The most complete information guide about Athens, Greece
Market access
in Greece
Greece is Europe's strategic link to the emerging
markets of the Balkan, Black Sea, eastern European
and eastern Mediterranean regions.
Greece's advantageous location provides access
and opportunity to the neighbouring regional markets
while Thessaloniki, the capital of northern Greece,
offers the financial and trading services needed
in order to conduct business in the regional markets.
An existing network of 3.264 Greek companies have initiated
direct investment programmes or marketing agreements in the
regional markets.
Greek business people have the cultural understanding of the
regions and the practical experience of doing business there.
Greece
is the only EU member country in the region and is also considered
a point of political and economic stability in the area.
Access
Within
a radius of 500 km there is a market of 35 million inhabitants
spread over a major part of Greece, Bulgaria, FYROM, Albania
and New Yugoslavia.
Within
a radius of 1.000 km there are an additional 146 million people.
This market includes Turkey, Romania and southern Italy.
In
a 1.500 km radius there is direct access to the markets of
Hungary, Croatia, Slovenia, Libya, Egypt and Cyprus.
Thessaloniki – Financial
and trading center
Thessaloniki, at the doorstep of the Balkans,
is the country's second largest city. It has become
the financial and trading centre for the emerging
markets of the entire Balkan peninsula and is
the seat for the Black Sea Trade and Development
Bank, (comprising 11 countries of the wider Balkan
and Black Sea regions), the Balkan Trade Centre
and the Thessaloniki Stock Exchange Centre, which
has online connection with the ASE and is expected
to develop into a source of capital for the wider
region.
MAJOR
GREEK INVESTMENT IN SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE AND THE BLACK
SEA REGION