Takis Arapoglou: Banking on better times Takis Arapoglou is the new President of the Bank of Cyprus. With a long run in the Greek banking sector (Ionian, Citibank, Ethniki, to mention a few) and the economy in general (he is the President of Titan and Tsakos Energy Navigation), Mr. Arapoglou had an interview with the [...]
About the course of the economic policy in Eurozone On Friday, 1st of March, at the sidelines of Delphi Economic Forum IV, economia Publishing asked the Deputy Director of Bruegel Institute, Maria Demertzis, about the course of the economic policy in Eurozone. https://youtu.be/Ux58dvh7LQU I think that economic policy in the Eurozone is [...]
Greek Business File, January-February-March 2019, No. 119 SHIPPING by Suzanna Laskaridis Shipping markets have become a lot more complex in recent years with companies facing intense competition and a plethora of often restricting regulations that they have to comply with. Digitalisation has affected many industries in the past years; however, the shipping industry [...]
Greek Business File, January-February-March 2019, No. 119 POLITICS by Professor G. Prevelakis President Trump’s decision to more or less abandon the Kurds, the US’ main ally in the struggle against ISIS, by withdrawing US forces from Syria, has created a feeling of anxiety in countries like Israel and Greece, accustomed to rely on [...]
A room with a view: Europe and the sea Greek Business File, November-December 2018, No. 118 By G. Prevelakis The so-called “poly-crisis”, testing the reflexes of Europe, was the topic of the 2nd Conference organised under the Europe in Discourse initiative, which was held in Athens. Discourse analysts, linguists, historians, economists, sociologists and other [...]
Interview with Professor Sir Christopher Pissarides Business File, September-October 2018, No. 117 Interview by Eugenia Anastassiou Professor Pissaridis is adamant that economic influx has to come from investment and debt restructuring; otherwise Greece cannot break out of the vicious circle of lowering income and pensions, and increasing taxation. In order for Greece to progress [...]
The recovery of Greek tourism Business File, September-October 2018, No. 117 IBHS survey for Greek BF In 2017 Greek tourism continued its upward trend in terms of arrivals, while returning to positive revenue, with competitive prices being identified as positive parameters along with security problems in rival Mediterranean destinations, according to a study conducted [...]
The Balkans become again Europe’s geopolitical crossroads Business File, September-October 2018, No. 117 by Professor Georges Prevelakis Since the 2003 Thessaloniki Summit and the 2007 Enlargement to Bulgaria and Romania, the Balkans were more or less neglected by theEuropean Union. Enlargement fatigue, the economic crisis and Brexit shifted the focus away from the unresolved [...]
Autonomous Ships: Challenges and Fallacies Business File, September-October 2018, No. 117 by Professor Orestis Schinas The Maritime [...]
Interview with Professor Dinos Arcoumanis Business File, June-July-August 2018, No 116 Shipping Conferences are back! Following two successful shipping conferences, the 11th Annual Capital Link Shipping & Marine Services Forum in London and the 4th ShipIT Conference in Athens, we republish the interview of Professor Dinos Arcoumanis. As he explains, of particular interests are the issues of slow steaming [...]
