Greece
Business
Greek Investment Forum to be Held in China's Xi’an
The 1st Greek Investment Forum, to be held in the Chinese city of Xi’an - capital of the Shaanxi prefecture - on December 11, 2017, aims to attract Chinese capital for medium-sized investments in Greece.
The business meetings to be...
Economy
China's Investment Interest in Greece Discussed by Papadimitriou, Zou Xiaoli
Economy and Development Minister Dimitris Papadimitriou, in a meeting on Monday with the Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to Greece, Zou Xiaoli, said Greece is interested in the prospect of participation by China Development Bank (CDB) in...
Business
Trade and Investment Dominate as Greece-China Committee Meets in Athens
The Greece-China Committee met for the first time since November 2012, and discussed trade initiatives and investments at the 12th Joint Inter ministerial Greece-China Committee meeting, which commenced in Athens on Wednesday.
Greece's relations with China "are at their peak...
Business
Macron Urges European Investment in Greece to Counterbalance China
French President Emmanuel Macron urged European firms to step up their investments in Greece to help reduce the country's growing reliance on non-European countries, notably China.
Addressing a round-table of Greek and French business leaders on Friday, Macron said Greece...
Business
China Shows Great Interest in Greek Investments
There is high investment activity and specific actions have already been made in this direction, the secretary general for International Economic Relations of the Foreign Ministry Giorgos Tsipras said on Friday in an interview with the Athens Macedonian News...
Business
Greek PM Tsipras Leaves for China to Attract Investments
Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is departing today (Friday) for a five-day official visit to Beijing and Shanghai in an effort to attract Chinese investments.
During his visit to China, Tsipras will meet with Chinese premier Li Keqiang and other...
Business
After Russia, Now Greece Turns to China in Search of Investments
The Greek Prime Minister is planning an official visit to China where he will seek investments in Greece in order to potentially bring the country back on the path of growth.
Tsipras will travel to China July 2-6 and he will...
Culture
China Honors Greece at 18th International Beverages Expo
China will honor Greece in April at its 18th China International Beverages Expo (CIIE) held in the city of Luzhou. It will be the second time they have done so, the first being in 2019.
Greece is a comprehensive strategic...
Greece
Greece and China Sign Deal to Boost Tourism
Greece and China signed a deal on Monday with the goal of strengthening tourism between the two countries in the future.
Greek Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias and Xiao Junzheng, the Chinese Ambassador to Greece, signed the deal in Athens.
The joint...
Greece
China’s COSCO Plans to Make Piraeus the Largest Port in Europe
China's Cosco Group shipping giant plans to invest around $1 billion in Greece’s Port of Piraeus to help turn the ancient harbor into a main entry point for Chinese exports to Europe.
The new investment comes on the heels of...
Diplomacy
China, Greece to Sign Sixteen Bilateral Agreements on President Xi's Athens Visit
China's President Xi Jinping, who is leading a large delegation of officials on his state visit to Greece, is due to sign sixteen agreements which Athens says will further boost and deepen bilateral relations between the two countries.
The agreements...
Economy
PM Mitsotakis Hails Establishment of Bank of China in Greece
The European section of the Bank of China officially opened its first branch in Greece after receiving an operating license from the Bank of Greece (BoG) on November 1, 2019.
On October 25 the Bank of Greece informed the Industrial...
Diplomacy
PM Mitsotakis Meets With Chinese President Xi Jinping to Discuss Investment Opportunities
A Greek delegation headed by the country's Premier, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, met with Xi Jinping, the President of China, along with scores of other Chinese officials in Shanghai on Monday evening local time.
"There is a government in Greece committed to...
Business
Kick-Starting Stalled Investments Will Give Much-Needed Boost to Greek Economy
Greece’s financial crisis is still affecting the hopes and dreams of the people that live in the country, as it has been in economic turmoil for most of the last decade.
Greece’s GDP shrunk 26% in the span of eight...
Diplomacy
PM Tsipras Tells China Greece is a Bridge Between West and East
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras described Greece as a "bridge," and not a border, between the West and the East at his address to the "Belt and Road Initiative" forum in Beijing on Friday.
The three-day forum, in which thirty-seven...