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 | Greece supports the European orientation of the Balkans
Evripidis Stylianidis, Greece’s deputy minister of foreign affairs, is a modern, outward-looking politician who believes that Greece can be transformed into the transport hub not only of the Balkans, but also of the Southeast Mediterranean, the Black Sea and Caspian Sea. Re...read more » |
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 | A hot spot for FDI
Minco Jordanov, deputy prime minister of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), is currently achieving a small miracle with the increase of foreign direct investments (FDI) in his country. A successful businessman himself and the architect of the ‘One-Stop Shop ...read more » |
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 | A Euro-Mediterranean economic development
Operating since 1978 in the Mediterranean region, where it has invested over 15 billion euros, the European Investment Bank (EIB) is making a key contribution to the region’s modernization and economic liberalization. Its activity has been reinforced and identified over the...read more » |
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| Themes
|  | National Bank of Greece & Finansbank: The deal
When Greek banks took their first modest steps in Southeast Europe, in the mid- to late 1990s, international markets and foreign institutional shareholders were either indifferent or hostile. Greece had become a Euro ‘convergence’ story and attention was focused on th...read more » |
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 | After Milosevic...
From his notorious visit to Kosovo in 1987, when Slobodan Milosevic established his Serbian nationalist credentials, to his recent death, almost 20 years have passed. While commentary following his demise focused understandably on Milosevic’s impact on Serbia and ex-Yugosla...read more » |
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A bolder Balkan strategy
The Balkans are returning to the top of the EU’s agenda. UN envoy Martti Ahtisaari has begun to negotiate Kosovo's future, while Montenegrins will vote in May on whether to break with Serbia. Both processes could destabilize a region that is suffering an economic crisis...read more » |
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| Culture
|  | Rendez vous in Thessaloniki
In June 2006, the city of Thessaloniki will become a significant cultural crossroad between Greece and other Balkan countries. In reality, it’s the beginning of an inter-Balkan cultural axis which will transform into the first Balkan Performing Arts Market (BPAM). From June... read more » |
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Hellenic Aid: A humanitarian move
It is only a few years since Greece joined the international coalition against poverty and Hellenic Aid ― the International Development Cooperation and Aid Department of the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs ― has already distinguished itself by the solidarity intiati...read more » |
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A Greek-Albanian college
Greece has traditionally been an ‘educator of the people of the world,’ disseminating knowledge and ideas on which much of the Western world’s society and culture have been based. True to this tradition, the Greek educational group Filekpaideftiki Etaireia, whic...read more » |
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| Market
| A breath of ‘fresh’ energy
High oil and gas prices, Europe’s increasing dependency on a few external supplies (mainly OPEC and Russia), concerns related to the long-term availability of fossil fuels and the urgency of new greenhouse gas mitigation measures, together with the recent Ukraine-Russia gas...read more » |
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Labor cost & market flexibility
The developments and the prospects of both Greece and the rest of the Balkan countries have become increasingly intertwined in the past 10 years, driven by an increase in inter-regional trade and investment. The Balkan region has experienced substantial economic growth during the...read more » |
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An energy force in SE Europe
Over the last two years, Greece has taken important steps toward upgrading its strategic role in the international energy charter and its establishment as an energy hub between the East and West. Further development of its electricity and natural gas networks and interconnections...read more » |
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Hellenic Petroleum and regional cooperation
Over the last few years, the Hellenic Petroleum Group has embarked on a steady course of transformation. We are adapting our corporate culture and internal procedures to that of a private, internationally competitive power company while at the same time transforming our portfolio...read more » |
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Toward a major capital market
We believe that cooperation in the broader area of Southeastern Europe is the key for regional stock markets to move forward and it is up to us to find the win-win solution, implement it and reap the benefits. We hope that we have already taken the first steps forward and that in...read more » |
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| Companies
| Fifty years of experience / Copper for SE Europe / Aluminium systems in Bulgaria / A steel company for the Balkans read more » |
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