Alex Patelis

Capital Link is organizing on Tuesday a webinar with Alex Patelis, the Greek PM's chief economic adviser, titled "The Roadmap after Thessaloniki International Fair on Accelerating Reforms, Investments and Growth," starting at 5 p.m. Greek time.

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Seeking to encourage more owners to put their shuttered properties back onto the rental market, the government plans to set up a register of tenants who don't pay their rent.

Deputy Parliament speaker Olga Gerovasili had to cut off the leader of the far-right Spartiates (Spartans) party from addressing the House on Thursday after he made a homophobic comment aimed at the prime minister's chief economic adviser. 

Capital Link is launching a series of online seminars titled "Invest in Greece Webinar Series," to update the international investment community on developments in Greece and raise the profile of Greece as a business and investment destination.

For the second year in a row The Economist once again listed Greece as the top economic performer of the year out of a list of 35 countries. Alex Patelis, the chief economic adviser to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, joins Thanos Davelis to look at Greece's economic performance over the last year, and break down why we should expect Greece's economy to continue to outperform in 2024.

Alex Patelis, the chief economic adviser to Greece's Prime Minister, joins Thanos Davelis to discuss the significance of Standard and Poor's decision to upgrade Greece to investment grade and UniCredit's offer to buy Greece's stake in Alpha Bank, while outlining the government's next goals when it comes to the economy. 

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis chose to visit the Finance Ministry on Wednesday for his first official visit since his re-election. He was met at the ministry by new Finance Minister Kostis Hatzidakis. The prime minister was accompanied by Minister of State Akis Skertsos and his economic advisor Alex Patelis.

Greece has not yet obtained investment grade because, obviously, the elections are coming up, the director of the economic office of the prime minister, Alex Patelis, said at the Delphi Economic Forum this week.

The chairman of Japan Tobacco Inc (JT), Mutsuo Iwai, praised the leadership of the Greek government for promoting an investment-friendly environment during a recent visit to Tokyo by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, a JT announcement said on Wednesday.

An article in the German newspaper Handelsblatt mentions the incentives that the Greek government wants to give to small businesses to increase competitiveness.

The newspaper writes: "No other economy in the EU has as many small businesses as Greece. With tax breaks for mergers and acquisitions, the government now wants to change that."