Greece has circulated collectible coins to mark the 2500th Anniversary of the Battle of Thermopylae and Salamis. The cost of this action was fully covered by the Marianna V. Vardinoyannis foundation. “The…
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Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias warned Turkey that Greece is “full prepared” to deal with any situation that Turkey might create in the Aegean, if it goes ahead with its plan to…
On the occasion of Europe Day and the 70th anniversary since the Schuman Declaration, which ultimately led to the founding of the European Union, President of Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou emphasised the…
Opinion Piece As the ‘Adults in the Room’ rolling credits came to a close, and the room filled with applause, it was evident that the underlying sentiment was hope and admiration. Adults…
Greece will soon release two commemorative coins to mark the 2500th Anniversary of The Battle of Thermopylae. Many historians consider the Battle of Thermopylae to be one of the most important battles…
A Bank of Greece report indicated that Greece occupied the fourth spot in terms of the Mediterranean tourism market, whilst Spain, Italy and Turkey took the first three places, respectively. The report…
Greece’s Minister for Development and Investment, Adonis Georgiades in an interview with Handelsblatt entitled “We Are Again a Stable Country”, heralded the privatisation of ports, even if there were no Western investors.…
The prestigious Academy of Athens, yesterday honoured the outgoing European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi, for his role in rescuing the European economic and monetary union and for his response and…
According to the latest figures released by Eurostat, the Greek unemployment rate fell to 17.2% of the workforce in May this year from 19.4% in May 2018, but remained the highest rate…
In a statement issued on Monday, Eurogroup officials said they are eagerly awaiting the Mitsotakis government new economic programme, while sending a message that there will be no renegotiation of targets for…
Following a press conference after the eurozone finance ministers’ meeting on Thursday, Eurogroup President Mario Centeno said that the Greek government has informed the Eurogroup about the package of measures legislated by the…
The President of the Hellenic Republic, Prokopios Pavlopoulos condemned in the strongest possible terms Turkey’s stance toward Cyprus during his meeting with Nick Larigakis, President from the American-Hellenic Institute and his delegation…
According to a Eurostat report released on Tuesday, Greece still maintains the highest unemployment rate at 18.5% of the workforce in January 2019, from 18.4% in December, but down significantly from 20.6%…
The EuroWorking Group meeting announced on Wednesday that Greece has completed the implementation of its agreed reforms and will recommend the disbursement of an outstanding 1-billion-euro tranche to the country at the…
The European Statistical Agency Eurostat released unemployement figures on Monday, revealing the Greek unemployment rate fell to 18 % of the workforce in December 2018, from 18.3 % in November 2018. The…
Monday’s EuroWorking Group meeting failed to reached a decision on the disbursement of the 1 billion euros as an agreement between the Greek authorities and the institutions on the reform of the…
Unemployment figures released on Friday by Eurostat indicated the Greek unemployment rate was 18.5% in November 2018, from 18.7% in October. In its report, the EU executive’s statistics agency said that Greece…
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday during her joint press conference in Athens with Greek Prime Minister Alex Tsipras that she was ‘grateful to him for working with the Prime Minister…
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on Wednesday received Greece’s President Prokopios Pavlopoulos during his official visit to Brussels. Following their meeting , the Greek President and Jean-Claude Juncker attended a working luncheon…
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…