Tourist season kicks off in Rhodes earlier than ever

Greece will this month repay ahead of schedule 5.3 billion euros ($5.8 billion) of loans owed to Eur...

The European Commission approved three Greek proposals on Tuesday, involving a release of a third pa...

3 major Greek shipping firms have stopped transporting Russian oil in recent weeks in order to avoid...

Apartment prices (in nominal terms) are estimated to have increased on average by 11.9% year-on-year...

Greek authorities on Wednesday announced fines totaling 1.67 million Euros ($1.81 million) on the lo...

World wine production is expected to fall to its lowest level in 60 years in 2023 due to poor harves...

Greece on Thursday sold a 22% stake in National Bank (NBG), its second-biggest lender by market valu...

Demand for a 20% stake in Greece's National Bank (NBG) held by the country's bank bailout fund was c...

Hellenic Financial Stability Fund (HFSF) on Monday announced that it has agreed to sell its entire s...

Lidl Hellas has invested more than 1.4 billion euros in Greece since 1999 and the company's investme...

Greece's bank bailout fund plans to start the process for selling a 20% stake in National Bank (NBG)...

Alpha Bank and Piraeus Bank on Friday reported a jump in profits for the first nine months of 2023, ...

Greece's biggest power utility Public Power Corp (PPC) has signed a 200 million Euro agreement with ...

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis placed emphasis on further strengthening Greek-Chinese relations ...

Development Minister Kostas Skrekas has imposed the maximum fine of 1,000,000 euros on the subsidiar...

Greek economic sentiment index eased to 106.4 points in October from 107.7 in September, reflecting ...

The Public Power Corporation (PPC SA) announced on Wednesday that it has successfully completed the ...

Greece’s State-controlled bank bailout fund HFSF said on Monday it had launched a process to sell it...

The Bank of Greece is hosting the European Central Bank's (ECB) board meeting on Wednesday and Thurs...

Greece said it will extend power bill subsidies for households and farmers in November, despite a fa...

S&P Global is the first among the “big three” rating agencies to upgrade Greece to investment grade ...

The Toronto Economic Forum II will be held on October 23rd with a focus on Greek-Canadian relations ...

Τhe Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research (IOBE) on Thursday reaffirmed its forecast for a...

Greek consumers raised their spending on basic carbohydrates like bread (12%) and drastically lowere...

Greece hopes to raise more than 5 billion Euros ($5.29 billion) in 2024 from the sale of State asset...

The Greek economy is expected to grow by 2.5% this year and by 2% in 2024, significantly exceeding a...

Passenger traffic at the Athens airport took off in Spetember with the number of passengers travelli...

The draft state budget for 2024 will be tabled in the Greek Parliament on Monday, with a forecast fo...

Greek annual inflation rate is expected to fall to 2.4% in September from 3.5% in August, in line wi...

The Greek unemployment rate fell to 10.9% in August 2023 from 12.3% in August last year, but remaine...

Former US secretary of state Mike Pompeo delivered the keynote speech at the 1st American Mediterran...

A new platform where Greek citizens can book an appointment for the issue of a new, higher-security,...

Aegean on Thursday reported strong first half results with consolidated turnover up 51% compared wit...

This year's production of wine in Greece is expected to drop by 30% due to downy mildew, said the he...

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich signed an order to lift customs tax on imported milk for t...

The Finance Ministry has set three main priorities for the autumn, with the recovery of the investme...

Greece will this autumn start selling stakes in its four largest banks, sector officials and bankers...

Greece has received interest from 27 U.S. and European companies in booking future capacity at its g...

Bank of Greece Governor Yannis Stournaras expressed optimism to Bloomberg TV on Wednesday that Greec...

Greece plans 4 bond reopenings via auctions in the second half of the year to boost liquidity on the...

The Hellenic State budget recorded a deficit of 1.116 billion Euros in the January-May period this y...

The balance of travel services in April showed a surplus of 498.2 million euros, based on provisiona...

An expanded and updated version of a June 12 collective labor agreement (CLA) will guarantee five-da...

Greece is returning to international capital markets with the reopening of a 25-year bond, seeking o...

Car sales grew 5.6% in May totaling 22,877 vehicles (new or used ones), from 21,665 in the correspon...

The Greek economy will be upgraded by credit rating agencies to investment-grade level following the...

Athens was ranked 8th in the world ranking for conference tourism for 2022, according to the Interna...

Greek unemployment rate eased to 11.8% of the workforce in the first quarter of 2023, from 11.9% in ...

Greece’s online platform for the “Energy Saving at Home” subsidy program was launched on Monday, Jun...

"[The year] 2022 was a milestone for SKY express and Greek tourism that exceeded all expectations," ...

The Hellenic Athens Stock Exchange Group (HELEX) is organizing a series of international roadshows t...

The European Commission said on Monday it had decided not to prolong emergency measures introduced l...

Hercules famously completed 12 labors. Today’s Greece resembles the mythological hero when he was ha...

The Greek unemployment rate fell to 11.2% of the workforce in April, from 12.7% in April 2022, but s...

The deadline for filing 2022 income tax in Greece has been extended to 15:00 on July 31st, 2023. ...

The first Mandarin Oriental hotel in Athens will be built on the coastal front of the Hellinikon pro...

Share prices spiked on Monday, in the wake of the resounding victory of the ruling party in Sunday's...

Greece votes on Sunday in what is likely to be an inconclusive election, meaning short-term uncertai...

14 years after a debt crisis that saw Greece nearly crash out of the Euro, single parent Niki Klaoud...

The ECB's monetary tightening cycle will end this year if there are no dramatic changes, Greek centr...

The Region of Attica, a green and digital region, is a natural magnet for attracting investments sin...

Delphi Economic Forum and the Kyklos Ideon think tank, with the support of Patakis Publishers, are o...

The European Commission proposed on Wednesday that, under a reform of the EU’s fiscal rules, governm...

Greece's economy will grow by 2.2% in 2023, its central bank chief said on Friday, urging the countr...

The year 2023 is on track to be better than 2022 for tourism, the president of the Greek Tourism Con...

The working hours for Athens' stores during the Orthodox Easter holiday season were announced on Mon...

The Lujiazui Financial City Council in Shanghai, China, and the Association of Banking and Financial...

A recently set up Greek-Bulgarian working group met in Athens on Friday to discuss reviving the Alex...

The majority of Greek power providers have announced significantly lower rates for April, following ...

Pireaus Port Authority S.A. on Friday announced that 2022 financial results marked a consecutive yea...

Greece announced on Friday an increase in the minimum wage that will restore pay to levels existing...

Greece's energy communities can help battle energy poverty, said participants at a special event on ...

The Greek unemployment rate dropped to 10.8% of the workforce in January this year, from 12.4% in De...

The Hellenic Ministry of Development plans to proceed with the creation of 2 "baskets" during the Ea...

Εxtensive tax evasion in eleven services sectors located the inspectors of the Independent Authority...

The Lujiazui Financial City Council in Shanghai, China, and the Association of Banking and Financial...

Mardi Gras (Halloween) events may be almost synonymous with fun, laughter, song and dance, but for s...

Greece has concluded 2-dimensional (2D) seismic surveys for two offshore blocks off the island of Cr...

The online platform for submitting 'Market Pass' applications opened on Tuesday. Applications can ...

Greece will have to wait until after parliamentary elections this year to win back its long-awaited ...

Greece's conservative government on Wednesday announced more financial aid for pensioners, farmers a...

The Greek economy recorded solid growth in the first half of 2022 and it is projected to remain on a...

The European Commission has approved, under EU state aid rules, a Greek scheme for partial compensat...

The stock market has already begun to discount a decision by credit rating firms to offer the invest...

The businessmen of the island of Rhodes are preparing for the start of the tourist season, which the...

Credit ratings company Fitch has raised Greece’s credit rating to one notch below investment grade....

Greek online fashion sales rose in 2022 despite a rising inflation, geopolitical tensions and an ene...

Four major Greek ports - Pireaus, Thessaloniki, Heraklion and Igoumenitsa - are to get upgrades usin...

Greece has extended by 2 weeks to February 3rd, 2023, the deadline for expressions of interest in th...

Greece has approved the construction of a floating gas and regasification unit (FSRU) off Athens aft...

Credit ratings agency Fitch has raised Greece's rating from 'BB' to 'BB+', in a report released late...

Greece's potential fossil fuels deposits may amount to 3.5 billion barrels of oil equivalent (BOE), ...

"Greece has made it. Greece has turned a page," Greek Finance Minister Christos Staikouras at an Eco...

AEGEAN is expanding its network of destinations and further strengthening its activity in the Israel...

Greece's first-ever pharmaceutical cannabis production plant was inaugurated at Examilia, in Corinth...

More than 1.7 million pensioners in Greece will see their pensions rise by 7.75% in this month's pay...

The balance of travel services in November 2022 showed a surplus of 180.0 million euros, up from a s...

Greece will receive its investment grade status as soon as political uncertainties have been surpass...

Greece completed earlier than expected the landmarks of the borrowing actions in the framework of th...

The price of wholesale electricity will drop to 58,44 euros/MWh on Thursday at the Hellenic Energy E...

Greece's 14 regional airports set record arrivals in 2022 as those went up 3.4% compared to 2019, wh...

"In the unstable global environment, Greece has succeeded", said Finance Minister Christos Staikoura...

Athens and Piraeus metropolitan areas will see great urban and tourist reconstruction in new or refu...

Greece’s Elefsis Shipyards and Italy’s Fincantieri recently signed a memorandum of understanding to ...

DEI (Public Power Corporation) will return to profitabiilty in 2023 and plans to pay a dividend to s...

The first direct flight from the United States will be by Delta Airlines and will arrive at Athens I...

The process for setting the minimum wage in 2023 is to be accelerated and brought forward so that th...

Greece and Malta lag behind their European Union peers in freezing Russian assets sanctioned over Mo...

Greece will be the honoured country at the 18th International Alcoholic Beverages Expo, the largest ...

The Development and Investments Ministry on Wednesday launched the digital platform kataggelies.mind...

Natural gas consumption decreased in December in Greece, falling to 5.05 TWh, or the second lowest l...

The recovery of the Greek economy from the Covid-19 crisis was strong, supported by the continuation...

Greek economic sentiment index grew to 104.3 points in December from 101.4 in November, to reach 9-m...

The Winter Sales period in Greece begins today, on Monday, January 9 and will continue until Februar...

The 80% drop in the international price of natural gas in early 2023 from the record high set in Aug...

Greek Finance Minister Christos Staikouras was awarded the distinction of Finance Minister of the Ye...

A prudent fiscal management and the best use of available funds will allow Greece to face the uncert...

Greece will lower tolls for the use of a major ring road in Athens in a renewed concession agreement...

Greece plans to tap debt markets with medium- and long-term issues to raise 7 billion Euros this yea...

Having reopened after the Christmas break, retailers (shops and supermarkets) announced their operat...

Presenting a video, the Hellenic Ministry of Tourism demonstrated this year's success in travel reve...

The 7.75% raise in basic pension checks as of January 1, 2023 was signed as a joint ministerial deci...

A Greek market watchdog on Tuesday said Greece should examine the need to set up an agency to implem...

Greece will increase subsidies on energy bills to 840 million Euros ($892.08 million) in January to ...

A very important initiative that will strengthen the start-ups and the digital technology companies ...

Greece’s Elefsis Shipyards and Italy’s Fincantieri recently signed a memorandum of understanding to ...

There are now almost 3,000 products (toys) included in "Santa's basket", Development and Investment...

Greece expects to raise around 650 million Euros ($690.82 million) from a windfall tax on its 2 oil ...

Greece is contemplating issuing its first green sovereign bond in 2023, the Public Debt Management A...

Greece has repaid ahead of schedule 2.7 billion Euros ($2.87 billion) of loans owed to Eurozone coun...

Greece's public debt will continue to be sustainable in the years up to 2060, at which time it is fo...

The Hellenic Parliament has approved the country’s first budget in 13 years not to be drafted under ...

Tourism is the sector where numbers reflect reality very faithfully, and 2022 was a very successful ...

European Union ministers on Monday finalized a long-awaited deal to implement a natural gas price ca...

Hellas Gold on Thursday announced that the exploitation of the gold and copper deposits at the Skour...

Greece's biggest power utility Public Power Corp (PPC) (DEHr.AT) has signed an exclusivity agreement...

The Greek market officially launched the festive season time table on Sunday as Christmas draws near...

The decision to change the protocol of granting residence permits to third-country nationals subject...

Greek annual inflation rate slowed to 8.5% in November from 9.1% in the previous month, despite the ...

The Greek economy grew by 2.8% in the third quarter of the year compared with the same period in 202...

Businesses specializing in the sale of children's toys, whose total annual turnover exceeds one mill...

Greece's economy shrank in July-to-September compared with the second quarter, as declining net expo...

Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias in an interview with public broadcaster ERT referred to the inter...

During the holiday period, shops throughout the country will remain open on weekdays from 9:00 to 21...

Greece’s economy is projected to grow by 1.8% next year, according to the country’s 2023 budget, sli...

The share of Renewable Energy Sources (RES) in electricity generation, together with hydroelectric e...

Enterprise Greece, supporting the domestic sector, will once again organise the national pavilion at...

Greece, Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary agreed on Thursday to upgrade the interconnection and transpor...

The Greek unemployment rate fell to 11.6% of the workforce in October from 12% in September and 13.3...

"Greece has been globally recognised for its hospitality, its natural beauty, its culture, its histo...

European Union energy ministers locked horns on Thursday over a proposal to cap gas prices at 275 Eu...

Cyber Monday takes place the Monday after Black Friday and is an initiative by retailers in an effor...

Facing a winter of energy shortages, people across Greece are resorting to cheaper heating sources, ...

Greece’s economy is projected to grow by 1.8% next year, according to the country’s 2023 budget, sli...

Hundreds of thousands of consumers have downloaded and used the mobile app and the https://e-katanal...

The European Commission provided a preliminary approval to Greece's request for the disbursement of ...

Public Power Corporation will return to profitabiilty in 2023 and plans to pay a dividend to shareho...

Italian multinational ΕΝΕL group plans to immediately speed up its investment plan in Greece, leavin...

Egypt and Greece signed 2 bilateral deals on Tuesday, including a pact to improve cooperation in mig...

Finance Minister Christos Staikouras described the first Post-Programme Surveillance Report on Greec...

Greece plans to raise up to 8 billion Euros ($7.91 billion) from debt markets in 2023 by issuing new...

Belgium, Greece, Italy and Poland on Friday threatened to block a new set of European Union steps to...

Like many young Greeks trying to live within their means, Christina Pappas had to look for a cheaper...

Eurobank and National Bank, Greece’s two largest lenders by market value, were profitable in the fir...

Greek workers went on a day-long strike on Wednesday, demanding higher wages to cope with surging in...

Greece on Tuesday issued navigational telexes reserving two areas that will be explored for hydrocar...

The platform for applying for this year’s heating oil subsidy opens on Monday on the website of the ...

Grocery shoppers gave a vote of confidence to the "household basket" in the first days of the measur...

Retail stores will not open in Greece on Sunday, despite otherwise announced earlier this week, due ...

Hellenic Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis welcomed an Economist Intelligence Unit report this week...

Piraeus Port Authority SA (OLP) announced on Wednesday a 28.02% increase in revenues in the first 9 ...

The European Central Bank piled on another outsized interest rate hike aimed at squelching out-of-co...

Natural gas and electricity prices in Europe have plunged from summer peaks thanks to mild weather a...

"Thanks to the efforts of Greek citizens, primarily, but also the state, almost everything is very d...

The measure of containing price increases in some 50 essential food products will take effect by Oct...

European Union energy ministers on Tuesday started seeking some common ground to flesh out the bares...

Greece will tap the markets on Tuesday with the reissue of the existing 5-year floating rate bond....

European Union leaders struggled to find immediate practical solutions on how to deal with the energ...

European Union leaders on Friday weighed the future of their increasingly testy relations with China...

The European Commission is set to propose this week a last-resort “dynamic” price cap for natural ga...

Greece and 4 other EU countries on Thursday made a joint request to the European Commission to explo...

A new liquefied natural gas project off Africa’s western coast may only be 80% complete, but already...

Greek industrial output rose 3.9% in August 2022 compared to the same month a year earlier after a d...

Greece's privatizations agency on Thursday named an Italian-led consortium as preferred bidder in th...

The question of how, when and whether to cap gas prices is set to dominate another meeting of Europe...

Products made with forced labor or those imported into the 27-country European Union will be banned ...

The short movie "Greece DOES have a Winter" produced for the Greek National Tourist Organization's V...

The inaugural meeting of the European Political Community (EPC) takes place in Prague on Thursday, b...

As winter nears, European nations, desperate to replace the natural gas they once bought from Russia...

Greece's economy is projected to grow at a slower pace next year after a strong rebound this year th...

Turkey’s energy importer BOTAS said on Friday that it had changed the calculation method for the nat...

The good tourist season this year is reflected in the revenue from the sales of the shops at Greece’...

A group of European Union countries will take the unusual step of drafting their own legislative pro...

Greece and Bulgaria started commercial operation of a long-delayed gas pipeline on Saturday which wi...

A total of 372 projects, worth 13.5 billion euros, have already been included in the subsidy program...

Greece will pay out a further 1.1 billion Euros ($1.09 billion) in power bill subsidies in October t...

Another wave of appreciation in goods and services came September as there was no immediate sign of ...

European Union foreign ministers agreed on Wednesday to prepare new sanctions on Russia and increase...

Inflation in the European countries using the euro currency hit another record in August, fueled by ...