Following the commitment made by the French President, François Hollande, during his official visit to Athens on October 2015, to strengthen economic ties between France and Greece, the Athens Business Forum 2016 (Forum Franco-hell&eacut…
Αccording to official provisional figures that the National Documentation Centre (EKT) at the National Hellenic Research Foundation sent to Eurostat, Greece spent a record amount on research and development as a percentage of its economy in 201…
Not only can web Startups succeed in the current economic climate but they can also help other businesses thrive as well. Greek Startup “Intale” is one such enterprise. Founded in 2010, Intale is a mini Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)…
Greek shipowners have retained their role as top players in world shipping according to a special review recently published by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Despite the challenges faced by the Hellenic ship owning c…
A new industrial scholarship program for Greek enterprises launched by the National Centre for Scientific Research “Demokritos” with the support of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation aims to tackle a dual issue: that Greek researchers a…
A new study (“Alliance for Digital Employability: Creating 500.000 new jobs in ICT”), argues that a certain percentage of vacancies in Europe’s ICT sector could be covered by - mainly young - Greek people as part of a national strat…
Greek Shipping has for long maintained global leadership in the international shipping industry. At present, shipping is the country's most important industry (worth €251.1 billion in 2015). It accounts for 6.5% of GDP, employs about 290,000 peo…
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