A police cordon on Wednesday prevented a group of some 70-80 demonstrators from reaching the “Piraeus Theoxenia” Hotel in the port of Piraeus, where Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos was scheduled to make a speech at 19:00. According to sources, some protestors threw stones at the police, who replied with the use of tear gas. Protestors … Περισσότερα
The Greek economy and development ministry’s New Economy Development Fund (Taneo) and the United Arab Emirates’ “Mubadala Investment Co” on Wednesday signed an agreement for the creation of 400-million-euro fund for investment in Greece. Under the terms of a Memorandum of Understanding signed by the two sides, Tanoe and Mubadala will each contribute 200 million … Περισσότερα
Greece was now meeting its targets and could look to the future with optimism, since the path to a final and clean exit from the memorandum programmes was finally open, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Wednesday in Thessaloniki, while addressing the 11th Regional Conference on the Reconstruction of Production for Central Macedonia. He noted … Περισσότερα
“The Greek real estate market shows signs of recovery, with property prices rising by an average 1.0 pct – offering proof that stabilization trends which prevailed last year are gradually developing into rising trends,” RE/MAX said in a report released on Tuesday. Both RE/MAX Hellas, in a panhellenic survey, and the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT), … Περισσότερα
The tendering process for the Thessaloniki freight center will begin in April, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Christos Spirtzis said at the Regional Conference for Central Macedonia on Tuesday evening. The center will lie on the railroad line that will lead from Thessaloniki, Kavala and Alexandroupoli to the Bulgarian cities of Burgas (on the Black Sea) … Περισσότερα
The government is hiring thousands of friends and relatives “through the window”, or irregularly, main opposition New Democracy (ND) leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis charged on Tuesday, adding that things have gotten out of control. In statements, Mitstotakis said that the hirings are occurring in the thousands, as the government is also setting up useless organisations to … Περισσότερα
Pulmonogy professor Panagiotis Bechrakis was reassuring about the impact of the Saharan dust cloud over Attica’s skies on people’s health, in statements to the Athens-Macedonian News Agency on Monday. The dust cloud was not toxic or harmful in the same way as city smog, he said, though people with respiratory problems, children and the elderly … Περισσότερα
The balance of travel services showed a surplus of 14 million euros in January, compared with a surplus of 13 million in January 2017, the Bank of Greece said on Monday. In a monthly report, the central bank said that based on provisional data, travel receipts in January 2018 fell by 3.0 pct to 153 … Περισσότερα
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker called on Turkey to release immediately the two Greek servicemen it has detained, in statements at a joint press conference with European Council President Donald Tusk and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, following the EU-Turkey Leaders’ Meeting in Varna late on Monday. Juncker said that Turkey must make an effort to resolve the … Περισσότερα
The new production and development model for Central Macedonia will dominate the three-day regional conference on production reconstruction to be held from Monday to Wednesday, in Thessaloniki. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will address the conference on Wednesday. The proceedings will begin on Monday, at 10 am, with a speech by government vice-president Yiannis Dragasakis. The … Περισσότερα