Papastratos

Greece is ready to become the first or one of the first countries without cigarettes in the world, stressed the Vice President of Papastratos, Mr. Iakovos Kargarotos, who visited the stand of OT at the 85th Thessaloniki International Fair.

Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE) head Giorgos Pitsilis and Papastratos chairman and CEO Christos Harpantidis have signed a cooperation agreement aimed at battling the illicit trade in tobacco products, it was announced on Friday.

The agreement strengthens strategic cooperation between the two sides to combat the illicit trade.

"Our world changes when each one of us changes for the better," Papastratos believes. The fact that they were recently awarded as one of the world-changing companies, in the annual "Change The World" survey, certifies that these are not just words, but that they put into practice their commitment to a sustainable, cigarette-free world.

The American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce is on Thursday organizing an online public debate on the role the industry could play in the future, titled "Greek Industry and the New Growth Model: Necessary Reforms." 

With a growing number of smokers switching to IQOS, a tobacco-heating device which delivers a nicotine hit without actually burning the tobacco, the Papastratos production facility in Aspropyrgos is playing a significant role in turning the country into a major export center for Philip Morris International, Andre Calantzopoulos, the chief executive officer of US multinational Philip Morris Inte

Rental rates for modern office spaces have recorded an increase of up to 11 percent over the last 12 months as a result of steady high demand and a lack of new developments: This means that interested investors are forced to seek spaces almost exclusively within the existing and quite saturated stock of commercial properties in terms of quality.

Conservative New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis has excoriated Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras regarding both the annual bonus of half a month's pension that will for the first time be distributed to pensioners before the 26 May European Parliament election and regarding the government's interpretation of his reference to "seven-day work".

The makers of products that constitute alternatives to cigarettes have blasted the government for putting heated tobacco products, such as Glo and IQOS, and electronic cigarettes in the same category as conventional cigarettes in an urgent bill debated on Wednesday in Parliament.

Grivalia Properties' investment program continues even though the real estate investment company is about to be absorbed by the Eurobank Group and cease operating as a REIC.

Greek tobacco giant Papastratos's new production plant was officially launched on Wednesday at Aspropyrgos in western Attica by the chief executive officer of Philip Morris International, Andre Calantzopoulos, and Papastratos chairman and CEO Christos Harpantidis.