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PM Tsipras at Kivotos Theatre: Snap elections will not be held in May
Snap elections will not be held along with European Parliament elections in May, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Monday evening, asserting the government will complete its term in October. Speaking [...]

6 in 10 Greeks abroad wish to return, says the National Documentation Centre
Nearly six in ten Greeks who live and work abroad wish to return to Greece, according to a survey presented on Monday by the National Documentation Centre, one of Greece’s biggest institutions that [...]

Hellenic Exchanges reports slightly lower results in 2018

Economy
EBEA: The majority of Greeks cannot save a small or large amount
Greek citizens are more optimistic about their personal economic situation and the economy in general, according to a Pulse RC survey unveiled on Monday. The improvement is recorded in the economic indicators [...]
Economy
Bank employee union calls off strike after reaching agreement with management
A 24-hour strike by bank staff scheduled for Wednesday was cancelled after their union (OTOE) came to an agreement with bank management for a new collective work agreement, they said on Monday. The OTOE [...]
Economy
Greek state budget records primary surplus of 838 mln euros in Jan-Feb
Greek state budget recorded a primary surplus of 838 million euros in the January-February period, from 2.0 billion in the corresponding period last year, the Bank of Greece said on Monday. The central [...]

Economy
Courts find pay cuts for ESY doctors based on unconstitutional law
A 2017 law’s provisions on salaries of doctors working under the Greek Health Service (ESY) is unconstitutional, as their salary cuts were calculated on the wrong premises, Greek first-instance courts [...]
Economy
ELSTAT: Vacant job positions up 193.4 pct in Q4 2018, report says
The number of vacant job positions in the Greek economy soared 193.4 pct in the fourth quarter of 2018 compared with the same period in 2017, totaling 8,288 positions, after a 55.3 pct decline recorded [...]
Economy
Protection of primary residences to be completed by March 25
The only outstanding issue in the negotiations with the institutions is the reform of the Katselis law on the protection of primary residences, which is expected to have been completed by March 25, finance [...]

Apostolakis: Greek armed forces exercising active defence diplomacy in region,

Politics
Athens Newspapers Headlines: Tuesday 19/03 edition
The Tuesday edition of Athens dailies at a glance DIΜΟΚRΑΤΙΑ: Up to 24,000 euro paybacks to uniform personnel ΕTHΝΟS: New paybacks for uniform personnel ΕLEFTHEROS TYPOS: Court decides new paybacks [...]
Politics
Foreign Minister Giorgos Katrougalos starts official visit to Cyprus
Foreign Minister Giorgos Katrougalos started his first official visit to Cyprus on Tuesday with a tour and a wreath on Imprisoned Graves. At 8.30 he was received by the President of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades. [...]

Politics
New Democracy will win all the elections, Spyraki says
Main opposition New Democracy (ND) spokeswoman Maria Spyraki referred to ND leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ tour of Thrace during the press briefing on Monday. She referred to the Muslim minority in [...]
Politics
Greece, North Macedonia hold first interministerial meeting on cooperation
“Our aim is to add flesh and bones to the Prespes Agreement,” said Greece’s Alternate Foreign Minister Sia Anagnostopoulou in Athens on Monday, addressing as chair the first meeting of [...]

President of Vianex and co-owner of Panathinaikos BC Thanasis Giannakopoulos dies

Society
EU-Turkey agreement perpetuates the refugees’ despair, MSF says
Today, on the third anniversary of the signing of the EU-Turkey deal, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls on European leaders to take action to end the harmful policy of containment on the Greek island [...]
Society
Misdemeanour charges filed against eight people involved in OAKA incidents on Sun.
Misdemeanour charges were filed on Monday against eight persons detained over incidents at Sunday’s Panathinaikos-Olympiacos football game in OAKA stadium. The misdemeanours include cursing, resistance [...]
Society
Rouvikonas group targets collection agency on Vouliagmenis Ave.
The anti-establishment group Rouvikonas (Rubicon) entered a collections agency’s offices in Agios Dimitrios, the southern suburb of Athens, on Monday and threw leaflets against it. The incident at [...]

Society
Corfu customs confiscate over 50,000 canisters of laughing gas
The Corfu Customs Office confiscated 55,400 cannisters of laughing gas (nitrous oxide), according to the Independent Authority on Public Revenues on Wednesday. The canisters were found on 2.5 covered pallets [...]
Society
Greek, Turkish coast guard commanders meet in Turkey
The Aegean region Coast Guard and Port Authority commanders of Greece and Turkey met for technical collaboration at Ayvalik on the Turkish coast on February 28, it was made known on Wednesday. The collaboration [...]
Society
Festival for growing vegan movement in Greece in Thessaloniki on April 13-14
When Avraam Sidiropoulos first adopted a vegan diet in 1979, it would be roughly two years before he came across another vegan in the country, a student from Sparti that he met in 1981. Forty years later, [...]

Business
TEMES acquires controlling share of Ionian Hotel Enterprises, owner of Athens Hilton
Destination developer and real estate firm TEMES on Friday announced the signature of an agreement that gives it a 51-pct controlling share in Ionian Hotel Enterprises SA, the company that owns the landmark [...]
Business
Fraport Greece: 12.3 pct rise in passenger numbers for Greek peripheral airports
The number of passengers travelling to peripheral airports in Greece on Janurary was up by a 12,3 pct compared to January 2018, according to a Fraport Greece announcement. International passengers recorded [...]
Business
PPC can complete sale of lignite units before May elections, sources say
The Public Power Corporation (PPC) is in a position to complete the sale of its lignite units before the European elections in May, sources within PPC told the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA) on Monday. The [...]
Business
Piraeus port signs MoU with ports of Venice, Chioggia
The ports of Piraeus, Venice and Chioggia on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding seeking to develop port services and to promote trade flows between Europe, the Mediterranean and the Far East. The [...]
Business
Piraeus Bank presents new generation winbank services
Piraeus Bank on Monday presented the next generation of winbank services, offering financial management tools. The new services, winbank web banking and winbank mobile application offer personal financial [...]
Business
Hellenic Healthcare owns 96.45 pct of Hygeia
Hellenic Healthcare on Monday announced that its equity stake in Hygeia – a Greek-listed clinic – totaled 96.45 pct after the successful completion of a public offer scheme which ended on February [...]