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FYROM note verbale on Prespes Agreement reaches Athens
The note verbale informing Greece that the domestic processes related to the terms of the Prespes Agreement have been completed by the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) reached Athens on Wednesday [...]
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Commissioner Moscovici: ‘Greece is returning to normality’
Greece is now returning to normality, visiting European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs Pierre Moscovici stated on Wednesday after his meeting with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.
With [...]
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Economy
Economy Minister to meet with visiting Moscovici on Wed.
Deputy Premier and Minister of Economy and Development Yiannis Dragasakis will meet with visiting European Commissioner Pierre Moscovici at 15:35 on Wednesday, his office announced.
Moscovici will be meeting [...]
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Economy
ELSTAT: Private building activity volume up 38.9 pct in October
The volume of private building activity jumped 38.9 pct in October last year compared with the same month in 2017, Hellenic Statistical Authority said on Tuesday.
The statistics service, in a monthly report, [...]
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Economy
State budget showed a primary surplus of 3.162 billion euros in 2018
Greek state budget recorded a primary surplus of 3.162 billion euros in 2018, down from a budget target for a surplus of 3.604 billion but sharply from a primary surplus of 1.940 billion in 2017, the Finance [...]
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Economy
EnvMin George Stathakis in Egypt for East Mediterranean Gas Forum
Greece can greatly benefit from working together with other countries on initiatives concerning natural gas and its transport to European Union states, Minister of Environment and Energy Giorgos Stathakis [...]
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Economy
Greek-owned enterprises account for 10.7 pct of top 50 profits in FYROM
Six enterprises of Greek or joint interest are included among the top profitable enterprises in FYROM, a report released by the Economic and Trade Affairs bureau in Skopje said.
The report said that enterprises [...]
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Economy
Greek industrial production up 3.1 pct in November 2018, Eurostat report
Industrial production in Greece rose 3.1 pct in November 2018 compared with the previous month and in comparison with the November 2017, Eurostat said on Monday.
The EU executive’s statistics agency, [...]
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Politics
Turkish spokesman mentions PM ALexis Tsipras’ visit to Turkey in early February
Turkish spokesman Ibrahim Kalin confirmed on Wednesday that Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will be visiting Turkey early in February.
Kalin was giving a briefing about Turkish President Recep Tayyip [...]
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Politics
ND leader Mitsotakis: Vote of confidence a ‘last act of a political farce’
“This is the last act of a political farce”, main opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis said, addressing the parliament during a plenary session on the vote of confidence.
Mitsotakis referred [...]
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Politics
Potami leader: A vote for Prespes Agreement does not equal confidence in gov’t
Potami leader said he will not give the government a vote of confidence, in his address in parliament on Wednesday evening.
Speaking at the plenary session debating a vote of confidence, Theodorakis said, [...]
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Politics
Kammenos to PM Tsipras: Call a referendum on Prespes Agreement
The vote of confidence introduced by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is not related to a review of the government’s work, former ruling coalition partner Panos Kammenos said in parliament on Wednesday, [...]
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Society
Athens Mayor Kaminis condemns targeting of SYRIZA MPs
City of Athens Mayor George Kaminis issued a statement on Wednesday condemning unequivocally the “shameful posters” that appeared in Northern Greece, targeting SYRIZA members of parliament [...]
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Society
Twenty sentenced by criminal court in connection to submarines contract
Twenty individuals were pronounced guilty of bribery and/or moneylaundering charges by a criminal court in Athens on Wednesday over a contract for the construction of four submarines by HDW-Ferrostal at [...]
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Society
Albanian man arrested for burgling homes in the Nea Ionia area
Greek police arrested on Wednesday a 20-year-old Albanian national accused of burgling homes in the Nea Ionia area.
The suspect was led to a misdemeanours court prosecutor.
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Society
Tent outside Moria hotspot burns down; no injuries
A fire destroyed a 10x20m tent that was set up right outside the Moria hotspot on the East Aegean island of Lesvos.
The tent was used by nearly 30 African asylum seekers, who were not injured.
The Fire [...]
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Society
One of three Lesvos grandmothers in iconic refugee crisis photo dies
One of the three Greek grandmothers who became a symbol of the Lesvos islanders’ solidarity with refugees, Maritsa Mavrapidou, has died at the age of 90 years old. She was one of three elderly island [...]
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Society
More drugs found in “Andreas” vessel seized in 2017
A supplementary six tonnes of hashish (chocolate) were found on the Tanzania-flagged tugboat “Andreas”, which had been intercepted by the Greek coast guard in December 2017 a few nautical miles [...]
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Business
Bids for lignite production units to be submitted on January 23
The procedure for the sale of the lignite production units is moving ahead smoothly, and the Public Power Corporation (PPC) will be ready to assume its obligations, PPC’s Chairman and Chief Executive [...]
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Business
Eurobank Asset Management adopts PRI Initiative
Eurobank on Thursday announced that Eurobank Asset Management adopted the PRI Initiative (Principles for Responsible Investment), supported by the United Nations in the framework of a wider package to [...]
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Business
Praxia Bank is going to be intoduced in the market in 2019
Praxia Bank is going to be intoduced in the market in 2019.
Anastasia Sakellariou, CEO of Praxia Bank, has mentioned in an interview that “the objective of Praxia Bank’s shareholder is to create [...]
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Business
Grivalia Properties acquires 49 pct of Piraeus Port Plaza
Grivalia Properties REIC announced the acquisition of 49 pct of the company with the distinctive title “PIRAEUS PORT PLAZA 3” (“PPP3”).
PPP3 owns a unique property in Piraeus which is the [...]
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Business
Oil production in Prinos expected to hit record number in 2018
The oil production from Prinos deposit is expected to exceed 4,000 barrels daily and 1.5 million barrels at annual basis, breaking the last decade record, according to Energean group manager Mathios Rigas, [...]
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Business
Eurobank, Alpha Bank finance Total Eren with 201.9 mln euros
Eurobank has concluded three bond loans of a total amount of 201.9 million euros to finance three of the TOTAL EREN Group companies in Greece operating wind and photovoltaic parks with a total power of [...]