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Post-Pandemic Office Needs: Time for an Experience that’s Fundamentally Better
By Pantelis Kouzis, General Manager, EKA Hellas | Business Partners, Jan-Feb 2021

Business ToolkitBy admin February 18, 2021

People are having vastly different experiences while working from home — experiences that are shaping their expectations for what they want work to be like in the future. The pandemic has reshaped many aspects of our lives, including where and how people want to work. Their experiences working from home, and what they face when…

How Taxation Holds Up the Pillars of Sustainable Development: Economy – Society – Environment
By Stavros Kostas, Economist, Chair of AmChamGR’s Taxation Committee | Business Partners, Jan-Feb 2021

SustainabilityBy admin February 18, 2021

To truly appreciate the significance of taxation’s contribution to paving the way to sustainable development, we must first examine its role in upholding the individual pillars of such development, such as society and the environment. To understand the role of taxation in driving sustainable development, we must go beyond the temporary and purely economic and…

Leading Voices 2021
By Alexandra Loli, Publisher | Business Partners, Jan-Feb 2021

Thought LeadersBy admin February 18, 2021

Following a year that put us all to the test, 2021 has arrived bringing hope and the promise of fresh possibilities and better times ahead. Each and every sector has felt the impact of the pandemic, and as vaccines are rolled out and a return to normalcy seems within reach, it is up to each…

Director’s Desk
By Elias Spirtounias, Executive Director | Business Partners Jan-Feb, 2021

First PersonBy admin February 18, 2021

With the dawn of 2021 begins a new decade that will determine much for the future not only of our country but of all of humanity. The challenges are many, but they will also give us the chance to exercise our collective creativity and ingenuity to find solutions, create opportunities and lay the foundations for…

Business as Usual
By Alexandros Costopoulos, CEO of Foresight Strategy and Communications and Secretary General of the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce | Business Partners, Nov-Dec 2020

ViewpointBy admin November 29, 2020

Every four years the race for the White House dominates the attention of people around the world, but this year’s elections have been of the most critical of our times. Just like the rest of the world, the United States has changed over the last years through challenges that included economic crises, rising middle class…

Director’s Desk
By Elias Spirtounias, Executive Director | Business Partners Nov-Dec, 2020

First PersonBy admin November 29, 2020

As we enter the last month of 2020, we are all looking back, taking stock and assessing how we—individually and collectively—fared in one of the most challenging and disruptive years of our lifetimes. Dominated by the Covid-19 pandemic, which wreaked havoc on the health, economies and social balances of almost all countries, this year also…

GR for Growth
By Business Partners | Nov-Dec 2020

The InterviewBy admin November 29, 2020

Following months of negotiations between the US tech giant and the Greek government, in October this year Microsoft announced a significant technology commitment to support the people, government and businesses of all sizes in Greece with technology and resources to create new opportunities for growth. Business Partners spoke to Theodosis Michalopoulos, General Manager of Microsoft…

Laying the Groundwork for Sustainable Growth
By Business Partners | Nov-Dec 2020

Shaping TomorrowBy admin November 29, 2020

In July this year, Gerassimos Thomas stepped down from his position as Deputy Minister for Environment and Energy of the Hellenic Republic to take up his role as the new Director General of the European Commission’s Directorate General for Taxation and Customs Union (DG TAXUD). T.C. Lowrie reached out to him to talk about the…

The Cost Plus Regime: A Revived Opportunity Toward Tax Certainty that Matters
By Maria Zoupa, Partner, Zepos & Yannopoulos | Business Partners, Nov-Dec 2020

Tax & LegalBy admin November 29, 2020

The challenges of fostering development in the modern world amidst the Covid-19 crisis are significant. Tax certainty has always played a critical role in attracting investment but it now appears indispensable. In recent years, Greece has been making strategic efforts to update and streamline its tax regime in order to attract much needed investment. Among…

Building Momentum
By Business Partners | Nov-Dec 2020

Foreign serviceBy admin November 29, 2020

Bringing with her over 13 years of experience, including assignments in Seoul, Baghdad, and Jerusalem, the U.S. Mission to the United Nations in New York City and the Israel and Palestinian Affairs Desk at the State Department in Washington DC, U.S. Consul General Elizabeth K. Lee took up her new appointment in Thessaloniki this August.…