Over the past 15 years, on average, a trade shipping company based in Greece either shuts down or, in some cases, moves abroad each month, according to data published by consultants Petrofin Research.

Christos Yannaras never left readers indifferent with his writings for Kathimerini; his editorials left no room for mild reactions. There were readers who were devoted to him and others who could not tolerate him.

A survey undertaken jointly by the National Documentation Center, the Hellenic Statistical Authority and the Greek Exporters Association (SEVE) in July provides a telling picture of the Greek labor market.

This time there’s an additional incentive to the Education Ministry’s regulation for banning the use of cellphones in classrooms and that’s the threat of specific penalties for the violation.

The announcement by SYRIZA on Friday during a House plenary session to expel Athina Linou from its parliamentary group meant an increase in the number of independent MPs, until further notice, to 14.

With the price of gold recently surging above $2,500 per ounce, many owners of gold sovereigns are selling them.

The tax authorities are after those who did not submitted tax return in previous years.

They used to be among the protagonists of Greek entrepreneurship, with a powerful presence in industry, construction and retail commerce, and a significant international presence.

I am full of good memories from my recent holiday experience on the Aegean island of Skiathos, but there is one thing that really stood out: the public transportation. With the situation in public transportation being what it is in most parts of Greece, any exception is worth mentioning.

Two foreign nationals, aged 36 and 34, were arrested in Thessaloniki on Saturday for a knife attack, along with a third accomplice, against a 41-year-old man, on August 28. 

The hundreds of thousands of dead fish that flooded the Pagasetic Gulf off the eastern coast of mainland Greece in recent days died of natural causes and not of poisoning by an industrial effluent or some other toxin, an Environment Ministry official said on Saturday.

Initial Eurostat estimates show that the Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices in Greece inched up to 3.1% in August, from 3% in July, the fifth-highest annual rate in the eurozone.

Provisional data from the independent Hellenic Statistics Authority (ELSTAT) showed that the unemployment rate in July was 9.9%, higher than June’s 9.5%. The latter figure is the final, downwardly revised one, with the provisional having been 9.6%.

It is hard to imagine SYRIZA emerging from the upcoming meeting of its central committee with its wounds healed and not further divided.

Turkish customs officials in the northwestern city of Edirne discovered dozens of exotic animals being smuggled into Turkey from Greece.

NBA star LeBron James and tennis legend Serena Williams are among the many high-caliber guests expected to attend the wedding of Giannis Antetokounmpo and his partner of 10 years, Mariah Riddlesprigger, at the Costa Navarino resort.

Police have launched a manhunt for two suspects who fled on a motorbike after failing to comply with a police stop for inspection in the Keratsini area of western Piraeus on Saturday.

Speaking a day after his meeting in Brussels with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan, Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis dismissed speculation that Athens made concessions to Ankara during the incident near the eastern Aegean island of Kasos in July when an Italian ship conducted cable-laying research for the Greece-Cyprus electricity interconnection.

Heavy rainfall affected several regions across Greece on Friday, in line with meteorologists’ forecasts. The deluge was attributed to the so-called cold pool (CP) effect.

The surprise raising of the Greek flag during the Paris Olympics’ closing ceremony, at a moment in which darkness dominated the otherworldly setting in the Stade de France, was intended to symbolize the birth – and rebirth – of an idea.