PIRAEUS Top Stories

Roundup: Cruise operators choose Greece for homeporting2020-01-22
Xinhua: ATHENS, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Cruise companies are increasingly using Greek ports for starting and ending their itineraries. And such increase in "homeporting" is set to become even greater in 2020 and 2021, port authorities have told Xinhua. On Wednesday MSC...
MSC picks Piraeus for homeporting from 20212020-01-22
Kathimerini: Leading cruise operatorMSC Cruises announced on Wednesday in Athens a first for the Swiss-based operator: the launch of a new route across the Aegean and the East Mediterranean that will have Piraeus as...
ATHEX: Stock market index edges ever higher2020-01-22
Kathimerini: Despite the slight drop of the banks index on Wednesday, the benchmark and the majority of stocks on the Greek bourse continued their rise, led by mid-caps, albeit at a slower pace...
Metropolitan Hilarion: We hope that heads of Orthodox Churches will meet2020-01-22
Public Technologies: Share the post 'Metropolitan Hilarion: We hope that heads of Orthodox Churches will meet' Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Department for External ChurchRelations of the Moscow Patriarchate, will make a visit this week to Israel where the...
Figure Skater Sabrina Kyriaki Piliero Awaits Greek Citizenship2020-01-22
The National Herald: NEW YORK – Greek-American SabrinaKyriaki Piliero started skating at four years old. Her parents realized very early on that she had a talent and was born for the sport. So they invested in this passion for their daughter, making sacrifices to make her dream...
ATHEX: Benchmark rises to fresh 5-year high2020-01-21
Kathimerini: The benchmark of the Greek stock market continued its course toward the 1,000-point mark with a sixth consecutive session of moderate gains on Tuesday, largely thanks to the closing auctions, which...
Olympic champion injured in motorcycle crash2020-01-21
Kathimerini: GreekOlympic medalist at the 1980 Moscow Olympics Tasos Boudouris was in stable but...
Melina Mercouri Honored with Commemorative Events in 20202020-01-21
The National Herald: ATHENS – The events for 2020 Melina Mercouri Year – commemorating a centennial since the birth of the actress, activist and politician – will begin on January 29 with the presentation of proceedings of a one-day conference devoted to the...
Meeting of the PPA Management with the Attica Regional Governor G. Patoulis for the expansion of the cruise terminal at the port of Piraeus2020-01-21
Public Technologies: Piraeus, 21.01.2020 PRESS RELEASE Meeting of the PPAManagement with the AtticaRegionalGovernor G. Patoulis for the expansion of the cruise terminal at the port of Piraeus The expansion of the Piraeus passenger terminal for the construction of 2 berthing...
Sino-Hellenic Investors’ Confederation launched in Athens2020-01-21
Kathimerini: An official ceremony to launch the Sino-Hellenic Investors’ Confederation, a new confederation aimed at facilitating Chinese investors in Greece...
Quarterly Non - Financial Accounts of General Government, 3rd Quarter 20192020-01-21
Public Technologies: HELLENIC REPUBLIC Piraeus, 21 January 2020 HELLENIC STATISTICAL AUTHORITY PRESS RELEASE Quarterly Non-Financial Accounts of General Government 3rd Quarter 2019 The Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) with the present press release announces the quarterly...
Greek Merchant Fleet (Provisional Data), November 20192020-01-21
Public Technologies: HELLENIC REPUBLIC Piraeus, January 21, 2020 HELLENIC STATISTICAL AUTHORITY PRESS RELEASE GREEK MERCHANT FLEET: November 2019 (Provisional data) The Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) announces data on the GreekMerchant Fleet (for vessels of 100 GRT1) for...
Road Accidents, 20182020-01-21
Public Technologies: HELLENIC REPUBLIC HELLENIC STATISTICAL AUTHORITY PRESS RELEASE ROAD ACCIDENTS: Year 2018Piraeus, 21 January 2020 The Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) announces the results on injury-causing "RoadAccidents" for the year 2018, as well as data...
Announcment of exemption thresholds for the year 2020 (Intrastat declarations)2020-01-21
Public Technologies: HELLENIC REPUBLIC HELLENIC STATISTICAL AUTHORITY Piraeus, 21 January 2020 ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING THE EXEMPTION THRESHOLDS FOR DECLARATION OF INTRA-EU...