Opinion Piece Although the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Greece is no more than 175 billion Euros, all of a sudden on the official State Budget for the year 2015, an amount…
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Greece’s Finance Ministry announced a primary state budget surplus of 831 million euros in the first two months of the year, down from a budget target for a surplus of 929 million…
Germany’s Ambassador to Greece, Mr Ernst Reichel announced on Tuesday that his country had donated 1.56 million euros worth of winter provisions to Greece to help refugees. During a joint press conference…
Greece’s Finance Minister released new figures on Monday revealing the Greek State Budget showed a primary surplus of 2.903 billion euros in the January-August period, up from a budget target for a…
Greece’s Finance Ministry issued a report on Tuesday on provisional budget execution data, which indicated a State Budget primary surplus of 918 million euros in the January-May period. The January–May surplus of…
Greece’s Finance Ministry announced a primary surplus of 1.461 billion euros in the January-April for the State budget, from a target for a primary deficit of 670 million euros, down from a…
A survey presented in Thessaloniki on Wednesday by Margarita Katsimi, a professor at the Economics University of Athens, noted that a total of one hundred companies cover more than 50 % of…
The co-founder of the Concordia Summit and executive member of Libra Group, Nicholas Logothetis optimistically declared that “Greece has returned and is open to business.” Logothetis made the comment during an interview…
A ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union had ordered that the EU Commission return to Greece 72,105,592.41 euros in funds that it had withheld from its financing under…
Greece’s Finance Ministry released a report on Monday showing the state budget had recorded primary surplus of 3.162 billion euros in 2018, down from a budget target for a surplus of 3.604…
European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos said on Wednesday that the EU has assisted Greece with 2 billion euros worth of subsidies. Avramopoulos made the comments during a…
Four Ionian islands have won approval for the construction of water aiports following an announcemenet by the Ionian Islands Regional Council. Specifically, the Council approved the sum of 560,000 euros in funding…
Greece’s Finance Ministry has announced a set of reforms concerning casino licensing and operations with an amendement to be tabled in Parliament. Specifically the amendment will set out the terms and conditions…
Greece’s Finance Minister, Euclid Tsakalotos speaking at a SYRIZA event at the Congress Hall Germanos in Thessaloniki on Saturday, said to the audience that his government has “ an opportunity to change…
The Head of the Parliamentary Budget Office, Fragkiskos Koutentakis said on Thursday that the Greek economy is slowly returning to growth with rising employment and wages. These were the conclusions of the…
Alternate Social Solidarity Minister, Theano Fotiou said on Monday during a radio interview that more than 300,000 families will receive a rent subsidy, as part of the Government budget package of positive…
Greece’s anti-money laundering authority will be investigating the bank accounts of Former Prime Minister Costas Simitis and members of his family, as well as two ministers in the Greek government of 2003,…
A senior Greek government official announced that pre-legislated pension cuts will not be applied as of January 1, while its draft budget for 2019 contains 765 million euros worth of positive social…
Energy, metallurgy and financial sectors were among the agenda items yesterday at a meeting of members of the Greek-Russian Business Council at the offices of the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV), where…
The European Commission Vice President for Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Jyrki Katainen said on Thursday that Greece ranks first among EU countries in terms of the investments triggered relative to its…