Investments Greece Pushes Back Deadline for Kasteli Airport Bids One More Time by GTP editing team 22 June 2016 by GTP editing team 22 June 2016 Greece has once again pushed back the deadline for binding bids to finance, build and operate a new airport on the island of Crete. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Investments Promoting Greece Top Priority for Fraport Airports Manager by GTP editing team 22 June 2016 by GTP editing team 22 June 2016 Promoting Greece into a leading destination is at the top of Frankfurt-based transport group Fraport’s agenda after taking over the management of 14 regional airports across the country late last … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Investments Nine Greek Transport Projects Get European Commission Go-ahead for Funding by GTP editing team 21 June 2016 by GTP editing team 21 June 2016 Nine Greek transport projects are slated to receive EU funding under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) after the European Commission’s decision earlier this month to inject 6.7 billion euros in … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Tenders Crete’s Kastelli Airport Deadline Delayed Again by GTP editing team 17 June 2016 by GTP editing team 17 June 2016 The Greek government once more has extended the deadline for bids to finance, construct and operate the new Kastelli airport project in Heraklion, Crete. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Event News Kountoura Presents Greece’s Tourism Investment Opportunities at SPIEF 2016 by GTP editing team 17 June 2016 by GTP editing team 17 June 2016 Alternate Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura presented the tourism investment opportunities in Greece to an audience of government and business leaders from the emerging economic powers, at the 20th St. Petersburg … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Investments Six Greek Airports Get Funding, Move to Upgrade by GTP editing team 13 June 2016 by GTP editing team 13 June 2016 Six regional airports in Greece will get EU funding to the tune of 197 million euros towards their upgrade under the EU Infrastructure Investment Plan, the Greek Infrastructure, Transport and … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Investments Greece ‘Enticing’ Saudi Investors with 5-year Visa by GTP editing team 10 June 2016 by GTP editing team 10 June 2016 Greece is extending the so-called golden visa to Arab nationals investing more than 250,000 euros in property. The investor visas offer five-year residency rights in return for real estate acquisitions … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Investments Hellinikon Upgrade Project on its Way to Becoming a Reality by GTP editing team 7 June 2016 by GTP editing team 7 June 2016 A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on Tuesday between the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (TAIPED) and Lamda Development, which amends the existing share sale and purchase agreement of … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Investments Come and Get It: Greek Hotels, Sites, Islands Up for Grabs, ‘Guardian’ Reveals by GTP editing team 1 June 2016 by GTP editing team 1 June 2016 “It could be a shopping list for the scenery in a movie – rather than a list of possessions that Athens is under immense pressure to offload,” the Guardian says, … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Investments Putin Greece Visit Boosts Ties, Opens Deals by GTP editing team 30 May 2016 by GTP editing team 30 May 2016 Multi-level cooperation in energy, science, technology and tourism, investments in the private and public sectors (infrastructure, ports, mining, pharmaceutical, agri-food) as well as politics topped the agenda of Russian President … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Investments Parnassos Ski Center Set for Revamp by GTP editing team 27 May 2016 by GTP editing team 27 May 2016 Plans to direct financial backing from the so-called Juncker Plan to the upgrade of the Parnassos Ski Center topped the agenda of Alternate Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura’s meeting with mayors … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Investments Greek Gov’t Eyeing New Round of Airport Concessions by GTP editing team 24 May 2016 by GTP editing team 24 May 2016 The Greek government is examining the possibility of a second round of airport concessions to be undertaken by a new body which will oversee the use and management of state … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Investments Fraport: ‘Our Engagement in Greece will Act as a Catalyst for Tourism Growth’ by GTP editing team 23 May 2016 by GTP editing team 23 May 2016 “We are convinced that our engagement in Greece will act as a catalyst for the growth of the country’s vital tourism sector”, Alexander Zinell, Fraport Greece’s CEO, said while welcoming … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Investments Greek Ministers Sign Agreement for Tourism Development by GTP editing team 19 May 2016 by GTP editing team 19 May 2016 Greek Defence Minister Panos Kammenos and Alternate Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura on Thursday signed a protocol of cooperation for the utilization of estate owned by the National Defence Ministry. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Tenders Crete’s Kastelli Airport Tender Extended to June 27 by GTP editing team 18 May 2016 by GTP editing team 18 May 2016 The bidding process for the financing, construction and operation of the new Kastelli airport project in Heraklion, Crete, has been extended until June 27, Infrastructure Minister Christos Spirtzis said, adding … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Investments Greek PM Launches Works on TAP Pipeline, Paving Way for 8,000 New Jobs by GTP editing team 17 May 2016 by GTP editing team 17 May 2016 Speaking from Thessaloniki on Tuesday, during a special ceremony marking the launch of works on the TransAdriatic Pipeline (TAP), Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said TAP marks a new era … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Investments Major Greece Tourism Works to Get Underway Backed by Juncker Plan by GTP editing team 16 May 2016 by GTP editing team 16 May 2016 Tourism is among the first sectors in Greece to receive EU funding to the tune of 112 million euros for three projects in addition to a fourth included in the … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Investments Crete Airport Tender Process Deadline May be Pushed Forward by GTP editing team 9 May 2016 by GTP editing team 9 May 2016 Despite having set May 6 as the final date for the submission of binding offers for the Kastelli airport project on Crete, the government just may extend the tender procedure. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Investments New Greece Incentives Law Aims to Draw in Investment by GTP editing team 6 May 2016 by GTP editing team 6 May 2016 Deductions and Exemptions, leasing and interest subsidies, and a 12-year fixed tax framework are part of a new incentives law tabled recently and set for vote by the end of … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news Culture Ministry Doublespeak Leaves Afantou Rhodes Investment Up in the Air by GTP editing team 27 April 2016 by GTP editing team 27 April 2016 The culture ministry and Rhodes authorities are at loggerheads over a decision by the former to initially declare the area of Afantou as an archaeological site despite official plans to … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
