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The first stage of the Trainose privatization process was completed on Monday, with three major players in the European railway industry having expressed an interest. The Greek railway service operator is being wooed by France’s Societe Nationale des Chemins de...

With Prime Minister Antonis Samaras trying to figure out who will replace Stelios Stavridis, the former head of the country's privatization agency who was forced to quit after he accepted a ride on the private jet of a businessman...

Still staggered by the withdrawal of one of his coalition partners but rebounding with a Cabinet reshuffle and an alliance with the PASOK Socialists, Prime Minister and New Democracy Conservative leader Antonis Samaras had a good day on June...

The newspaper Guardian reported in a recent article that “the Chinese are interested in airports, ports and railway stations. The Russians are determined to enter the energy market and investors from Qatar have made it clear that they want...

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' five-day trip to China is quickly paying dividends with burgeoning deals and closer relations and he used it to urge the Chinese to use Greece as an entry to invest throughout Europe. While foreign...

The takeover of the port of Piraeus by the Chinese company Cosco, which was fought by unions, is proving to be a money-maker, expected to bring in 5.1 billion euros ($6.59 billion) by 2018, or about 2.5 percent of...

Antonio Tajani, Vice-President of the European Commission, traveled to Greece on March 11, to take part in an event for small and medium companies SMEs, to promote international partnership. Along with him, representatives of European SME traveled to meet their Greek...

Hoping to kick start investor interest and lure more business, Greece will exempt big companies that ship products to Greece and use the port of Piraeus as a hub from its 23 percent Valued Added Tax (VAT) which is...

The long-awaited and hoped-for development of the Athenian Port of Piraeus and other ports in Greece, ports slated to be privatised under the government's economic programme to rescue the country from bankruptcy, has been stalled. The project is proving to...

Chinese executives arrived on Sunday in Athens to strengthen the economic cooperation between Greece and China. Besides the Memorandum of Understanding, the large business delegation led by president of Chinese parliament Jia Qinglin and Commerce Secretary Zhong Shan would...