Greece’s economic prospects are good, as it is on track for the fourth review and exiting the loan program, the Finance Ministers of Germany Olaf Scholz and France Bruno Le Maire said at a press conference on Friday. Following the end of an EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting, Scholz said, “There is a … Περισσότερα
Talks between Greece and FYROM on the name issue “have intensified considerably” and will continue when Foreign Ministers Nikos Kotzias and Nikola Dimitrov are in Brussels, UN Special Envoy for the name issue Matthew Nimetz said on Friday. In brief remarks at the close of a second day of talks in New York, Nimetz said … Περισσότερα
“The current negotiation on the FYROM name issue is critical,” Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Friday after a meeting with Thessaloniki Mayor Yiannis Boutaris, adding that “the government is trying to take something back and not make concessions as previous governments have done.” “The elections will be held in October 2019,” he noted. He … Περισσότερα
A Thessaloniki misdemeanors court on Wednesday found three men guilty of attacking the mayor of the northern Greek city, Yiannis Boutaris, over the weekend, in an attack that sent him to hospital. The court handed a 14- and 21-month suspended sentence to two of the men, both aged 20. A third man, aged 36, was … Περισσότερα
Main opposition New Democracy (ND) leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis critised the goverment’s overall economy policy, addressing parliament on Wednesday. He claimed that the government did not guarantee the necessary prior actions for a clean exit and presented instead a “growth plan with no growth”. He reiterated his demand for general elections and called the government “ruthless … Περισσότερα
The expansion of strategic cooperation between Greece and the United States, along with a number of issues of common geopolitical interest, were raised at the meeting between Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias and US President Donald Trump’s national security advisor, John Bolton, at the White House. The strategic relationship between the two countries aims to … Περισσότερα
Greece is “heading steadily towards the exit from the long crisis and the suffocating surveillance, and only a short distance remains to the end,” Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said in Parliament on Wednesday. In an address on the economy requested by Movement of Change leader Fofi Gennimata, Tsipras said, “A part of the remaining distance … Περισσότερα
All decisions regarding Greece’s exit from the programme, including those relating to debt relief, will be taken by the June 21 Eurogroup, regardless of whether the International Monetary Fund (IMF) decides to activate its programme for Greece, according to a senior European official in Brussels. At a press briefing about the upcoming Eurogroup on Thursday, … Περισσότερα
Students from the Agricultural University rang the bell at the Athens stock market on Tuesday, launching the start of trade. The students then presented their innovative entrepreneurial ideas to business representatives at the Athens bourse. Socrates Lazaridis, chief executive of Hellenic Exchanges, said stock markets play a role of supporting innovative business models and products … Περισσότερα
New Democracy on Monday condemned all acts of violence, in response to comments from Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras linking the opposition party with the attack on Thessaloniki’s mayor over the weekend. “For New Democracy, violence is violence, wherever it may come from, and it must be handled as a top priority by the next government. … Περισσότερα