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Saudi Prince Intrested in Buying Greek Island Dia

After his recent visit to the island of Crete in Greece, the Saudi Arabian Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal expressed his interest in buying the small island of Dia, located approximately 6 nautical miles north of Heraklion. According to reports, Talal expressed his interest to...

World's Richest Saudi Prince Visits Crete Combining Vacation and Investments

The world's richest Saudi prince and one of the most powerful people globally, Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal, arrived on the island of Crete, Greece on Saturday. The Saudi prince's private plane landed at Nikos Kazantzakis airport in Heraklion, Crete, where...

PM Samaras has Luncheon with Italian PM Renzi in Florence

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras had a luncheon with his Italian counterpart Matteo Renzi in Florence on Friday, following the latter's invitation. The Prime Ministers were accompanied by their spouses. Samaras - on a private visit - discussed with Renzi issues...

China Reaffirms Interest in Majority Stake of Athens Airport

  The Chinese consortium Friedmann Pacific Asset Management (FPAM) and Shenzhen Airport reaffirmed their interest in buying a majority stake in the Athens International Airport at a meeting held on Thursday, July 3. During the meeting, attended by Development and Competitiveness Deputy...

Greeks Prefer to Invest Abroad

Greek investors appear cautiously optimistic for 2014, but they are hesitant to put their money where their mouths are. They estimate the domestic economic recovery to be weak, so are looking at foreign real estate and investment markets. For the...

Investments in Greece at a Stand Still

Data from the pan-European survey by the European Commission has shown that investments in Greece are in a deadlock. After six years of recession and many structural reforms it appears that the Greek businessmen still prefer to invest in cafes,...

Tsipras at American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce

The American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce organized the 24th annual conference “The Greek Economy: State Reform — The Cornerstone for Investment and Development.” The opposition leader Alexis Tsipras was among the central speakers. After SYRIZA took second place at last year’s...

Spiros Latsis and the Prince of Bahrain Talk Business

Even though the financial crisis has hit Greece, the business discussions still exist. Every day, rich men arrive in our country in order to discuss or think about their investments. At the end of September, the Prince of Bahrain...

Avramopoulos Upbeat About Greece’s Economy

During Foreign Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos’ visit to Canada, the newspaper Ottawa Citizen published his interview regarding recovery plans for Greece's economy. He said that the current Greek crisis in 10 years from now, will be "a memory which will act...

India Eyes Thessaloniki, Volos Investments

At a Feb. 1 meeting with Merchant Marine and Aegean Minister Costas Mousouroulis, Indian Minister of State for External Affairs Preneet Kaur reportedly showed his country had a strong interest to invest in the Greek ports of  Thessaloniki and...