Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Wednesday again forecast that the recession-plagued country was “one step from the crisis’ exit”, in statements during an off-the-agenda debate in Parliament over public…
Former Greek prime minister George Papandreou, in televised statements on Tuesday evening, said the IMF was advising Greece and the EU on the “Greek issue” as far back as 2005,…
Proposed tax hikes and social security cuts have been unveiled by the Greek government in a bid to meet a 3.6-billion euro target, while institutional creditors reportedly continue to demand…
Mayors of five municipalities bordering on the old Athens airport in the Helleniko district of southern coastal Athens have sent the Greek prime minister a letter warning of a public…
By Stelios Papapetros
Major changes are in store for Greece’s social security system if a draft bill unveiled by the government on Tuesday passes through a “twin process” of lenders’…
Greece’s domestic lubricants’ sector is forecast to shrink over the three-year period of 2016-18 but at a slower rate than the 7-percent yearly drop, on average, recorded during the period…
Veteran Greek politician and economist Gerasimos Arsenis died on Tuesday at the age of 85.
He served as a minister, including the portfolio of national economy, in several socialist PASOK…
By Danae Alexaki
Super market turnover fell by 7.2 percent in the first two months of 2016, although analysts pointed to prospects of better results for the second half of…
EU Commission Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis on Tuesday reiterated from Brussels that a first review of the Greek program is very near completion.
He nevertheless reminded that Friday’s Eurogroup meeting in Amsterdam will…
The government spokeswoman on Tuesday dismissed reports that the Tsipras government is considering snap elections or yet another referendum on creditors’ terms, with her comments coming amid a resumption of…
Andrus Ansip, European Commission Vice-President for the Digital Single Market
Günther H. Oettinger, Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society
Elżbieta Bieńkowska, Commissioner for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
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The Greek government on Tuesday put the number of Mideast refugees and migrants in the country — who entered Greek territory from Turkey over the recent period as part of…
By Giorgos Kouros
Upwards of three billion euros of additional measures are apparently the latest result of hasty negotiations between the Greek government and institutional creditors, with press reports pointing…
By Thanos Tsiros
The Greek government is expected to offer a more compromising position in this week’s renewed talks with institutional creditors over the still pending issue of non-performing loans…
British Airways will inaugurate its summer flight schedule to Greece late in April, with two new routes planned for Kalamata and Chania, Crete, while more flights will be added for…
EU Commission Vice-President Jyrki Katainen met with Greek leadership and unveiled the Commission’s so-called “Juncker plan” to Greek Parliament MPs on Monday.
During comments before a relevant committee, Katainen also…
Greek government spokeswoman on Monday echoed previous statements by top ministers and PM Alexis Tsipras over a willingness by Athens to implement all of the terms of last summer’s bailout…
Representatives of institutional creditors, the so-called “quartet”, are expected to return to Athens for negotiations either on Monday or Tuesday, a Commission spokesman said in Brussels.
Spokesman Margaritis Schinas added…
By Antonis Tsiblakis
Pro-bookings in March for Greek holidays in 2016 are reportedly down in all “traditional” tourism markets, sans the UK.
According to domestic tourism sources, pre-bookings in March,…
Rome continues to be the preferred destination for Greek travellers during the upcoming Orthodox Easter season, with Easter week beginning on April 24 and climaxing on Easter Sunday, May 1.…
Greece’s main north-south rail line leading out of the country was finally opened on Monday after being closed at the Idomeni border post for 30 days due to third country…
The government appears ready to table a draft bill envisioning almost across-the-board tax increases, worth 3.6 billion euros, in Parliament this week, despite no previous agreement over the package with…
Both German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble and his French counterpart Michel Sapin appeared optimistic that an agreement to achieve a first review between Greece and its institutional lenders is possible…
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras again reiterated his government’ s belief that a first review of the Greek program (third bailout) can be achieved by Orthodox Easter (May 1), which…
Tax returns are now being filed in Greece at an average of 21,000 per day, despite uncertainty over which tax hikes will be tacked on to this year’s declarations and an ongoing…
A European Central Bank decision on Friday to make EFSF bonds – used to recapitalize Greek banks under the most recent Greek bailout program – eligible for purchase under its QE plan…
Negotiations between the Greek government’s top ministers and international leaders focusing directly on the still unresolved issue of a first review for the Greek program (third bailout) shifted to Washington…
Roman Catholic Pope Francis arrived on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos (Lesbos) on Saturday morning as part of a Vatican effort to focus international attention and relief efforts on…
Greece’s primary budget surplus totaled 2.679 billion euros in the first quarter of 2016, up from 1.732 billion over the corresponding period last year and bettering a target of 1.095…
A Parliament debate on Friday over a proposal to establish a committee of inquiry to probe political parties’ finances as well as bank loans to parties and mass media in…
