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There is an uproar in the opposition and charges of party patronage over the government’s decision to appoint Fragiskos Koutentakis, until now the general director of fiscal policy at the finance ministry, as the new director of the Parliamentary Budget Office. Upon the recommendation of Parliament Speaker Nikos Voutsis, Koutentakis will replace Panagiotsi Liargovas, whose […]

Sources say that Papadopoulos did not deny that the General Directorate for Defence Investments and Armaments of the defence ministry at first harboured reservations during negotiations regarding his power of attorney from the Saudis.

A surprise collaboration is apparently in the offing between Hellenic Petroleum (ELPE) and the Spanish energy company Repsol for hydrocarbons exploration in Greece’s ‘Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) blocks in the Ionian Sea and south of Crete.

“Test our resolve. We are kindly asking Greece to set foot on the Imia islets. If that happens, we will defend them to the death, from the moment that Erdogan gives the order” Bulut declared.

Nikos Paraskevopoulos was making use of a law passed by the Syriza-Independent Greeks coalition that offered rent subsidies to ministers who are not MPs

Two Greek military officers who were on patrol in the Evros border region were arrested yesterday by Turkish forces and are to stand trial in Turkey. The Greek patrol was on the land region near the Evros River, and reportedly veered off course because of bad weather conditions. There was heavy snow and it was […]

Effectively, Kouvelis will act as Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ eyes and ears at the ministry, at a time when Greece is confronted with mounting aggressiveness from Turkey, as is Cyprus.

The main types of foods that end up in the trash bin are fruit (24.9 percent of the total), cooked food (24.5 percent) , green groceries (14.9 percent), breads (13.6 percent), and milk products (11.3 percent).

“There is an arsenal of new tools for reducing non-performing loans (NPLs),” Dragasakis said, while further noting that the government does not rule out the creation of a 'bad bank'.

Antonopoulou was placed by Athanasios Iliopoulos, who until now headed the labour ministry’s labour inspection bureau (epithreorisi ergasias), and previously served as the secretary of the central council of the youth of Synaspismos.

The charge is that drug pricing resulted in losses for the state of 40 million euros, and an additional 100 milllion euro burden on insured citizens.

“He said the question that remained was whether there was “a real need” to change Macedonia’s constitution,” Reuters quoted Zaev as saying, suggesting that the Greek demand remains a topic of discussion.

“The FBI investigation is focused on crimes that violate American law. There is no FBI investigation pertaining to Greek politicians,” Pyatt said, according to a New Democracy press release, which stressed that the quotation was approved by the staffs of the ND leader and the Embassy, and drafted in both Greek and English.

Data on the execution of the state budget for January, 2018, on an adjusted cash basis, indicate a surplus in the state budget balance sheet of nearly 1.58 billion euros, compared to the initial projection of 503 million euros.

The buyout of Hellenic Environmental Centers (HEC) by Aegean Marine Petroleum has raised a number of serious questions, and has produced scathing reactions by market analysts, including Benjamin Nolan, of Stifel, who monitors Aegean’s stock.

Alexis Tsipras accepted the resignation of Rania Antonopoulou over her receiving a 1,000 euro monthly rent subsidy from the state, based on a law that was initially intended to assist provincial MPs who did not own an Athens residence.Ruling Syriza had amended the law to cover the housing needs of extra-parliamentary ministers, such as Antonopoulou and her husband Dimitris Papadimitriou

Following an informal European Unit summit this evening, European Council President Donald Tusk, speaking as he said on behalf of all 27 European Union member-states, denounced Turkey’s bellicose activity in the Aegean and in Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) as a patent violation of the sovereign rights of two member states. Tusk said that Cypriot […]

“In this process we must be driven by facts. I have no dilemma that when it comes to the geographical territory of Macedonia, we take its northern or upper part, the southern part belongs to Greece and the eastern part to Bulgaria,” FYROM’s prime minister said.

Sources told Ta Nea that a raid ordered by prosecutors at Novartis’ Athens offices produced a list of 300 doctors who allegedly took bribes of between 1000-5,000 euros between January, 2016, and January, 2017.

The finance ministry will launch in March a new electronic platform where homeowners must register their short-term rental properties for taxation purposes.

Those labouring under the allegations of protected witnesses, have stressed that the allegations against them are nothing more than a mixture of hearsay, speculations, and conjecture

Video shot from the Hellenic Coast Guard patrol boat “Gavdos” proves that the Turkish Coast Guard ship was rushing to ram it in the centre, which would have sunk the aluminum flagship of the Hellenic Coast Guard and imperiled the lives of its 27-member crew. The video evidence belied both of the two explanations offered […]