As an inveterate Amazon shopper whose spending with the company soared to embarrassing heights during the pandemic, I have thought about the ethics behind those smiling boxes a whole lot recently. And I regret to say that my hottest take is irritatingly tepid: It’s complicated.
Mytilineos SA is strengthening the position of its Renewables and Storage Development (RSD) Business Unit in the international energy market by starting a cooperation in Australia with QEnergy (part of ION Holdings) for a power purchase agreement (PPA), the Greek group announced on Monday.
Aegean, Greece’s biggest airline, reported on Monday a 74% drop in turnover in the fourth quarter of 2020, with flights down 61% and passenger traffic sliding 77% because of the second lockdown.
“White Dragon”, the Greek plan for the production of environmentally friendly hydrogen as fuel, aspires to secure financing from the European Union as an Important Project of Common European Interest in the context of the Hydrogen Europe program.
Lamda Development has signed the necessary contracts to complete all transactions concerning the financing scheme for the Elliniko project’s first investment period, totaling 2.5 billion euros.
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As retail trade partially opened on Monday, targeted measures to the tune of 130 million euros in support to around 100,000 businesses that remain closed (excluding catering, which will be financed through the European Union’s National Strategic Reference Framework / ESPA) were announced by Finance Minister Christos Staikouras.
A new digital registry obliging Cyprus-based companies to declare their true owners puts the east Mediterranean island nation in line with European Union regulations against terror financing and organized crime, the country’s commerce and energy minister said on Tuesday.
Silence has replaced the low hum of conversation and the clink of glasses that pervaded the sidewalk cafes across Athens.
The Daskalantonakis-Grecotel group has announced the completion of its acquisition of five new hotel resorts on the islands of Mykonos and Corfu with a total of 1,800 beds for 61 million euros.
Deree, the School of Graduate and Professional Education of the American College of Greece, will as of Tuesday be offering an online course on business English skills for professionals.
The German-Greek Chamber of Commerce and Industry is organizing an online event featuring the presentation of a survey by the Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research (IOBE).
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Greece will provide more financial aid to businesses hit by coronavirus restrictions in April, the finance minister said on Monday, as shops reopened despite surging case numbers that have put health services under severe strain.
Finance Minister Christos Staikouras has announced additional compensation for businesses that will remain closed in April as a result of prolonged lockdown restrictions designed to stem the coronavirus pandemic.
Tobacco company workers and the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV) signed a two-year collective work agreement on Thursday, with a 1% increase in wages as of January 1, 2021.
Finnish startup Wolt is expanding into the Greek retail market through the Wolt Market service that came about a few months after the creation of its subsidiary, Wolt Market Greece.
The government will provide €330 million in aid to restaurants, bars and cafés to buy enough supplies to cover the first two or three months after their reopening.
