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The role of George Papadopoulos, the ex-advisor to the campaign of US President Donald Trump, is turning into a bombshell for all who came into contact with the young Greek-American.

The creation of a 20 billion euro liquidity cushion from EMS installments and bonds that Greece will issue next summer, and perpetual oversight for as many years as necessary to pay off 75 percent of the debt to Europeans , are the terms of Greece’s exit from the current memorandum

Last week, the French daily Le Monde, in an opinion piece, rang the alarm bells for democracy and warned everyone of the consequences.

The third evaluation of Greece’s fiscal programme is by all appearances heading toward conclusion. At least those are the assurances offered by all involved parties, domestic and foreign. Last week the government was touting just that prospect, with the prime minister intimating in parliament that it is imminent, certainly before the end of the year. […]

A former Golden Dawn member who has entered a witness protection programme has offered damning testimony about the far-right party’s modus operandi, including the operation of its gangs of storm troopers, in the ongoing Golden Dawn trial. “Witness A”, who testified in police headquarters with a hookup to the courtroom, was a member of Golden […]

The 29-year-old man charged with sending a letter bomb to ex-prime minister Lucas Papademos, former German finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, and the IMF has been remanded in custody on a second charge as well, that of illegal weapons possession. The accused was questioned by an investigating magistrate at Athens’ Evelpidon courthouse, regarding the weapons cache […]

Less than a week after an 11-year-old Afghan boy named Amir was denied the honour of holding the Greek flag at the October 28 national holiday parade, the family’s home in the middle class Dafni neighbourhood of Athens was stoned.

The upcoming replacement of 20 bonds - issued during the 2012 PSI debt restructuring and coming to maturity between 2023-2042 - with five new bonds, seems to be pressuring the returns of Greek bonds, resulting in an upward price trend.

In an indication that Turkish policy on the Aegean remains unchanged, a Turkish helicopter conducted an extremely low altitude flight, just 30 metres above the Imia rock islets.

As much as Finance Minister Tsakalotos tries with his odd and often incomprehensible Anglo-Saxon humour, it is somewhat difficult to persuade citizens that over-taxation has not hit the ceiling.

The total revenue from the Piraeus Bank online real estate auction, including immediate purchase, was over six million euros.

The International Oil Pollution Compensation (IOPC) Funds have opened an office in Piraeus where claims can be filed for compensation for damages suffered due to the September 10 oil spill from the Agia Zoni II tanker. “The office, which will be operational from Thursday 2 November 2017, is staffed by a Greek team and has […]

Finance Minister Tsakalotos vehemently denied opposition charges that Greece exceeding primary surplus targets is the result of over-taxation of the middle class.

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Hakan Cavusoglu is in Athens today for discussions with the Greek government, ahead of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s planned visit.

Greece and Italy offer attractive opportunities for investments in the banking sector, Atlas Merchant Capital CEO Bob Diamond told Bloomberg TV.

The closing of the third fiscal programme evaluation in January will in essence mark the end of Greece’s current bailout memorandum.

The refugee-migrant crisis may not be in the front line of the media agenda. Still, not only does the problem remain,

'The Greek economy is growing, and after a lengthy period of objections, Tsipras is implementing the adjustment programme, because that is the only way that he can free his country from loans and lead it back to the markets'

'We are running to leave Syria because there is war there. We come here, and we live in the streets with our children. We shall remain until our demands are met.'

The meeting comes after an outcry from the Greek ethnic minority of Albania that state and local authorities are conducting a push to remove the Greek minority from their seaside properties in the coastal city of Himara.