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New Democracy Party Embarks on a New Journey

The election of Kyriakos Mitsotakis as leader of the New Democracy party ushers in a new era in Greek politics and can be taken as a point of departure from the populist politics of the traditional right. ND’s leader comes...

EU Approves €26bn Program to Tackle Poverty in Greece

The European Commission has approved the Greek program for 2014-2020, according to Greece's Development Minister Kostis Chatzidakis. The National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF) plans on launching programs this year to tackle unemployment and poverty while boosting the establishment of new businesses. The NSRF...

Greece Joins Forces with EIB for Growth Fund Contribution

The European Investment Bank Group (EIB) signed on Tuesday in Athens, a Memorandum of Understanding with the Hellenic Republic, concerning the contribution of the EIB to the soon to be established “Institution for Growth in Greece” (IfG). The IfG will...

So, Which Greek Businessmen DID Angela Merkel Meet?

During her visit to Athens Friday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel met various captains of Greek industry. Greece has more opportunities than difficulties, Merkel said in her opening remarks at a meeting of Greek start-up companies during a one-day visit to Athens on...

Taxi Lobby and Govt Agree Troika's Rule Changes

An agreement was reached between the Greek Minister for Development Kostis Chatzidakis and the taxi owners' lobby to implement the promoted changes agreed with the troika to regulations. The compromise was reached after the government accepted that there will be no...

Stournaras Visits Greek Prime Minister After Troika Meeting

After the meeting between the Heads of the Ministry of Finance and Troika representatives, a government official mentioned that the Greek government, along with Troika, is attempting to close as many open subjects as possible until the beginning of...

Reichenbach: Greece doesn't Need More Taxes

The view that Greece has carried out the biggest part of the reforms was expressed by the Greek Minister of Development Kostis Chatzidakis, in his statements after his meeting with the Head of the Task Force for Greece Horst...

Polish Tourists Flocking to Greece

Greek Minister of Development, Competitiveness, Infrastructure, Transport and Networks Kostis Chatzidakis discussed with businessmen from Poland the prospect of attracting investments to Greece while he said 2013 is a critical period. Greece this year expects some 380,000 Polish tourists, the...

Development Minister Chatzidakis Meets with Schäuble

Greek Minister for Development, Kostis Chatzidakis, stressed that, “Politics can be one-sided,” referring to the need to combine fiscal adaption to development measures. On June 27, Chatzidakis held meetings in Berlin with the German Minister of Finance, Wolfgang Schäuble,...

NSN Invests in Greece

Nokia Siemens Networks, the joint venture between Finland's Nokia and Germany's Siemens, which operates in the field of telecom equipment solutions and is one of the largest companies globally, seems to be ready to now strengthen its presence in...