Greece

Having a stronger relationship with China is good for Greece, and their cooperation has set an example for European countries, according to Adonis Georgiadis, the Greek minister for development and investments.
Georgiadis said Chinese enterprises' investment in Piraeus port is a successful case of bilateral cooperation.

The United Kingdom is home to around 75,000 Greek nationals, according to research data compiled by the Greek Diaspora Project of South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX).

The study shows that, since 2010, when Greece's crippling financial began, there has been a steady increase in migration flows to Britain.

Greece's current account balance showed a bigger surplus in August compared to the same month last year, thanks to higher tourism revenues, the Bank of Greece said on Monday.

Central bank data showed the surplus at 1.874 billion euros compared to a surplus of 1.354 billion euros in August last year.

Legendary DJ, musician and filmmaker Don Letts - hailed for almost single-handedly turning a generation of punk fans to reggae in the 1970s - is coming to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center's Lighthouse venue on Sunday, October 20. Ahead of his 9 p.m. set, there will be an open discussion between Letts and the audience, starting at 7.30 p.m. Admission is free of charge.

Fund manager Dromeus Capital is just a step away from completing a deal for the acquisition of a modern office building in Maroussi, northern Athens, through its Greco Fund arm.
The Deloitte-owned building on Fragoklissias Street previously housed the first Village Roadshow multiplex in Greece.

President Prokopis Pavlopoulos welcomed the European Commission's Vice President-designate Margaritis Schinas on Wednesday who is on a two-day visit to the Greek capital.

Multinational customer service giant Sitel Group has announced it will set up a Business Service Center in Athens in an investment that upon completion will create 1,000 jobs.
The announcement was made on Monday by Enterprise Greece, citing statements in Paris last week by Pedro Lozano, head of Sitel for Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Scoring just 51.2 points out of 100 against a European Union average of 67.4 points and coming last among the EU-28, Greece is still a long way from bridging the gender equality gap, a report published on Tuesday has found.

The Greek government and the European Commission are reportedly one step before an agreement on Greece's draft budget for 2020. 

Greece's state budget is seen overshooting its primary surplus target by some 3 billion euros in the first nine months of the year thanks to improved tax revenues and contained expenditures, Deputy Finance Minister Theodoros Skylakakis said on Tuesday.