Greece

English Edition | 07.06.2023 | 21:07

Slumping Mykonos, Santorini apparently suffering from negative “value-for-money” reviews

According to local media on the two islands, local and foreign holiday-makers are increasingly choosing less expensive destinations in Greece and abroad

English Edition | 04.06.2023 | 18:50

Heightened alert on Greek border with Turkey along Evros River amid reports of assembled irregular migrants attempting entry

The heightened status comes as a group of roughly 150 would-be migrants were located late last week on Greek territory by authorities

English Edition | 02.06.2023 | 21:34

Highest price ever for Tsarouchis painting fetches 475K

The modernist painting depicts a youthful angel representing the month of May, and is inspired by the Louis Philippe style of decorations

English Edition | 01.06.2023 | 22:25

Mytilineos CEO, founder leaves open possibility of transferring group's HQ outside Greece

"This is a sensitive issue amid a politically sensitive period"

English Edition | 01.06.2023 | 21:46

Jobless rate in Greece at 11.2% in April 2023

The rate was marginally up from 11.1 percent in March 2023

English Edition | 30.05.2023 | 22:34

Mitsotakis conveys congratulations to Erdogan over latter’s re-election

Mitsotakis stepped down as premier ahead of a June 25 general election in Greece, with a caretaker government serving until a new government is formed

English Edition | 29.05.2023 | 23:50

Police officers arrested in NE Greece on charges of aiding migrant smugglers

The border guards under investigation all serve at a department in the town of Didymoticho, which is located close to the land border with Turkey

English Edition | 29.05.2023 | 21:56

One fatality, two serious injuries from industrial accident at Perama ship-repair zone

A 24-hour strike by the ship-repair and metals workers’ union was declared for Tuesday

English Edition | 29.05.2023 | 20:16

Major Turkish retailers again warming up to Greek market

Colin’s, is the retail arm of ERK Pazarlama Ve Giyim Sanayi Ticaret AS, part of the massive Eroglu Group. Recently, a subsidiary, ERK Greece, was established in the country.

English Edition | 27.05.2023 | 23:24

Commission to Greece: Lack of nat’l cadastre an impediment to further investment

The recommendation was included in the 2023 National Reform Programme of Greece and the related Council opinion on the latter along with similar reports on all other EU Countries

English Edition | 26.05.2023 | 23:08

Reuters: Greek bonds already trading as if country has regained investment grade

"Greek 10-year bond yields have fallen nearly 15 basis points (bps) following Sunday's election result

English Edition | 24.05.2023 | 22:21

Die Welt on Greece: ‘Sudden strength of former bankrupt state of Europe’

The article reminds that Greece narrowly escaped bankruptcy thanks to three memorandum bailouts

English Edition | 24.05.2023 | 21:24

Commission calls on Greece to maintain recovery plan; rein in spending

To maintain what the latter calls its dynamic and consistent implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Plan

English Edition | 23.05.2023 | 19:58

NBG CEO: No dividend this year; optimism for 20242

He appeared optimistic that NBG group will pay out a dividend to shareholders in 2024

English Edition | 22.05.2023 | 21:43

Athens Stock Exchange (ASE) surges in wake of Sunday’s election result

Traded shares on the Athens Stock Exchange (ATHEX) on Monday reached a nine-year high, with investors reacting very positively to New Democracy (ND) party’s landslide election victory

English Edition | 22.05.2023 | 20:47

Handful of major privatizations await formation of stable Greek gov’t

The privatizations involve international tenders for concessions of infrastructure or even an outright privatization of assets currently held by Greece’s relevant fund, HRADF

English Edition | 21.05.2023 | 22:30

ND achieves ‘double-score’ victory over SYRIZA; forecast for above 40%

Based on the figure, the center-right party will win 145 seats in the 300-deputy Greek parliament, five+1 short of forming a majority government

English Edition | 21.05.2023 | 21:11

Projection gives ND lead over SYRIZA at 10 to 18% points; landslide for center-right party

The median difference between New Democracy (ND) and SYRIZA parties is 14 percentage points

English Edition | 18.05.2023 | 23:47

Times of London columnist Simon Nixon: ‘Greece’s hard work on debt may be undone by a left-wing government

He also emphasized this week’s high-profile warnings by Bank of Greece (BoG) Yannis Stournaras

English Edition | 16.05.2023 | 19:16

Jan-Apr 2023 records second-best employment balance since 2001

Specifically, new hirings totaled more than 929,000 over the four-month period

English Edition | 10.05.2023 | 16:11

Greece ranked second in terms of bestowed «Blue Flags»

The number of «Blue Flags» now found in Greece exceeds, for the first time, 600, with Greece retaining 15 percent of the distinctions for best-rated beaches

English Edition | 09.05.2023 | 23:35

Latest figures by stats authority again raise concerns for at-risk poverty, social exclusion problem in Greece

According to the statistics authority, 26.3 percent of the population in the east Mediterranean country is at-risk for poverty or social exclusion

English Edition | 08.05.2023 | 23:36

Greek trade deficit up by 1.3% in March 2023

The value of imports totaled 7.384 billion euros in March, from 7.090 billion in March 2022, an increase of 4.1 percent

English Edition | 07.05.2023 | 22:43

Campaign heats up in Greece; incumbent Mitsotakis announces 3 measures for property owners, 18-year-olds, civil servants

Mitsotakis used the industrial complex and its assembled workers as his campaign rally venue because the unit was recently reopened during the ND government’s tenure

English Edition | 02.05.2023 | 10:19

Erdogan: New threats against Greece – “We will continue to upset those on the other side of the waters”

Erdogan presented the Turkish 5th generation fighter on Monday