Dimitris Papalexopoulos

Two prominent members of the Greek business community have announced their candidacy for the leadership of the Greek business federation SEV.

After Ioulia Tseti, pharmacist and president and CEO of Tsetis Pharmaceutical Group, who announced on April 4 that she would run for the position, Spyros Theodoropoulos said he was also a candidate.

Dimitris Papalexopoulos, head of Greek business federation SEV, announced on Monday he will not be running for a third term at the helm of the group.

The same was announced by Efthimios Vidalis, president of SEV's Executive Committee.

The European Union must act fast to prevent the deindustrialization of Europe, the president of the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises, Dimitris Papalexopoulos, warns in an interview with Kathimerini.

"A leap forward is feasible and will benefit all of us. It is up to us, but requires determination and cooperation," said the chairman of the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV), Dimitris Papalexopoulos, on Monday, in a statement before the presentation of the federation's survey on the entrepreneurship environment.

The visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Greece, the first by an Indian premier in 40 years, will include a business luncheon at a central Athens hotel on Friday.

The Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV) is shifting its focus to industry in a bid to serve as a reference point for a new and necessary production model, said the influential association's new president, Dimitris Papalexopoulos.

Calling for perseverance and progress through unity, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Monday addressed the annual general meeting of the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV), saying that the government's top priority is saving people's jobs.