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“It is of crucial importance for the economic recovery in Greece, and the forward looking capital adequacy of Greek banks, that progress be made on NPE resolution,” the letter states.

In yet another effort to put opposition New Democracy on the spot over its position on the FYROM naming issue – given the statements of sympathy from conservative cadres for the huge Thessaloniki protest opposing Greek acquiescence for the use of the name Macedonia by Skopje – Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ office has distributed a […]

“Of course the issue of the Turkish officers was raised,” Kontonis told journalists, returning to his offer that the eight can be tried in Greece if Ankara decides to submit a request to that effect.

Ieronymos underlined that of the full hierarchy of 82 Metropolitan bishops of the Greek Orthodox Church of Greece, only nine attended the massive Thessaloniki protest.

The government did everything in its power to limit attendance at the protest, including persuading Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece to come out against FYROM protests.

In his lengthy response to a letter sent to him by an operatic singer from the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, published by Ta Nea today, composer Mikis Theodorakis outlines the history of the bilateral dispute and focuses on FYROM’s diachronic irredentist claims against Greece. In the initial letter, Blagoj Nacoski, a 39-year-old tenor with […]

The main opposition party focuses in particular on how the government dealt with the vice president of the Council of State, Athanasios Rantos, who was on the bench when the high court ruled unconstitutional the government’s law on broadcast television licensing.

"I know who commits these sorts of macho acts. I have indications that they are Golden Dawn members,” Palaio Faliro Mayor Dionysis Hatzidakis said, without offering evidence to substantiate the charge against the fascist party.

Five names were tabled for the renaming of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) yesterday by the UN Special Representative on the FYROM naming issue, Matthew Nimetz, in New York.

The finance ministry recently sent out feelers to creditors about the prospect of not implementing certain already legislated austerity measures if Greece’s economic performance and revenues exceed expectations, and the proposal was categorically dismissed.

Dazed and exhausted children find solace in his embrace, clutching on to him, without even knowing who he is. Drenched parents entrust their children to him as they wade in the shallow waters.

The PM asserted that his government waged a major battle to exclude from the agreement measures that would limit collective bargaining contracts, free up en masse layoffs, allow lock-outs by business owners, and allow trade unionists to be fired.

The original rendition of the provision mandated that HFSF board members as well as managers of its subsidiary companies must submit an assets declaration.

The omnibus bill states that the lowest bid for a property will be its commercial value, and not the tax office valuation value that was set before the crisis led to a crash of real estate prices in Greece.

After years of record high rates of smokers in Greece, that rate is going down much more rapidly than in other European countries.

The capital controls imposed in Greece in 2015 led to a take-off of mobile money. Consumers now use smart phones and tablets for most of their bank transactions and daily payments. According to VISA’s annual Digital Payments study, conducted in 22 countries, mobile money is now second nature for about 60 percent of Greek consumers, […]

The government’s social welfare spending spree and rampant talk of raising the minimum wage within the year has triggered the consternation of the powerful Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV), whose members include the country’s industries and big businesses. After Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ announcement to his cabinet that he intends to pursue a left-wing social […]

The rationale for remanding the Turkish officer in custody, as presented in the decision, presents him as a threat to national security and peace in Greece

Some viewed the demand also as an indirect rejection of Greek Justice Minister Stavros Kontonis’ proposal that the eight officers could be tried in Greece, if Ankara were to submit such a request.