Hellenic Federation of Enterprises

Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt stressed once more the importance of Greek-American strategic partnership and U.S. interest in investing in Greece.

U.S. interest in investing in Greece is growing fast and major American companies are ready to move in strategic sectors of Greek economy.

Greece still has the highest unemployment rate among OECD member-countries, as well as low salaries and therefore a large share of employees who face the risk of poverty even though they work hard, according to the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV).

The Greek economy will increase its export activity if it can improve the specialization of its human capital in technologically advanced sectors through the cultivation of skills in the workforce and the population in general, the weekly economic bulletin of the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV) argues.

The Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV) is in favor of a production model that would get rid of the distortions of the past as well as those created by the crisis, proposing that salary levels be contingent on productivity.

This is the main message the industrialists' union will convey at a conference it is holding on Tuesday with the participation of the main unions.

New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis visits the eHealth Forum at the Technopolis complex in Gazi, central Athens, Friday. The exhibition, supported by the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV) and dedicated to the digital revolution in healthcare, brings together industry leaders, scientists, innovators and patients, and ends Sunday. [Alexandros Vlachos/ANA-MPA]

Despite years of austerity policies, Greek civil servants remain significantly better paid than private sector wages, with their average wages 38 percent higher than their counterparts in the private sector, according to the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV). 

Hours after Canadian mining company Eldorado Gold said it planned to suspend investment at its mines in northern Greece following what it said are government delays in the issuing of permits and licenses, the chairman of the Athens-based Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV), Theodoros Fessas, called upon the left-led government to find a "political solution" to the problem.

A series of reports have indicated that Greece's justice system is seriously dysfunctional due to a lack of technological support enjoyed by equivalent systems in other European countries and a huge backlog of cases burdening the dispensation of justice.

Retail sales may be on the rise, contributing to an increase in gross domestic product, as Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) second-quarter figures are expected to confirm on Friday, but analysts warn that Greeks are eating into their savings for this spending - which is not a good omen at all for the return of growth on a solid basis.

The state has shown a fragmentary approach and a lack of determination toward combating corruption in Greece, according to a report by the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV).