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One frigate and two gunboats, along with a SAT commandos underwater offence unit will be on alert 24 hours a day, seven days a week

The comforting thing is that the government has begun to accept reality, which it stubbornly refused to do until now

Education Minister Kostas Gavroglu’s draft legislation on structural changes in the education system – a key element of which is the abolition of the evaluation of teachers - will be debated in parliament

Zaev has committed himself to telling UN mediator Matthew Nimetz today whether he accepts the verbal agreement between his foreign minister, Nikola Dimitrov, and Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias

The objective is to counter-balance the negative electoral impact of extreme over-taxation and of deep pension cuts

The Economist magazine has published a report indicating that over 20,000 properties in Greece may hit the auction block this year

HHRM president Yannis Bassias said the aim is for the entire procedure to be completed by the end of the month

Today, after eight years of crisis, part of which is attributable to that earlier “generosity”, another government is attempting to make its own display of largesse

The Greek Fiscal Council recognises that the taxation torrent cannot be withstood, and it is recommending corrective measures to redistribute the tax burden

Could football make the world a better place? Some of the sharpest minds of our time not share this belief but also invest to it. The Harvard Conference in Boston and the steady presence of Olympiacos to the think tank provides a good opportunity to open this discussion

Following Vangelis Marinakis’ decision, Olympiacos and Harvard continue their close cooperation aiming at social service

There is a political unwillingness to stop certain Athenian neighbourhoods from living the fear of violence, and to help drug users and not abandon them in the middle of the street, like human refuse

The defence ministry remains, even in these days of bankruptcy, a bastion of non-transparency and a field for cunning middlemen

'Greece has the largest Merchant Marine fleet internationally, with 20 percent of the global fleet and 50 percent of the European fleet, in terms of capacity, belonging to Greek shipping companies,' the PM said

50 years of "Posidonia"- Special historic anniversary edition "TO VIMA" "Oikonomikos Tahidromos"

By Yannis Marinos As it turns out, 1997 did not begin in the most propitious manner for the government of Mr. Simitis. One had a shipwreck with dead people, flooding with dead people, and missiles in Cyprus that triggered Turkish threats of war, which would bring who knows how many dead, regardless of the outcome. […]

Following the end of WWII, over a period of eight years, 24 successive cabinets failed to adopt measures for the revival of the Greek registry and its development into a productive entity that would benefit the Greek economy. This perspective was highlighted by the government of Alexandros Papagos, whose victory in November 1952 elections set […]

Published on A Centennial Voyage: The History of the Union of Greek Shipowners, 1916-2016 by maritime historian and founder of the Greek Shipping Miracle (www.greekshippingmiracle.org) online maritime museum, George M. Foustanos “There is nothing more unfair than blaming the admittedly great problems that we are all experiencing on this or that class of Greek entrepreneurs. […]

First established in 1916, the Union of Greek Shipowners (UGS) represents Greek-owned vessels over 3,000 gt under Greek and other European and third country flags. Greek shipowners are primarily active in the bulk / tramp sector (i.e. bulk carriers, tankers, LNG / LPG carriers) and have a growing presence in liner trades through containerships which […]

The transition from the 20th to the 21st century has been sealed by both the global opening, not only maritime, economy and the entry of new big «players» into the world chessboard. This has happened so strongly after the fall and/or transformation of political systems that have reformed international balance, such as the transition from […]