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WebGuide - Greece


The following WebGuide, compiled by Summer Intern Kevin Reigel and the Ypsilanti U. S. Export Assistance Center, is meant to provide an overview into the many sources of information which must be considered in making a business decision.  Your feedback is appreciated to keep this as comprehensive a document as possible.  For a copy of the Country Commercial Guide, prepared annually by the US Commercial Service, Greece please click here



Airlines

Aegean Airlines - Feel the difference! http://www.aegeanair.com/ 
AirGreece, Inc. http://www.airgreece.com/ 
Airline Companies - GREECE - Airlines http://www.hri.org/ 
Airline Offices in Greece http://aims.aero/ 
Cronus Airlines Reservation tel: Athens 01/995-6400 http://www.ellada.com/
Cyprus Airlines http://www.cyprusairways.com/
Delta Air Lines - Welcome to Delta http://delta.com/ 
Excel Airways.com http://www.excelairways.com/
KLM Greece http://greece.klm.com 
Olympic Airways http://www.olympic-airways.gr/ 
Pandair http://www.pandair.gr/ 
Tower-Air airline -- Athens, Greece http://www.atlantis.gr/towerair 

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Banks

Agricultural Bank of Greece http://www.ate.gr/index.shtml
Aspis Bank http://www.aspissec.gr/
Bank of Attica S.A. 23 Omirou Str 106 72 Athens Tel: +30136469109 Fax: +3013646115 http://www.bankofattica.gr/
Bank of Cyprus is a leader in the financial world http://www.bankofcyprus.com/
Bank of Greece, 21 E. Venizelos Avenue Athens, Greece 102 50, Telephone: (+3010) 320-1111 Fax: (+3010) 323 2239, Email:secretariat@bankofgreece.gr  http://www.bankofgreece.gr/
Citibank of Greece, L. SYNGROY 52-54, 11742 Athens Greece, Phone: (21) 09290000 http://www.citibank.com/
COMMERCIAL BANK OF GREECE, Tel: 0030-210-32.10.911, Fax: 0030-210-32.54.484, 11, Sofokleous str., GR-2105 59 Athens http://www.combank.gr/
Credit Lyonnais https://interactif.creditlyonnais.fr/
EFG Eurobank SA- Ergasias 8 Othonos Str 105 57 Athens Tel: +3015337000 Fax: +3013233866 http://www.eurobank.gr/
Egnatia Bank http://egnatiasite.egnatiabank.gr/
Ethnokarta Bank http://www.ethnokarta.gr/
GENERAL BANK OF GREECE, Tel: 0030-210-69.75.000, Fax: 0030-210-69.75.910, 109 - 111, Messogion av., GR-115 26 Athens http://www.bankofgreece.gr/
INVESTMENT BANK, Tel.: 0030-210-36.63.000, Fax: 0030-210-36.42.066, 16, Solonos str. & 14a, Pindarou str., Athens http://www.investment-bank.gr/
LAIKI BANK (HELLAS), Tel: 0030-210-33.50.000,  Fax: 0030-210-36.16.822, 16, Panepistimiou str., GR-2105 64 Athens http://www.laiki.gr
LPHA BANK, Tel: 0030-210-32.60.000, Fax: 0030-210-32.62.427, 40, Stadiou str., GR-2105 52 Athens http://www.alpha.gr/
National Bank of Greece, Tel: 0030-210-33.41.000, Fax: 0030-210-33.41.818, 86, Eolou str., GR-2105 59 Athens http://www.nbg.gr/
NOVABANK, Tel.: 0030-210-95.57.000, Fax: 0030-210-95.95.816, 182, Syngrou av. , GR-176 71 Kallithea http://www.novabank.gr/ 
PANELLINIA BANK, Tel.: 0030-210-65.96.200, Fax: 0030-210-65.61.291, 290, Mesogion av., GR-155 62 Cholargos http://www.paneliniabank.gr/
PROBANK, Tel.: 0030-210-98.91.002, Fax: 0030-210-98.59.238, 4, Ag. Varvaras str., GR-175 63 P. Faliro http://www.probank.gr/
Reserve Bank's index of Greek banks http://www.reserve-bank.com/

In addition to the following links, the following guide may be of help: Questions for Your Banker.  It has links to several directories of worldwide banks.

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Business with Greece

About INVgr / INV International Ltd. http://www.invgr.com/about.htm 
AddALL.com - Doing Business in Greece: A Legal and Practical http://www.addall.com/
American Hellenic Institute | Doing Business in Greece http://www.ahiworld.com/
Ask a Question - Doing Business - The World Bank Group http://rru.worldbank.org/
British Embassy, Athens Home http://www.fco.gov.uk/
Business in Greece http://www.pia.wakefield.net/
Details - Closing a Business - Explore Topics - Doing Business ... http://rru.worldbank.org/
DOING BUSINESS IN GREECE http://www.albo.org/de_uk.htm 
Doing business in Greece http://www.businessculture.com/
Doing Business in Greece http://www.hri.org/
Doing Business in Greece http://www.internationalist.com/
Doing Business in Greece http://www.wtc-no.org/
DOING BUSINESS IN GREECE - Information for small to medium sized companies http://www.msi-network.com/
Doing business in... guides (A - H) http://www.icaew.co.uk/
Doing e-business in Greece http://www.ebusinessforum.com/
EUbusiness - Greece business http://www.eubusiness.com/
goGreece.com: The Internet Guide to Greece and the Greek Islands http://www.gogreece.com/ 
Greece - Executive Business Report http://www.globalworkshop.com/
Greece Home Page, Business and links in Greece, Business directory http://www.businesspatrol.com/
Guide to Doing Business in Greece http://www.lexmundi.org/
Home - Doing Business - The World Bank Group http://rru.worldbank.org/
Papantoniou speech: Doing Business in Greece, 97-04-18 http://www.hri.org/
PaperNet: Doing business in Greece http://www.papernet.gr/dbg.htm 
Snapshot of Business Climate - Explore Economies - Doing Business ... http://rru.worldbank.org/
Taxes Related to Doing Business in Greece http://www.helleniccomserve.com/
U.S. Commercial Service Greece: Doing Business in Greece http://www.buyusa.gov/

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Chambers of Commerce

American - Hellenic Chamber of Commerce http://www.amcham.gr/ 
Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 7, Academias str., 10671, Athens, Greece, Tel : 210 3604815-9, Fax : 210 3616408 E-mail : info@acci.g http://www.acci.gr/
British Hellenic Chamber of Commerce, 25 Vas. Sophias Av., Athens 10674 Greece, Tel: + 3010 7210361 - 7210493, Fax: + 3010 7218751 - 7212119 Email: info@bhcc.gr http://bhcc.gr/
Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Lasithi (Greece) http://www.epimlas.gr/ 
Hellenic Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry http://www.hacci.com.au/ 
Lesvos Chamber - Lesbos Province - Greece http://www.lesvos-chamber.com/ 
Listing of all known Greek Chambers of Commerce http://www.ekathimerini.com/

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Directories and Databases

2Search: Greek Directory http://www.2search.gr/
Argo: The Hellenic Internet Portal http://www.argo.ac/
Asxetos: Greek Internet Directory http://www.asxetos.gr/
Europages: The European Business Directory, Search 500,000 companies in 30 European countries including Greece, by product, service or company name. http://www.europages.com/
Find Link: Greek Directory http://www.findlink.gr/
Forthnet Directory: Forthnet's database of Hellenic web resources http://dir.forthnet.gr/
IN.GR Greek Directory http://www.in.gr/
Kompass has served business and industry for over 50 years.  It originated in Switzerland and is now present in close to 70 countries on all continents.  http://www.kompass.com/ 
Links to more than 20 business directories for Greece. http://www.worldjump.com/
Pin: Directory service for the Greek Domain and Greek content sites http://www.pin.gr/
Profiles of over 300 Greek companies plus general information about doing business in Greece. http://www.corporateinformation.com/
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Financing Agencies

American Hellenic Institute: Newsletters http://www.ahiworld.org/
Greece - political environment, foreign trade and investment http://www.deloitte.com/
Greece: Financial Services http://www.hri.org/nodes/grfin.html 
IFC and Greece http://www.acci.gr/
National Agencies - Greece http://www.unevoc.unesco.org/
The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency http://www.miga.org/ 

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General Country Information

About's guide to Greece http://geography.about.com/ 
CIA Factbook http://www.odci.gov/ 
Complete list of  Athenshotels with detailed description photos and rates. List of  Athenstours as well as  vacation packages and cruises to the Greek islands. Useful tourist information for Athens– Athenscity map & metro map http://www.athens-greece.us
Fodors is known for being the best site for travel offering hotel, restaurant reviews and their series of mini-guides to specific destinations. http://www.fodors.com/
Greece- Travel Guide for  Greece & Greek islands - Reliable travel guide for Greeceand the Greek islands. Detailed list forhotels in  Greece, Mediterranean cruises, cruises to Greek islands, Greeceholiday packages, Greecetours, Greeceisland honeymoon packages. http://www.travel-guide-greece.com
Greek National Tourism Association, 2 Amerikis Street, 105 64 Athens, Tel.: 010 3271300-2, Fax:010 3272000, Email: info@gnto.gr  http://www.gnto.gr/
Inside World is an online, International News Provider, as well as a useful source for country information. http://www.insidecountries.com/
Lycos Guide for Greece http://travel.lycos.com/ 
Maps of Greece -  Maps of Greek islands- Mediterranean Map -  Travel map ofGreece with detailed  travel information and photos, maps of Greek islands, Athens map, Corfu Map, Map of island Crete, Zakhnthos map,  Mykonos map,Map of Rhodes,  map of Kos,  Naxos Map, map of Kefalonia, Skiathos map, Lesvos Map. http://www.maps-of-greece.com
Santorini Island – Travel guide for Santorini - Travel information for SantoriniIslandwith complete list of Santorini hotels – Santorini Luxury hotels, Santorini map & tourist information, vacation & honeymoon packages,  information for weddings in Santorini http://www.santorini-hotels.info
The website is organized by the International Monetary Fund, contains information on Greece as well as other countries around the world. In Greece you can contact Mrs. Sophia Bakalidou National Statistical Service of Greece (NSSG)Trade and Service Statistics Division External Trade Phone: 302103289507, Fax: 302103249372 Email: sofbak@statistics.gr. http://www.imf.org/
This website by the UK government is for new and less experienced exporters.  It offers practical tips and assistance in order to sell successfully in various markets, it’s also recommended for experienced exporters. http://www.tradepartners.gov.uk
This website was assists Internet users in researching information on Greece. It is a comprehensive database of online information services that including business, travel and food guide.  http://www.gogreece.com/
US Dept. of State's Background Notes http://www.state.gov/
US Dept. of State's Consular Information Sheet http://travel.state.gov/ 
US Embassy Athens http://www.usembassy.gr/
US Energy Dept's Country Analysis Brief http://www.eia.doe.gov/
Vogel Media's guide to Greece http://www.vogel-media.com/

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Greece's Economic Outlook

Greece: Economic Outlook http://www.gm-unccd.org/
OECD Economic Outlook: Greece - Developments in Individual OECD... http://www.findarticles.com/
OECD Economic Outlook: Greece - Statistical Data Included http://www.findarticles.com/
OECD Economic Outlook: Greece - economic development - Developments in Indiv... http://www.findarticles.com/
Research - Global Economic Outlook 2005 - Economy - Deloitte Touche ... http://www.deloitte.com/

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Greece's Government

Hellenic Organization of Telecommunications (OTE) Home Page - exclusive public switched telephony provider in Greece, operating a network that provides users with general access to fixed line switching and transmission facilities. http://www.ote.gr/ 
Informatics and Telematics Institute, st Km Thermi-Panorama Road, Thermi-Thessaloniki, GR-57001 Greece, tel. +30 31 464160-2, fax: +30 31 464164, email: ipl@dion.ee.auth.gr  http://uranus.ee.auth.gr/ 
Institute of Computer Science (ICS), Foundation for Research and Technology (FORTH), Science and Technology Park of Crete, Attn: VASILIOS A. SIRIS, P.O. Box 1385, GR 711 10 Heraklion, Greece, Office G105, Tel: +30 81 39 1726, Fax: +30 81 39 1601, +30 81 39 1609, Email: vsiris@ics.forth.gr  or vsiris@ieee.org  http://www.ics.forth.gr/~vsiris 
Ministry of Transportation and Communication (Greek) http://www.yme.gr/ 

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Intellectual Property Rights

Industrial Property Organisation (É≠.Ɇ.Éß.), 5 Pantanassis Str., GR- 151 25 Paradissos Amaroussiou, Athens - GREECE, info@obi.gr , TEL: +30-1-6183500, FAX: +30-1-6819231 http://www.obi.gr/online/
INTERNATIONAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ALLIANCE - 2001 SPECIAL 301 REPORT http://www.iipa.com/ 

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Market Research

Esomar is the European Society for Opinion and Marketing Research.  The association unites over 4000 members in 100 countries, both users and providers of research. Members come from all industry sectors, from advertising and media agencies, universities and business schools as well as public institutions and government authorities. They offer market research pertaining to Greece’s industrial sectors. http://www.esomar.nl/ 
MEMRB is an international research and consulting firm. They are able to provide information in the many business sectors of Greece including IT. Contact info: Tony Rhodes MEMRB International, P.O. Box 22098,1583 Nicosia, Cyprus Fax: 357-2-332533, E-mail address: trhodes@memrb.com.cy  http://www.memrb.com/
Price Waterhouse Cooper international website offers complete and accurate information regarding a particular market or industry in Greece. Our Corporate Research team enables you to meet your specific research needs by offering custom analyses of comprehensive business information, retrieved from a variety of sources including databases developed within PwC, and primary research fieldwork.  Include information on Greek economies, Markets and companies.  Contact info: Maria Chryssoulaki Tel: [03] (10) 6874 647 Fax: [03] (10) 6874 444 http://www.pwcglobal.com/gr/
Overview to Greece's telecom market http://www.sce.doc.gov/
Overview of Greece's hardware & software market. http://www.sce.doc.gov/
Statistics Relating To Information Technology In EU and other selected Countries http://www.eto.org.uk/
Vogel IT slide presentation on Greek IT Market http://www.vogel-media.com/ 
Greek IT Sector Portal http://www.robby.gr/Business/
Greek Telecommunications Industry Web Portal http://zeus.hri.org/nodes/grtel.html 
American University MBA Report http://www.american.edu/

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Michigan Exports

Item 2002 2003 2004 2005
Total 37135752 51324743 55401588 34665150
336 Transportation Equipment 29606592 42116398 40953725 25531540
325 Chemical Manufactures 640119 582346 4090633 2440464
333 Machinery Manufactures 4257318 4601881 2620968 2218653
339 Misc. Manufactures 1317452 1683181 1463736 2096427
335 Elec. Eq.; Appliances & Parts 232755 560798 638650 729499
334 Computers & Electronic Prod. 548028 460696 3730372 582440
311 Processed Foods 229086 60901 90827 222371
326 Plastic & Rubber Products 23519 77242 105273 173734
331 Primary Metal Manufactures 0 4443 580531 147476
323 Printing & Related Products 14933 52854 106759 127787
332 Fabricated Metal Products 30448 677138 243885 115195
990 Spec. Classification Provisions 57536 52450 194258 73241
920 Used Merchandise 0 0 0 55000
111 Crop Production 51937 51345 41649 50827
327 Non-Metallic Mineral Mfgs. 4488 34984 195927 45086
316 Leather & Related Products 18403 5859 119887 26490
337 Furniture & Related Products 0 0 97875 21822
322 Paper Products 0 19994 81166 7098
324 Petroleum & Coal Products 29959 8467 0 0
212 Mining 0 0 8000 0
313 Fabric Mill Products 0 3590 0 0
314 Non-Apparel Textile Products 0 6590 12284 0
321 Wood Products 47635 247706 0 0
315 Apparel Manufactures 14934 15880 18299 0
910 Waste & Scrap 10610 0 0 0
511 Publishing Industries 0 0 6884 0

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Miscellaneous

Colleges and Universities

Dept. of Informatics and Telecommunications, Panepistimiopolis, Ilissia Athens 15784.Tel: 7275074 - Fax 7275911.  Contact: Prof. T. Sfikopoulos Dept Head., Email: tfikopoulos@di.uoa.gr.  The University of Athens website contains information about IT programs and other areas of study available at the university.

http://www.di.uoa.gr/

Colleges and Universities National Technical University of Athens http://www.ntua.gr/ 
Colleges and Universities

Research Academic Computer Technology Institute, 61 RIGA FERAIOU str. 262 21 PATRAS, Greece, P.O. BOX 1122, 26110 PATRAS, Greece, TEL.: (+30610) 273496FAX: (+30610) 222086, Athanasios Tsakalidis, Chairman of the Computer Engineering & Informatics Dept, Email:  tsak@cti.gr. The Computer Technology institute is a branch of the University of Patra.

http://www.cti.gr/

Colleges and Universities

The American University of Athens,  Center Campus, 17 Patriarchou Ieremiou, Athens, Greece 114 75, Tel: (30210 ) 7259301, Fax: (30210 ) 7259304

http://www.aua.edu/ 

Colleges and Universities University of Crete, University Campus, 74 100 Rethymnon, Crete, Greece, Tel. +30.831.77000 http://www.uoc.gr/ 
Search Engines evresi: The Greek Business Directory Search Engine http://www.evresi.gr/
Search Engines

Hellas online is a Greek Search Engine

http://www.hol.gr

Search Engines

FindLink is easy, all sites are being reviewed and only those related to Greece are added. That is why almost all of the sites in our search and directory database are from the Greek domain ‘GR’ and only a few from other domains like ‘COM”.  

http://www.findlink.gr/

Search Engines Greek Meta Search Engine: Get a mix of results from the best search engines of Greek Cyber Space http://www.mixer.gr/
Search Engines

Hellas on Business is an online Greek Business search engine. 

http://business.hellasob.com/

Search Engines

Link Hellas is a Greek Search Engine.

http://www.webhellas.net/

Search Engines

M-Data plus is a Greek search engine

http://www.mdataplus.gr/

Search Engines

Phantis is an online search engine in refrence to Greece.  It can be viewed in Greek or English.  Contact info: information@phantis.com 

http://www.phantis.com/

Search Engines Robby Search Engine http://www.robby.gr/
Search Engines

Starpoint is a Greek search engine.

http://www.startpoint.gr/

Search Engines

THEA, a Greek index search engine which contains sites located in Greece or Greek related sites all over the world

http://www.thea.gr/

Search Engines

This site was developed by the Phaistos Networks Internets development team. It has indexed thousands of search engines.

http://www.pathfinder.gr/

US Subsidiaries Apple Greece http://www.rainbow.gr/ 
US Subsidiaries Cisco, Greece http://www.cisco.com/
US Subsidiaries IBM Hellas S.A., 284 Kifissias Ave, 15232 Halandri, Greece, Tel: (30) 1 6881220, Fax: (30) 1 6801300, E-mail: direct@gr.ibm.com  http://www-5.ibm.com/gr/ 
US Subsidiaries Microsoft Hellas S.A., 56 Kiffissias Ave., 15125 Maroussi, Athens, GREECE.  Phone: +301-615-1200, FAX: +301-610-6780, Support: +301-949-9100, Support FAX: +301-610-9528 http://www.microsoft.com/
US Subsidiaries Oracle , Greece http://www.oracle.com/gr/ 
US Subsidiaries Xerox, Greece http://www.xerox.gr/ 

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Newspapers

Adesmeytos Newspaper http://www.adesmeytos.gr/cover/
Agora Newspaper http://www.kerdos.gr/
Apofasi Newspaper http://www.apofasi.gr/
Avgi Newspaper http://www.avgi.gr/
Dimokratiki Newspaper http://www.dimokratiki.gr/
Ethnos Newspaper http://www.ethnos.gr/
Imerisia Newspaper a National paper http://www.imerisia.gr/
International Herald Tribune an International newspaper in English http://www.iht.com/

Kathimerini is one Greece’s International English daily newspapers .Providing information on business, as well as local and EU news

http://www.ekathimerini.com/

Patris Newspaper out of Crete http://www.patris.gr/frontpage

The Athens News, is Greece's only English-language daily newspaper.  Contact Info: 3 Christou Lada, 102 37 Athens, Tel: 010 3333161 Fax: 010 3231384.

http://www.athensnews.gr/

Travel Daily News Daily updated news for the international travel trade market in Greece and Cyprus in Greek http://www.traveldailynews.gr/
This page provides an easy to use tool for referencing the world's newspapers by numerous filters http://www.newspapers.com/

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Transportation

Google Directory - Regional > Europe > Greece > Transportation ... http://directory.google.com/
Greece transportations: Information about the transportations in Greece http://www.greeka.com/
Transportation (Greece) http://www.tuttinsieme.it/
TRANSPORTATION IN GREECE http://www.eurotravelling.net/

In addition to the following links, the following guide may be of help: Questions for Your Forwarder.  It has links to several directories of worldwide freight forwarders and logistics companies.

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Travel and Tourism

A GREECE TRAVEL Guide: Travel in Greece and the Greek Islands http://www.greektravel.com/ 
Travel & Tourism in Greece http://www.escapeartist.com/
Windmills Travel and Tourism Agency, Greece Honeymoon, Greece Tours ... http://www.windmillstravel.com/ 

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US Government

US Dept. of State's Background Notes http://www.state.gov/
US Dept. of State's Consular Information Sheet http://travel.state.gov/ 
US Embassy Athens http://www.usembassy.gr/
CIA Factbook http://www.odci.gov/ 
US Energy Dept's Country Analysis Brief http://www.eia.doe.gov/

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Weather 

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Date Updated: March 27, 2007


 

 

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