INVESTMENTS


Greece on India’s ‘silk road’
INVESTMENTS

Greece has a key geostrategic role in the new trade routes India is building, with the support of countries such as the US, South Korea and Japan.

Israelis snap up local realty
PROPERTY

The Greek real estate market has evolved into an investment destination for foreign investors, with the Israelis and the Chinese being the most dynamic countries.


InvestGR Forum welcomes support of major institutions
ECONOMY

The 6th InvestGR Forum 2023, “Greece, Staying the Course,” will take place with the support and under the auspices of the Representation of the European Commission in Greece, the Ministry of Development and Investments, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV).

JTI a strategic sponsor for 6th InvestGR Forum
ECONOMY

For the fourth consecutive year, Japan Tobacco International is supporting the InvestGR Forum as a strategic sponsor, and will participate in the 6th InvestGR Forum 2023, “Greece, Staying the Course,” on October 3 and 4, at the Athens Conservatoire.


High US interest in Volos port bids
ECONOMY

The United States’ International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), a state development bank, has offered the Goldair Group, one of the four bidders for a controlling stake – a minimum of 67% – in the port of Volos, to partly finance upgrades in the port’s infrastructure.

Greek ports and geopolitics
ECONOMY

In the early 2010s, Greece, burdened by debt and facing bankruptcy, had to agree to an intensive schedule of privatizing critical infrastructure, especially its ports. At that time, the priority among Greece’s creditors, the European Union among them, was to manage the debt crisis and ensure that Greece would pay back […]



Skrekas meets with US ambassador
ECONOMY

Talks between Greek Development Minister Kostas Skrekas and US Ambassador in Athens George Tsunis on Thursday focused on furthering Greece’s collaboration with the United States in view of attracting more American investments.

Greece pivotal in boosting Balkan networks
ECONOMY

Greece’s role in helping to improve transport and connectivity networks in the broader region of the Balkans, the Black Sea and the Southeast  Mediterranean has become pivotal in recent years, Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister for Economic Diplomacy and Openness Kostas Fragogiannis noted on Wednesday.

The magnet of the Golden Visa
RESIDENCE PERMITS

The first five months of 2023 saw real estate purchases with a total value of 975 million euros coming from investors from third countries interested in obtaining a residence permit through the Golden Visa program.


FDI in Greece at record levels
INVESTMENTS

Foreign direct investment in Greece registered a historic high in 2022, according to data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

Mitsotakis vows to repay bailout loans early
ECONOMY

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has pledged to repay some of Greece’s bailout loans ahead of schedule. In an interview with Bloomberg, he said he was keen to a make a “commitment to investors” at the start of his second term in office.