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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,…

Ernst & Young estimates tax evasion in Greece at between 6 to 9 percent of GDP on an annual basis, a figure it cites and analyzes in a recent report.…

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…

Main opposition New Democracy (ND) party is given a 6.4-percentage point lead over ruling leftist SYRIZA party, with ND leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis deemed as the most suitable to handle negotiations…

Τhe new members of the Cabinet were sworn in on Sunday after Friday’s late evening reshuffle, a more-or-less expected political development in the Greek capital amid an increasingly tenuous period…

A report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) calculates a benefit of 414 million euros for the Greek economy on an annual basis if no less than…

Well-known Greek businessman and investor Andreas Vgenopoulos died in the early morning hours of Saturday from an apparent heart attack. He was 63. Vgenopoulos founded the MIG investment group, which…

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras waited until Friday evening to announce a long-expected Cabinet reshuffle for this embattled leftist government, with a handful of ministers trading portfolios, and at least…

Greek ministers and the BoG governor this week underlined that forecasts for Greek GDP growth in 2017 will approach the very robust — by Greek standards — figure of 3…

EU Commission Pierre Moscovici didn’t mince his words this week in describing former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis as a “irrepressible narcissist” that “cannibalized” negotiations between Athens and its institutional…

Election of a new president and several top executives for National Bank of Greece (NBG) was derailed this week during an unprecedented, by Greek standards, failure to agree on a…

By N. Bellos Remaining negotiations and decision-making summits scheduled until the end of the year are crucial for Athens’ hopes of receiving some form of debt relief and concluding a…

Bank of Greece (BoG) Gov. Yannis Stournaras called Greece’s fiscal adjustment over recent years as “unprecedented”, speaking on Thursday during a Euro-Arab summit in the Greek capital. Stournaras, a former…

By G. Kouros A positive result in terms of state revenues is forecast by the finance ministry for October 2016, which if proved correct will mean that targets continue to…