciated by top ministers over the recent period, is to lower primary budget surplus targets demanded…
A group of self-styled anti-state activists held a brief protest on Tuesday in the building housing the US consulate in the northern port city of Thessaloniki, where they tossed pamphlets,…
By N. Bellos
The Dec. 5 Eurogroup is shaping up as the pivotal venue for developments leading to Greek debt relief, with several European leaders commenting on the very issue…
Outgoing energy minister Panos Skourletis on Monday reiterated his opposition to the sale of a 17-percent stake of the Public Power Corp. (PPC), speaking at a ministry handover ceremony.
Skourletis,…
The European Stability Mechanism (ESM) will submit its proposals for short-term debt relief measures for Greece at an upcoming EuroWorking Group meeting in late November and during a Eurogroup meeting…
Completing the all-important second review of the Greek program (third bailout) amid very tight deadlines until the end of the year is the foremost priority of the reshuffled Cabinet, with…
Greece-based Aegean Oil has won a two-year contract to provide fuel to the Spiecapag-Aktor consortium, which is tasked with the construction of a major portion of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline…
When the cabotage regime preventing foreign-flagged cruise ships from easily plying Greek waters was abolished in 2010, primarily due to the advent of the punishing economic crisis, hopes were raised…
By A. Doga
Roughly six billion euros in “new money” has been “recycled” in Greece’s battered banking system nearly four months after a loosening of capital controls in the country,…
By A. Tsiblakis & L. Karageorgos
The first and most pressing priority on the agenda of new Shipping and Island Policy Minister Panayiotis Kouroumblis is to complete an international tender…
A small centrist and social democrat-leaning party in Parliament, the Union of Centrists, on Sunday offered its most stinging criticism to date of the embattled leftist Greek government.
The prickly…
By G. Palaitsakis
Changes in the legal framework and a ministerial decision apparently aren’t enough to commence the obligatory online transfer of data from practically all types of electronic transactions…
Ongoing negotiations over a second review of the Greek program (third bailout) as well as a pending report by the EU Commission’s Structural Reform Support Service (SRSS) are on the agenda…
