Eldorado Gold

Twenty residents in Northeast Halkididki’s village Skouries have been prosecuted for an attack against the Skouries gold mining site being worked on by a Canadian company, Eldorado Gold, with its Greek subsidiary, Hellenic Gold. During the Feb. 17 incident, some...

Just weeks after arsonists set fire to equipment at a gold mine project in northern Greece - which led the pro-development government to swiftly give approval for the work to proceed - protesters who say it will harm the...

Foreign Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos met on Feb. 26  with representatives of major Canadian companies and executives of large Greek Canadian businesses, within the framework of his official visit to Canada. According to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, at a dinner...

Greece will soon give approval for the go-ahead of a gold mine project that has split residents in the region of northern Greece where it will be dug, pitting environmentalists against those who want the jobs the 230 million...

Greece’s government and major opposition party Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) are battling over blame after an arson attack on a gold mine in northern Greece that officials said could trigger fear by foreign companies to invest in...

A gold mining operation planned for northern Greece has sparked a debate between those who see it as potential job bonanza during a period of record unemployment and environmentalists who fear it will ruin the area and hurt tourism. Hellas...

Within the next few weeks, the Canadian company, Eldorado Gold Corp.'s investment in Perama, Evros, is expected to be given final approval by the Greek government to proceed, over the vociferous protests of some local residents who say it...

Gold companies mining in Greece say the play to increase the output from 16,000 ounces in 2011 to 425,000 ounces within a few years, which could bring in a bonanza. If procedures are expedited, Greece could be one of the...

Protesters objecting to plans for a multi-million dollar gold mine in northern Greece’s Halkidiki peninsula clashed with riot police who said they were pelted with firebombs that set a forested area ablaze before being extinguished. Demonstrators said that a...