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The European Commission has made a decision regarding the Greece-Bulgaria Interconnector (IGB) gas pipeline, finding that the plans for its construction and operation were compatible with EU rules on state subsidies. Greek Environment and Energy Minister George Stathakis welcomed the...

  York Studios, which currently has a 40,000-square-foot lot in Maspeth, New York, had a groundbreaking ceremony today in the Bronx, where it will construct a sprawling gated complex with several production areas and soundstages, including the biggest soundstage in...

A 20-km stretch of the Olympia Odos motorway from Ancient Corinth-Kiato in Peloponnese was opened to traffic on Friday. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras inaugurated the new portion of the highway that is part of a 201.5-km highway to...

Television channels that appealed to Greece's top administrative court over a law passed in October to reduce the number of nationwide TV stations to four sought an injunction from the State Council so that the procedure could be delayed...

The Greek Motorway 5, still under construction, may be finished just in time for the deadline for its completion. The main section known as Ionia Odos which starts at Ioannina and follows the western coastline of mainland Greece down to the...

Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said Greece is entering a new era, leaving a period of instability and uncertainty behind, during his speech at the inauguration of the construction of the TransAdriatic Pipeline (TAP) in Thessaloniki....

The 63-year-old German engineer, Mario Zomer, does not require the help of the Greek government, Troika or the government of his native country. He was trained as an electrical engineer in Berlin and for two decades has been walking in...

Qatar Rail, the authority responsible to finish construction of the first phase of the Doha Metro in 2018, has awarded one of its largest rail contracts yet to a Greek-led consortium, the Athens-based company ELLACTOR announced on Thursday. ELLAKTOR said in...

The members of the “Independent citizens action against the construction or the licensing of a mosque” are organizing a gathering outside the offices of the service on Tuesday morning; here the new effort to tender the construction of a...

With austerity measures cutting deep into consumer spending and construction, the Greek housing market has taken an especially big hit, with an 80 percent decline in building in the last five years, since the country’s recession began. Unable to pay...