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By F. Zois [email protected] A handful of decisions and pending actions related to all-important privatizations in thrice bailed-out Greece must now await snap elections in the country – which will…

Aktor Concessions SA has been nominated as the preferred bidder for the granting of the right to use and exploit the marina ofAlimos for a period of 40 years, through…

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras travels to Skopje on Tuesday for a landmark visit to the newly renamed Republic of North Macedonia, complete with high-ranking talks – but not with…

A bundle of proposals for constitutional revision, tabled by the leftist Tsipras government, passed with a simple majority of deputies in Parliament on Thursday, meaning that in order to make…

US Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew Palmer, in Athens on Wednesday, told reporters that application of the recently ratified Prespa agreement – normalizing relations between Greece and the newly christened Republic…

The first – official – reaction to a BBC article on Sunday entitled “Greece’s invisible minority – the Macedonian Slavs” came via a lengthy letter sent to the British media…

One of the first “ripples” in Greece in the post-Prespa agreement period came on Sunday, with a BBC report headlined “Greece’s invisible minority – the Macedonian Slavs” raising heckles by…

An Athens prosecutor on Tuesday ordered a preliminary probe into the leaking of a phone conversation between Bank of Greece (BoG) Gov. Yannis Stournaras and Alternate Health Minister Pavlos Polakis,…

Greece’s digital policy, telecoms and information minister, Nikos Pappas, among Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ closest associates, is set to become the first Greek cabinet member to visit the recently renamed…

The government in Skopje is reportedly ready to send an official letter to the UN, its member-states and international organizations, of which it is a member, announcing the change of…

A slim but solid majority of Greek MPs, 153 out of a total of 300 in Parliament, on Friday evening approved of a protocol for the accession of the former…

Former Greek prime minister Costas Karamanlis (2004-2009) on Thursday removed any doubts over his stance regarding the contentious Prespa agreement, which comes up for ratification in Greece’s Parliament later in…

By L. Karageorgos [email protected] Arrivals by citizens of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (fYRoM) to Greece have dropped, from an all-time high of 3.023 million in 2015, to 1.031…

A highly expected draft bill containing the Prespa agreement was tabled in Parliament over the weekend, with political party representatives to convene on Monday at noon to discuss the schedule…

Russian President Vladimir Putin received visiting Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras as the Kremlin on Friday, three and a half years after the latter last met him in Moscow and…

An ExxonMobil-contracted drillship, the Stena IceMax, arrives on Monday at the Cypriot port of Limassol on Monday ahead of scheduled hydrocarbon exploration in “Block 10” of the Republic of Cyprus’…

High-profile proposals for constitutional revision in Greece were again unveiled by Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras this week, with general elections now less than a year away and roughly two…

Former foreign minister Nikos Kotzias on Monday evening underlined that he “neither blackmails nor can be blackmailed,” speaking at an event in the Cretan city of Irakleio organized by the…

A cordial handover ceremony took place at the Greek foreign ministry in Athens on Saturday morning, as resigned minister Nikos Kotzias greeted his successor, none other than Prime Minister Alexis…

In a brief televised statement outside his office on Wednesday afternoon, Greek PM Alexis Tsipras first thanked resigned foreign minister Nikos Kotzias and then reiterated that his decision to assume…

By G. Kampourakis [email protected] A high-ranking government source told “N” on Monday that a landmark agreement to resolve the fYRoM “name issue” will first be ratified by Greece’s Parliament before…

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras reportedly spoke by phone late Sunday evening with his counterpart in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (fYRoM), Zoran Zaev, hours after the polls closed…

Greece’s foreign ministry reacted cautiously on Sunday to the result of a same-day referendum in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (fYRoM) over a provisional agreement to resolve the long-standing…

By S. Emmanuil [email protected] The Athens-based Vivartia group this week announced that it aims to operate 22 stores – mostly under its Goody’s Burger House and Flocafe Espresso Room brands…

The Marshall Islands (RMI) registry and Green Award last week announced their cooperation, whereby the registry will provide GA-certified ships with a 30-percent discount on annual marine services fee. The…

By V. Vegiri [email protected] Priorities on a coming “to do” list by the east Mediterranean country’s privatization agency reportedly include the Egnatia motorway that crosses the breadth of northern Greece…

The prime minister of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (fYRoM), Zoran Zaev, told MEPs at the European Parliament on Thursday that his country’s “faith in Europe is one of…

By K. Deligiannis  [email protected] An international tender to sell-off Public Power Corp.’s (PPC) lignite-fired units in the Peloponnese and northwest Greece, along with the mines that provide lignite deposits, continues…

One of Greece’s most prominent businessmen, Greek-Russian investor Ivan Savvidis, this week categorically denied that he’s behind attempts to block a landmark agreement between Athens and the neighboring former Yugoslav…

A bilateral agreement resolving the long-standing “name issue” will reportedly be tabled in Greece’s Parliament for ratification after Jan. 15, 2019, as the constitutional revision in the neighboring former Yugoslav…