Greece
Greece
Israeli Company Leases Maritime Reconaissance Drones to Greece
An Israeli company, Israel Aerospace Industries, is now leasing maritime reconnaissance drones to Greece, which will have an option to buy.
Business
Thomas Cook Company Says Greece Still Primary Destination for its Travelers
The tourism giant Thomas Cook, reorganized after its bankruptcy and now owned by Fosun Tourism, a subsidiary of the Fosun Group, owned by Chinese billionaire Guo Guangchang, says that Greece still tops their list when it comes to destination...
Business
Greek Company Receives License to Produce Medical Cannabis in Europe
The Greek company Kalacan Hellas S.A. recently announced that it had received its medical cannabis installation license, allowing the company to establish manufacturing facilities in Europe to produce cannabis.
The company plans on building its large-scale greenhouses on a 77,258...
Greece
American Company Takes Ownership of Historic Greek Shipyard
The official handing over of the reins of ownership of Syros Island's venerable Neorio shipyard to the company "ONEX Syros Shipyards" was marked by an official inauguration ceremony held on Wednesday.
Established in 1861, the Neorio Shipyard was the very...
Crime
EU Takes Greece to Court Over Illegal State Aid to Mining Company Larco
The European Commission announced on Wednesday that it will bring Greece to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) for failing to recover state aid once given to Greek mining company Larco.
Athens failed to comply with a 2017 ruling by...
Cyprus
''I Don't Want to Provoke War'' Italian Oil Company Chief Says on Cyprus Drilling
Claudio Descalzi, the Chief Executive of Italy's ENI oil company said on Thursday that he does not want to be the cause of war because of his company's activities off the coast of Cyprus.
Speaking at a conference which took...
Crime
Rubicon Anarchists Attack Metallurgical Company HQ in Athens (video)
Members of Rubicon anarchist group attacked the main offices of LARCO general mining and metallurgical company in the Athens suburb of Maroussi early Sunday morning.
The Rubicon members damaged the front door and threw paint at the facade of the building....
Greece
Travel Company Offers Nine-Day Free Luxury Tour of Greece — For Snapping Photos
A new luxury travel company is offering one lucky person the chance to spend nine days island-hopping in Greece, staying in high-end hotels while taking photos for Instagram on a free smartphone — and they'll get paid $620 to...
Greece
Greek Company Bringing Flavored Ouzo to the Market
A Greek company which produces ouzo, has now combined the iconic Greek aperitif with different flavors, and it claims it has already found customers for the unique product abroad.
While the company continues to offer traditional, licorice-flavored ouzo as well,...
Business
Greek Start-Up Company Facilitates Remote Brain Imaging Using the Internet
Advantis Medical Imaging is a Greek start-up company which aims to make brain imaging more accessible to more people by using modern technology and the internet.
Speaking with Greece's Kathimerini newspaper recently, co-founder of the company Paris Ziogas explained the...
Cyprus
Greek Company to Build Europe's Largest Casino Resort on Cyprus (video)
Integrated Casino Resort Cyprus (ICR) announced on Tuesday that it had awarded the contract for the construction of Limassol’s "City of Dreams" Mediterranean Integrated Casino Resort to the Greek conglomerate Avax – Terna JV.
According to the principal contract, construction...
Greece
Turkish Company Launches Ferry Services Between Athens and Izmir
Ferryboat services between the Greek coastal town of Lavrion, near Athens, and Cesme, near Turkey's Izmir, will begin as of June 2, 2019, according to the Turkish shipping company which will operate along the route.
Turkish newspaper the Daily Sabah reports...
Cyprus
English Shipping Company Registers Fleet in Cyprus Due to Brexit
P & O Ferries, a British shipping firm, has decided to register its entire English Channel operating fleet in Cyprus, a company spokesman told the Cypriot state-run CNA news agency on Friday.
The decision follows the initial re-flagging of two of...
Greece
Proud Grandparents Accompany Evzone Grandson on Duty
Photos of an elderly couple sitting near, and standing next to, a Presidential Guard soldier (Evzone) outside the Greek parliament building have gone viral.
The photographs depict the proud grandparents of the evzone Presidential Guard soldier who just wanted to keep...
Greece
Greek Man Attempts Suicide in Electric Company Offices due to Inability to Afford Bill
Citing an inability to pay, a man swallowed a handful of pills inside the Public Power Corporation office in the city of Patras upon finding out the monthly installment amount he was due to pay for his overdue bill.
According...