Europe has to say no to additional measures that hamper growth in Greece, French President Emmanuel Macron said in a televised interview given jointly to the public broadcaster ERT and the private channel ANT1. He sent the message that “we must move away from Europe of austerity and assume our responsibilities, the future lies before us.” He underlined that Europe must continue helping Greece through investments and did not rule out that Greece may need another help in August 2018.
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Official data by the Hellenic Statistical Authority point to an increase in employment by about 250,000 jobs in the last three years (from the second quarter of 2014 to this year’s Q2), but that is only part of the truth.
Μιλούσαμε, στο κλείσιμο της περασμένης εβδομάδας, για την ιδιαίτερη διοργάνωση που θέλησε να προσεγγίσει το συνεχώς επανερχόμενο μέτωπο των επενδύσεων, από τη Νομική Βιβλιοθήκη και την Greek Law Digest, με τη συνεργασία και του ομίλου Economia. Με την πρωτοβουλία αυτή, ο λόγος επιδιώχθηκε να δοθεί σε εκείνους που έχουν άμεση τριβή με το ζήτημα – στην πράξη. Πρώτιστα από τον νομικό κόσμο, λιγότερο από την πολιτική τάξη, αλλά και από ανθρώπους της επιχειρηματικότητας, της οικονομίας.
MyTaxi, the taxi-booking application of Germany’s Daimler-Benz group, officially announced on Thursday the acquisition of Greece’s Taxibeat, whose customers will soon be served by MyTaxi instead.
Few people have seen or even know about the luxury yachts have been choosing the zones of Perama, Elefsina or Halkida for repairs, maintenance or even construction in recent years. These are mega yachts that rank high on the list of the world’s biggest and most luxurious recreational vessels.
Read more: Mega yacht owners choose Greece for construction and maintenance
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) chief Suma Chakrabarti told the Global Markets Forum in Davos on Tuesday that the European lender would like to contribute more in the assistance of Greek companies, particularly those who are export-orientated: “We’ve been operating there for 14 months and already invested nearly 800 million euros. We’ve made a strong start in the banking sector and I would like us to be able to do a lot more to be able to help corporates and SMEs, particularly those involved in exporting Greek goods to other countries,” said the president of the EBRD.
National Bank of Greece (NBG) turned profitable in the third quarter, helped by improving core income and lower bad debt provisions.
OPAP, Europe’s fourth-biggest betting firm, will launch video lottery terminals (VLTs) from the end of the first quarter next year, it said on Wednesday.
In a wide-ranging interview with Kathimerini, US President Barack Obama insisted that he will continue to urge the country's creditors to take the necessary steps that will ensure Greece returns to growth, including “meaningful debt relief.”