Investment and reform are the main ingredients of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) of Greece. The country is entitled to €32 billion in grants and cheap loans. Investments to cover the investment, output and employment gap in Greece. Reforms to make sure that this time the money flowing in the country will be [...]
by George Vailakis Ηe is an internationally famous figure who started as a pirate, then found himself protected by Catherine the Great in Russia and very quickly became rich in the Caspian Sea. He is the man who made caviar fashionable. He was a multifaceted personality of pre-revolutionary Hellenism, who gave his soul and money [...]
The January/February 2021 issue of Greek Business File (GBF) is dominated by the great challenge of surviving the pandemic and building a sustainable future. The well of the issue is dedicated to the Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) of Greece. The country is entitled to €32 billion in grants and cheap loans from EU’s Recovery [...]
by Photini Tomai* On November 1st, 2005, the United Nations Assembly unanimously designated this day, to urge the nations of the world to observe it so that future generations will be spared acts of genocide. To this day, USA, Canada, Australia, the OSCE countries, among which Greece too, commemorate the Holocaust on 27 January. For [...]
In January 1826, in Bern, Switzerland, Ioannis Kapodistrias, a Greek diplomat, swore faith to the new Emperor of Russia, Nicholas I and assisted in the commemoration of Alexander I at the local embassy. The news of the fall of Missolonghi in Greece urged Kapodistrias to visit Paris, the Netherlands, and Paris again to influence the [...]
Like most have predicted, the 2020 tourism season for Greece has been tough. According to ΙNSETE Intelligence (the Research Institute of the Greek Tourism Confederation) , inbound tourism plunged by 78%. Just 60% of all hotels in Greece operated, most of them for a short period of time. Average occupancy rates during the summer period [...]
"It is promising to see strong Greek cybercommunities in the space contributing to education and networking, notably pioneered by the vibrant and fast-growing Greek Cryptocurrency Community. There are strong signs that Greeks are ahead of the global crypto trend and will play a key role in shaping its future." "Consumers use Chai to purchase [...]
By Symela Touchtidou-@stouchtidou For neighbors being so close, Greece and Turkey are not close economic partners. Bilateral trade is subdued, cross-border investments and tourism are restrained. And they have been further shrinking in 2020. Is it the result of the pandemic crisis that hit the global economy? Or is it the product of rising tensions [...]
What would it take to bring people out of poverty, to take slums and convert them, to redo deserts for mankind? How advanced the Chinese and the Russians are in nuclear fusion? How is “biotech is the new digital"? Michalis Bletsas is a research scientist and the Director of Computing at the MIT Media [...]
According to Webster’s dictionary, a “pandemic” is an event that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects a large number of people. The word “pandemic” is composed of two Greek words which indeed denote this: an event that concerns a large number (pan) of the people (demos). In this sense, the world is now [...]
