Investments
Economy
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...
Greece
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...
Greece
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...
Business
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...
Economy
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...
Business
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,...
Economy
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...
Economy
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...
Canada
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...
Greek News
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...