The program “Sustainable Development of Less Developed Regions and Isolated Areas by Creating New Touristic Resources and Products through Analysis, Documentation and Modelling of Cultural Assets using Innovative ICT Applications s (AEI)” started in June of 2021   September-October 2022 Greek Business File, Issue No 139 Sustainability by Antonia Moropoulou AEI program concerns the following [...]

The modern migration of Greeks within Europe as a phenomenon begins with the economic development of the industrial countries of Western Europe and especially Germany. Unemployment and underemployment in Greece contributed to this migration   September-October 2022 Greek Business File, Issue No 139 Diaspora by George Vailakis A prerequisite for the entry of immigrants into [...]

Europe is betting on liquefied natural gas (LNG) to reduce its energy dependence on Russia. But what is this product that has the advantage of being able to be transported by ship from one part of the world to another and can it really work wonders?   September-October 2022 Greek Business File, Issue No 139 [...]

The Greek textile industry is recovering and at the same time struggling with energy costs (as one of the most energy-intensive industries) to maintain the upward trajectory. High quality Greek cotton textiles survived the “tsunami” of cheap nylon fabric orders from all over the world during the last decades   September-October 2022 Greek Business File, [...]

Greece’s real estate prices rose once again during the first quarter of 2022. But industry experts say this might be “the end of the ride,” since reduced international interest, coupled with prices getting out of reach for the locals, signal a downturn in trades   July-August 2022 Greek Business File, Issue No 138 Real Estate [...]

Gustav Clauss: the founder of the first great wine industry   July-August 2022 Greek Business File, Issue No 138 Business History by George Vailakis If there is one product that supported the economy of the newly formed Greek state like no other, it is the raisin, since it covered more than half of the total [...]

The Greek community in Austria   July-August 2022 Greek Business File, Issue No 138 Diaspora by George Vailakis   Hellenism begins to make a substantial presence in Vienna in the 12th and 13th centuries. They consisted of merchants, who, because of the pirates, formed caravans, with which they crossed a part of the Balkans to [...]

Small groups of scuba divers are taking guided tours this summer of Greece’s first underwater archaeological museum: the remains of a 2,500-year-old ship that sank near Alonnisos in the Sporades islands, with a cargo of clay amphoras containing wine. At another newly opened official diving site off the island of Kea, three historic shipwrecks — [...]

Impact of the war in Ukraine on Greece’s and global trade   July-August 2022 Greek Business File, Issue No 138 Trade by Antonis Karamalegos The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has warned that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine not only has created “immense human suffering,” but it is also damaging global trade, which will likely impact low-income [...]

HEMEXPO: The rise of the Greek Marine Equipment Manufacturers   July-August 2022 Greek Business File, Issue No 138 Interview by Eleni Polychronopoulou, HEMEXPO President to Symela Touchtidou   At the urging of Captain Panagiotis Tsakos and with the important support of the Greek Shipowners, a group of Greek companies specialised in manufacturing marine equipment determined [...]