Of course, modern Athens is nothing like the city that went down in history as the cradle of democracy, philosophy, and Western civilization. Nowadays, it is a modern city with an incredibly developed infrastructure that fosters an immensely-paced development of business. Classified as a Beta city by the GWC Research Network, Athens is considered to be an urban agglomeration linking the global and local economies. Athens’s offices are coping just fine with that mission, as the companies working in the city generate an annual GDP of $130 billion. By the way, the list of names that have opted for Athens as their European home is quite impressive both among Greek and international businesses. Hellas Sat, COSMOTE, Hellenic Petroleum, Sony, Motorola, Coca-Cola, Novartis, Microsoft, and other companies are situated in the Greek capital.
