The Morava-Axios Canal Business File, September-October 2017, No. 112 World Trade Thessaloniki will be upgraded to a junction centre of world trade between Asia and Western Europe with Chinese support. The connection of the Black Sea with the Mediterranean Sea through a canal linking the Danube with the Axios/Vardar River has been a dream of [...]
Greece and China together in the energy sector Business File, September-October 2017, No. 112 Energy Sector With two MoU signed, PPC declares ready to accelerate the projects and investments in the energy sector with China. Greece and China, taking advantage of their mutual interests in the energy sector, are now trying to maximise the opportunities [...]
Tsipras–Macron Members of the club of “Young Musketeers” of Europe Business File, September-October 2017, No. 112 Politics In Athens, President Macron and PM Alexis Tsipras, both belonging to the young generation of European politicians, tried to clarify their common goals, keeping the distances when found. Greek PM Alexis Tsipras has already heard the right words [...]
CEOs’ Story Telling When introducing the first DVD “CEOs’ Leadership and Global Insights” we have pointed out that year 2009 signified a turbulent era in the Mediterranean and the European Union, when Greece topped in the news for 1,000 times/day in a negative manner. The current (second) DVD of the series contains cases selected with [...]
Ellinopoula.com: A web-based platform where learning Greek is fun By Katerina Kritikou Petros, a Greek immigrant child, was brought up far away from Greece. However, the Greek language, tradition and history formed an integral part of his everyday life thanks to the continuous effort of his mother, Anna. Nowadays, Petros is still an immigrant who [...]
The new image of benefaction in the 21st centure Business File, June-July-August 2017, No. 111 Greek spirit The English edition of professor Matoula Tomara-Sideris' book on the history of benefaction in Modern Greece is coming out soon The phenomenon of Greek communities abroad in the 18th, 19th and 20th century constitutes an exemplary cradle of benefaction and [...]
The two-tiered office market in Athens Business File, June-July-August 2017, No. 111 Real Estate The office market in Athens, at its lowest point in ten years, is now expecting the kick off in demand for Grade A office space, while rents in secondary locations are facing additional reductions. With business activity expected to slowly start its [...]
Port of Thessaloniki: A gateway and transport hub for the country, for the Balkans and the wider SE European region Business File, June-July-August 2017, No. 111 Infrastructure/Ports The port of Thessaloniki is already added to the list of major foreign investors in Greece’s maritime assets. e new list of port privatisations includes, among others, the ports [...]
Change of the negative situation: most urgent but not probable in the years to come Business File, January-February-March 2017, No. 109 Politics Tassos Giannitsis and Stavros Zografakis focus on inequalities, poverty, economic disarray in the years of crisis and keep low expectations for the reversal of the present situation in the near future. Our analysis allowed us [...]
Real Estate: A key factor for Greek banks’ liquidity efforts Business File, January-February-March 2017, No. 109 Banking With NPLs equal to 45% of the whole value of their loan portfolios, Greek banks intensify their efforts to minimise their losses. Greek banks’ non-performing loans (NPLs) have become like a “noose in the neck” for the health [...]
