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The matter of Dimitris Koufodinas’ prison furlough does not involve merely a formal enforcement of the law, as the government would have it, above all because this is a div that symbolises the terrorist violence, with all that it entails, that bedeviled Greece for three decades and continues to do so. Perhaps even worse, as […]

Following the sweeping deregulation of labour relations mandated by Greece’s bailout memorandums, Eurogroup chief Jeroem Dijsselbloem says he is pleased with the labour reforms that have been implemented by the Greek government.

The Eldorado Gold Corporation has announced that it will move its Skouries gold mining project to a status of “care and maintenance”, attributing the move to delays of the competent Ministry of Energy and Environment.

New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis outlined his party’s plan for jump-startinging the economy, which he asserted will lead to the creation of 120,000 new jobs

Following the last Eurogroup, the government has decided to institute a series of measures to protect notaries from attack and facilitate the holding of seized property auctions.

The decision of a prison judicial council to grant a two-day political furlough to the defunct N17 terrorist organisation’s top hitman has triggered a political maelstrom, with fierce criticism from New Democracy and other political parties. Koufodinas has been convicted for eleven of N17’s murderous hits and is serving 11 life sentences for those attacks […]

With a quick closure of the fiscal adjustment programme in sight, the government and the entire political system are preparing for what appears to be a long and painful pre-election period.

“The Judicial Council of Appeals, a three-member panel of senior judges that reviews prosecutorial complaints, has unanimously rejected the charges related to membership in a criminal organisation, fraud, extortion and arson, previously raised against me and other persons in Greek football, as absolutely unfounded."

Early reservations from the British market have risen from last year by between 12-15 percent. But industry experts say it is unclear if the increased demand can be met with the available beds at top tourist destinations.

SEV blames the “violent fiscal adjustment” and “over-taxation” of the private sector for the situation and defends labour flexibility, part-time employment and the drop in the minimum wage as having had a positive impact on the economy.

Alexis Tsipras painted an optimistic picture of the most recent developments in the economy, including a 2.4 percentage point drop in unemployment in July, and underlined that no new burdensome fiscal measures will be adopted in the context of the third bailout programme evaluation.

As the crucial third evaluation of Greece’s fiscal programme draws closer, the government is attempting to shift the political agenda to corruption, vested interests, and various tax evasion cases, so as to veer the public dialogue away from the economy and citizens’ daily problems.

Despite what the government declares constantly, on issues related to creditors’ evaluation of Greece’s adjustment programme, instead of running forward it is attempting to avoid the difficult decisions. A characteristic example is the property auctions issue, which is directly linked to resolving non-performing loans and by extension to the reform and rationalisation of the banking […]

The management of “red” or non-performing loans (NPLs) that burden the balance sheets of Eurozone banks is the most important issue confronting the banking sector, European Central Bank President Mario Draghi told the second ECB forum regarding banking oversight.

With the release of the Paradise Papers documents on tax evasion, it appears that the issues of transparency, tax dodging and corruption are expected to dominate public political debate in Greece for some time.

Greek tax authorities in September conducted a record number of bank account seizures amidst a burgeoning of overdue tax cases.

In an interview with the Athens Daily Ta Nea, Abramson traces Papadopoulos’ acquaintance with Trump and alleges that Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos is an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and has friendly ties with Russian oligarchs.

The new, umpteenth attack at Pasok party headquarters, at a moment when the street was full of people no less, highlights clearly the problem of lawlessness and insecurity prevailing in certain areas of central Athens and elsewhere.

In an exclusive, To Vima’s Sunday, November 5 issue has published excerpts of ex-prime minister Lucas Papademos’ deposition about the May 25 letter bomb attack against him, as well as details about the activity of the 29-year-old man charged with the crime.

In a new report, the Greek Parliament Budget Office describes the economy’s third quarter as “a three-month period of normalisation of ties with the institutions [Greece’s creditors], including the IMF, that creates the prospect for a return to the markets”.