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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he hopes his upcoming visit to Greece will be a catalyst that can further deepen Greek-Turkish ties in all areas.

The parliamentary committee on armaments programmes will again review the case of the abortive munitions sale to Saudi Arabia, following a request by Syriza MP and former education minister Nikos Filis.

The basic framework for the government’s energy privatisation plan was agreed today in talks between representatives of Greece’s creditors and Environment and Energy Minister Yorgos Stathakis.

Both Greece and its creditors have expressed optimism that they can reach a staff-level agreement by Saturday, ahead of the 4 December Eurogroup.

A recent report issued by Nomura noted that a high level of participation is expected in the Greek swap, which aims to help Greece return to the markets next year.

Final approval of the third evaluation of Greece's current bailout programme is expected by the 22 January Eurogroup meeting.

Although most of the questions remained unanswered concerning the dark story of the sale of munitions to Saudi Arabia and the equally shadowy role of the middleman, we fully understood from yesterday’s parliamentary debate that the tight embrace of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and his junior coalition partner, Independent Greeks (ANEL) leader Panos Kammenos, will […]

Mutual recriminations between the Syriza-Anel ruling coalition and opposition parties reached fevered pitch today over the abortive sale of munitions to Saudi Arabia.

The new tax measures that have already been passed by parliament, and that will come into force as of next year, will affect wage earners, freelance professionals, and other taxpayer categories.

A Focus magazine report credits Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras with having consolidated the budget and launched numerous structural reforms.

It is no coincidence that in 2018 the expenditures for interest payments were limited to 2.8 billion euros (or 2.8 percent of GDP), in other words the lowest annual expenditure since Greece adopted the euro.

The Financial Times reports that the Saudi munitions deal, “could destabilise the left-wing government of prime minister Alexis Tsipras.”

Mr. Tsipras came to power by lambasting everyone and everything, overtaken by a plethora of self-delusions and illusions, as he himself admitted in an earnest moment.

Capital Ship Management Corp. announced that Mr. Evangelos Marinakis, the Chairman of Capital Maritime & Trading Corp., was voted as Lloyd’s List’s “Greek Shipping Personality of the Year” for 2017. The award caps a very active year for Mr Marinakis and the Capital Group as it expanded significantly across the tanker, container and dry bulk […]

The Greek government appears determined to put an end to the free ride for homeowners in Athens and other top tourist destinations around the country, who rent their homes via Airbnb.

A whopping 88 percent of purchases in Greece were completed in cash, second only to Malta, with 92 percent cash purchases.

Since the 24 September German general elections and the subsequent inability to form a government, the Greek political and financial establishments have been closely eyeing developments.

When Onassis was alive, the billionaire’s private island hosted the crème de la crème of the social register. Now, the government has approved a plan to create 20-22 villas that could again make it a magnet for the jet set.

fFrmer education minister Nikos Filis publicly demanded that the government scrap the deal to sell munitions to the Saudis.

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) released data demonstrating that Greece is the champion among all 35 member-states in terms of its ration of tax collection to GDP.