PM's pro-business narrative dealt blow by Canadian mining firm's threat to go

Just a day after Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras declared that Greece was "thirsty" for foreign investments, the Canadian mining company heading one of the biggest investments in the country threatened on Monday to suspend its Greek operations, citing government delays in issuing permits.

Eldorado Gold said it will suspend its activities in Greece from September 22 unless the required permits are issued without further delay. "It is extremely unfortunate to find ourselves at this impasse when we should be advancing an important commercial project in partnership with Greece and adding another 1,200 jobs to our current workforce of approximately 2,400 people in Greece," the company's president, George Burns, said.

"This is not a decision that we have taken lightly," he said, noting that the non-approval of environmental impact studies and the government's declared intention...