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The overarching issue is whether lignite production is profitable, as the production process is cheap but the fees paid for emissions pollution hikes the price.

Energean Oil & Gas says hydrocarbons deposits in Katakolo are 10.7 million barrels of oil, instead of the initial estimate of three million barrels.

Citing as a pretext the right to criticise judicial decisions, ministers, MPs, and even the prime minister himself, systematically launch attacks or even direct threats against judges.

Top executives at Elpedison and Hellenic Petroleum told journalists yesterday that they consider lignite energy production outdated.

Clashes, though more limited, have become a daily affair at the Moria Camp, where the dreadful conditions fuel the unrest.

“We shall cooperate with all Austrian ministers, just as I cooperate with the far right coalition partner of Mr. Tsipras," said Juncker.

Mitsotakis, whose major criticism of the government was that it has overtaxed in every sector, saddling the taxpayer with 5.1 billion euros in new taxes, said that the government’s narrative about a clean exit from bailout supervision in August is entirely false and misleading.

For all that has occurred in the country, the only ones with no responsibility are Mr. Tsipras and his ministers, who have done the best possible, while those guilty for the ills of the last years are the opposition parties, which destroyed the country.

The University of Macedonia survey found that 15 percent of voters were undecided or determined to abstain. The Kappa Research poll found that a whopping 25.8 percent of voters placed themselves in that category.

The PM has defended his ministers’ criticism of judicial decisions, such as the move to throw out the review of CDs and other lists of citizens with huge amounts in bank deposits abroad and in offshores.

All opposition parties are expected to challenge Tsipras’ narrative that Greece will make a clean exit from bailout memorandum supervision when the current, third programme expires in August, 2018.

“I assure you that I shall never consent to any use of the Greek name Macedonia by Skopje,” Kammenos told a gathering in Thessaloniki, a few days before the two countries’ envoys are to meet for a fresh round of name talks.

'When over one million people have had assets seized, why should they be persuaded by Mr. Tsipras when he maintains that the problem is a few hundred big debtors, and not the hundreds of thousands who are on the firing line?'

A biannual survey conducted by MRB graphically portrays the sense of disappointment that is prevalent among Greeks, along with a strong sense of fear and insecurity.

The Democritus University of Thrace has awarded its gold medal to Russian President Vladimir Putin, for ‘’the important activity he has undertaken to benefit regional stability and prosperity.''

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras called for even closer cooperation with banks in light of the emerging recovery of the economy at a meeting with the board of the Hellenic Bank Association.

Regardless of each person’s policy preferences, New Democracy, which is now holding its convention, is the dominant expression of political conservatism in the country. It has expressed, since its founding by Constantine Karamanlis in 1974 and until today, broad swathes of society. It was and is a large political party, with historic depth. It is […]

“In the eurozone, a strong and binding social pillar is the precondition for stability and viability. No monetary union can function with societies within it operating at different speeds,” Tsipras said.

At a meeting with Angela Merkel, ND leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis stressed the pressing need to expedite procedures for the approval of refugee asylum applications.

Data released today show that Greece climbed to second place in the absorption of funding from the European Fund for Strategic Investments. Reeling from years of economic depression, Greece was the first EU country to avail itself of much-needed investment aid. Public investment has hit rock bottom during the crisis, and small-and-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) face […]