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15 May 2008:
Changes in Olympic Airways Flights
Olympic Airways has announce changes in Friday, May, 16 scheduled flights due to continuing refusal of the presidium of the Propeller Aircraft Operators' Union to allow its members to fly mixed flights-domestic international-...

Students' Demonstration
University students staged a demonstration on Thursday while several university schools are under occupation and meetings are being held to decide on the form of further mobilizations...

Triple Murder in Acharnon Street
The Homicide Department is trying to shed light on the triple murder that took place at Agios Panteleimonas area in Acharnon Avenue at 22:30, Wednesday...

Aharnon Triple Murder
Attika Police Homicide department continue investigations in the triple murder at 22:30, on Wednesday in Agios Pandeleimonas-Aharnon region ...

Meeting on Health
According to the decision taken today, Thursday in a meeting of finance, health and employment ministers, the Prime Minister will undertake the supervision of financial social pension and health bodies and departments ...

Checks Extend
With the results of the tests on the adulterated sunflower oil with mineral oil being expected to be released, the withdrawal and confiscation of products in the market continues...

Consumer Boycott
General Consumers' Federation of Greece (INKA) has called on other consumer organizations to proceed to a boycott against the costliness prevailing in markets and urged consumers to resist to profeetering...

Papariga Speech in Syntagma
Aleka Papariga presented the GCP political proposal in her speech in Syntagma square...

Police Station Attacked with Molotov Bombs
Six patrol cars were destroyed when Molotov bombs were hurled against them at the First Police Station a t 05:12...

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15 May 2008:
Strikes disrupt transport and government services in Greece - Summary
Athens - Strikes by union groups upset by Greek government privatization plans and pension reforms disrupted air transport, bank and state services on Thursday. Ships remain anchored at the ports of Pireaus near Athens and in the northern port city of...

UPDATE 2-Greeks march and strike against privatisations
ATHENS, May 15 (Reuters) - Thousands of Greek workers walked off the job on Thursday and marched through central Athens in protest at the conservative government's privatisation plans. Dock workers, hospital and civil aviation authority employees and...

Greece and Germany's Deutsche Telekom agree on telecoms deal
Greece said Wednesday it struck a deal to sell a 3% equity stake in the country?s telecom company, OTE, to Germany?s Deutsche Telekom for over ?442 million ($682.9 million). Greek Finance Minister Giorgos Alogoskoufis said Deutsche Telekom would...

Is Mr. Fein talking about Greece?
Home >> Europe >> Greece EmailPrint Aris Anganos - 5/14/2008 The 3/24/08 article by Mr. Bruce Fein entitled ?Greek Human Rights Violations against its Turkish Minority in Western Thrace? demonstrates a striking lack of knowledge of the...

Greek doctors remove twin from 9-year-old girl
LARISSA, Greece -- Surgeons have removed the fetus of an undeveloped twin from the stomach of a nine-year-old Greek girl, doctors said Thursday. In a rare medical case, the girl had grown up with the six-centimeter (two-inch) fetus inside her undetected...

Strike in Greece forces easyJet to cancel Athens flights
UK-based budget airline easyJet has cancelled its flights between London and Athens, Greece on Thursday (15 May) because of strike action by air traffic control staff in Greece. The cancellation affects easyJet's service from London Gatwick to Athens and...

Greek shares close lower led down by Hellenic Telecoms UPDATE
(Update with full closing market report) ATHENS (Thomson Financial) - Greek shares closed lower on the negative European market sentiment with blue chips led down by Hellenic Telecoms Organization (OTE). The ASE general index lost 0.5 percent to 4,252.5...

Greek Co PPC Appeals EU Ruling On Electricity Competition
BRUSSELS The commission asked Greece PPC lodged an appeal before the European Court of First Instance Tuesday, arguing that the commission had failed to properly define the relevant markets of the case, and failed to prove that PPC enjoys special or...

Cyprus shuttle was costing Lebanese refugees $1,500
By Jean Christou THE BAN on yachts ferrying passengers from Lebanon will put an end to what was becoming a lucrative business for some Lebanese boat owners since last weekend. Between last Saturday and yesterday morning, before the ban was imposed by...

Cyprus bans yachts ferrying passengers to Lebanon
THE COMMERCIAL Shipping Department yesterday banned private yachts from carrying paying passengers to Lebanon from ports and marinas in Cyprus. The decision was made mainly on safety grounds, as well as international law requirements, the CSD said....

Embryonic twin in Greek girl's stomach
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Greek strike forces CY to cancel flights to Athens
CYPRUS airways yesterday announced the cancellation of two flights to and from Athens today after Greek unions called a 24-hour nationwide strike to protest against government privatisation plans. The flights affected are CY312 from Larnaca to Athens at...

UPDATE 1-Greeks march, strike over privatisations
(Reuters) - Thousands of Greek workers walked off the job on Thursday and marched through central Athens in protest at the conservative government's privatisation plans. Dock workers, hospital and civil aviation authority employees and workers at...

9-year old Greek girl with stomach pains found to have been carrying her embryonic twin
ATHENS, Greece: A 9-year-old girl who went to hospital in central Greece suffering from stomach pains was found to be carrying her embryonic twin, doctors said Thursday. Doctors at Larissa General Hospital examined the girl and surgically removed a...

Strikes in Greece disrupt flights, state and bank services
ATHENS, Greece: Flights, state and bank services were disrupted Thursday as Greece's two largest labor unions staged strikes to protest pension reforms and recent privatizations. Police briefly clashed with strikers in Athens, firing tear gas to prevent...

Telekom to Take Control of Greece's OTE
The only blanks left would be Slovenia and Kosovo, said Telekom in Bonn on Wednesday, May 14. It has been investing abroad as its fixed-line network inside Germany loses market share in the face of fierce competition. Under the accord settled earlier in...

A 9-year-old girl who went to hospital in central Greece suffering from stomach pains was found to be carrying her embryonic twin, doctors said Thursday.
ATHENS, Greece - Doctors at Larissa General Hospital examined the girl and surgically removed a growth they later discovered was an embryo about six centimeters (more than two inches) long. 'They could see on the right side that her belly was swollen,...

Greece's largest union grouping call for a nationwide strike
EnglishAthens, May 15 (MIA) - Greece's largest union grouping called for a nationwide strike to take place on Thursday to protest against government privatisation plans, with transport, ports, hospitals and banks likely to be worst hit.The ruling...

The empty and the full halves of the Cyprus glass (Cengiz ANDAR )
Cengiz ANDAR In the meeting with a group of Cypriot-Greek businessmen and intellectuals in the historic Bohalian mansion on the Turkish side of Nicosia, I told Constantine (Dinos) Lordos, who acted like the group leader and moderator of the meeting, that...

Turkish Cypriot prime minister hopeful about peace talks
Turkish Cypriot Prime Minister Ferdi Sabit Soyer said Tuesday he is hopeful about the work of technical committees that began after March 21, during a dinner hosted by a Greek Cypriot businessman in Larnaca. "We should not waste our energy against each...

Greeks march against privatisations
THOUSANDS of Greek workers walked off the job today and marched through central Athens in protest at the conservative government's privatisation plans. Dock workers, hospital and civil aviation authority staff and workers at Greece's biggest phone...

Mokbel to leave Greece today: police
Greek police say Australian fugitive Tony Mokbel will fly out of the country later today to face murder and drug trafficking charges in Victoria. A specially charted jet is waiting at Athens airport. Mokbel has spent nearly a year in a Greek prison, and...

A 9-year-old girl who went to the hospital in central Greece suffering from stomach pains was found to be carrying her embryonic twin, doctors said Thursday.
ATHENS, Greece - Doctors at Larissa General Hospital examined the girl and surgically removed a growth they later discovered was an embryo about six centimeters (more than two inches) long. 'They could see on the right side that her belly was swollen,...

Private Equity Firm Carlyle Group to Acquire Greek Firm for 749 Million
Michelle Bryner Private equity firm The Carlyle Group (Washington) says it has acquired 73.5% of chemical producer and distributor Neochimiki Lavrentiadis (Athens) for 19/share ($29/share) via several block trades over the... This information is only...

Greece: Intralot Wins New Contract With Ohio Lottery
Greek gaming operator Intralot won a new contract with the Ohio Lottery. The contract is for 2 years and can be renewed for up to 10 years and has an estimated worth of USD170m. The new contract will go before State controlling board on June 2 for final...

Azerbaijan allows possibility of gas export to Greece in 2008
Azerbaijan does not exclude the fact, that a part of its gas produced from the Shah Deniz field will enter the Greek market in 2008 via Turkey. "At present the Azerbaijani gas has entered Turkey. This year it will enter the Greek market as well," Natik...

Private Equity Firm Carlyle Group to Acquire Greek Firm for â,¬749 Million
BASF, Monsanto Plan 2012 Launch of Drought-Tolerant CornPrivate Equity Firm Carlyle Group to Acquire Greek Firm for ?749 MillionSweden Lifts Deca-BDE Ban on Textiles, Furniture and Electric Cables.Carus Acquires Bioremediation Products...

9-year-old Greek girl carrying her own embryonic twin
ATHENS, Greece - A 9-year-old girl taken to a hospital with stomach pains was found to be carrying her embryonic twin, doctors in central Greece said Thursday. Doctors examined the girl and surgically removed a 2-inch-long growth they later discovered...

Greece gripped by another wave of strikes
ATHENS, Greece -- Another wave of strikes took place in Greece on Thursday (May 15th). Organised by one of the biggest trade unions in the country, the GSEE, this one protests recent privatisations, including the deal reached by the state...

Cyprus bans private ferries to Lebanon
NICOSIA, Cyprus -- The government announced on Wednesday (May 14th) a safety-motivated ban on private boats ferrying people to and from Lebanon. Cypriot port officials explained that according to international agreements, transporting people by water...

Greece: Dresdner Cuts National, Alpha Targets; Still Favors The Banks
Dresdner Kleinwort cuts National bank and Alpha Bank target price to EUR 54 from EUR 60 and EUR 28 from EUR30.50 previously, on lower EPS estimates ?as the Greek banks are not immune to the market turmoil.? Still, the broker favors the banks, as...

Greece: Piraeus Bank, Estimates by JP Morgan 2008-2010 ( Table)
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Greece: Frigoglass, Estimates by Marfin 2008-2010 ( Table)
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Greece: Intralot, Estimates by Citigroup 2008-2010 ( Table)
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Greece: Ohio Lottery Contract 'Big Win' For Intralot, Says Citigroup
In the aftermath of Intralot's contact with Ohio Lottery, Citi Research commenting on the move, says it is a 'big win' for the company, as the Ohio lottery is the 8th largest in US with sales of EUR 2.3bn in 2007. Citi Research analyst Lambros...

Greece: Sidenor, Estimates by Citigroup 2008-2010 ( Table)
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Greece: Citi Is Positive On Sidenor-Nucor Deal
Citi appears positive on the upcoming deal between Sidenor and Nucor Corporation-where Nucor will acquire a 34% stake in a new subsidiary where all steel businesses of Viohalco ?which owns 57% in Sidenor- would be transferred. The announcement...

Greece: Hellex, Estimates by Euroxx 2008-2010 ( Table )
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Australian fugitive to be flown home by Friday, says Greek lawyer
ATHENS, Greece: Drug fugitive Tony Mokbel is expected to be put on a flight from Greece to Australia by Friday. His lawyer, Yiannis Vlachos, says Mokbel will probably fly out of Athens late Thursday or early Friday, once documentation for his handover to...

Strikes over pensions, privatization disrupt flights, bank services in Greece
ATHENS - Major Greek unions are again on strike to protest government privatization plans and changes to the country's pension system. The strikes Thursday disrupted transportation, banking services and the country's main telecom company. Police clashed...

Greece clears Deutsche Telekom deal on OTE: ministry sources
Greece on Wednesday approved the terms of a deal with German telecoms giant Deutsche Telekom for joint management of the Hellenic Telecom Organisation (OTE), the country's main operator, the economy ministry said. The transaction has sparked the ire of...

Greek labor strike cripples national services
(RTTNews) - Thursday's nationwide strike called by Greece's two largest labor unions in protest against pension reforms and recent privatizations disrupted flights, and state and bank services. In Athens, police fired tear gas to prevent the striking...

Cosco Pacific bids for two Greek ports - press
Cosco Pacific has submitted bids to take over operations at two major Greek container terminals. The company also said it was exploring terminal investments in the United States and Europe as part of its strategy of becoming a global port player. The two...

Greek surgeons remove twin from girl's belly
AFPLARISSA, Greece -- Surgeons have removed the fetus of an undeveloped twin from the stomach of a nine year-old Greek girl, doctors said Thursday. In a rare medical case, the girl had grown up with the six-centimeter (two-inch) fetus inside her...

Athens News Agency: News in English, 08-05-13
[01] PM calls for front against profiteering, adulteration and fraud [01] PM calls for front against profiteering, adulteration and fraud Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis addressed the annual General Assembly of the Federation of Greek Industries (SEB)...

Athens News Agency: News in English, 08-05-14
[02] Greece, Argentina sign agreement [01] Gov't OK's OTE deal with Deutsche Telekom The Greek government on Wednesday officially announced the sale of around a 3.0 percent equity stake in Hellenic Telecommunications Organisation to Deutsche Telekom for...

Athens News Agency: News in English, 08-05-15
[03] Patriarch visits Larissa [01] Karamanlis briefed by ministers Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis met on Thursday with the ministers of economy , health and employment at the government headquarters (Maximos...

Greek girl found to be carrying twin
A nine-year-old girl who went to hospital in central Greece suffering from stomach pains was found to be carrying her embryonic twin, doctors say. Doctors at Larissa General Hospital examined the girl and surgically removed a growth they later discovered...

Spain, Greece face epidemic of piracy
For the first time, Spain and Greece join usual suspects Russia, China, Canada and Mexico on a congressional list of countries with the highest levels of piracy.The Intl. Antipiracy Caucus issued Thursday its annual list of countries 'based on levels of...

China's Cosco Pacific bids for Greece's second biggest port - report
China's Cosco Pacific Ltd. is offering to take over operation of another major container terminal in Greece, the South China Morning Post reported on Friday, citing the company. Cosco Pacific has submitted bids to manage Greece's second-largest port...

Greece denies setback in visa-waiver talks with US
ATHENS, Greece: Greece denied on Thursday that talks to join the U.S. visa waiver program have suffered a set back, despite recent comments to that effect by a senior American security official. Foreign Ministry spokesman Giorgos Koumoutsakos said the...

Greek doctors remove twin from nine-year-old girl
Surgeons have removed the foetus of an undeveloped twin from the stomach of a nine-year-old Greek girl, doctors said Thursday. In a rare medical case, the girl had grown up with the six-centimetre (two-inch) foetus inside her undetected until recently....

Farrah to face Cyprus Rally as 2nd seed
By Roufan Nahhas AMMAN - The 2008 Cyprus Rally, Round 2 of the FIA Middle East Rally Championship (MERC), kicks off on Friday with the participation of 55 drivers. Jordan's Amjad Farrah will join Qatar's Nasser Al Attiyah and a host of talented drivers...

The Greeks have a word for it
Deutsche Telekom yesterday reached tentative agreement with Athens to assume day-to-day control of the Greek national telco, OTE. The process has gone smoothly... to date. In March, DT paid ?2.55bn for the 19.99% stake in OTE held by the Marfin...

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15 May 2008:
Metka president sees 2009 sales 500 to 600 mln euros, EBITDA 82 to ... - Hemscott
Metka president sees 2009 sales 500 to 600 mln euros, EBITDA 82 to ... Hemscott, UK - 6 minutes ago ATHENS (Thomson Financial) - Greek engineering company Metka SAs president Ioannis Mytilineos spoke exclusively to Thomson Financial News on Thursday, ......

Metka president sees 2009 sales 500 to 600 mln euros, EBITDA 82 to ... - Interactive Investor
Metka president sees 2009 sales 500 to 600 mln euros, EBITDA 82 to ... Interactive Investor, UK - 8 minutes ago ATHENS (Thomson Financial) - Greek engineering company Metka SAs president Ioannis Mytilineos spoke exclusively to Thomson Financial News on Thursday, ......

Mokbel to fly to Australia today - Herald Sun
Mokbel to fly to Australia today Herald Sun, Australia - 19 minutes ago DRUGS baron Tony Mokbel is expected to begin his much-anticipated return to Australia from Greece today. Mokbel has spent more than 24 hours waiting alone ......

Greeks march against privatisations - Adelaidenow
Greeks march against privatisations Adelaidenow, Australia - 19 minutes ago THOUSANDS of Greek workers walked off the job today and marched through central Athens in protest at the conservative government's privatisation plans. ......

Greeks march against privatisations - Courier Mail
Greeks march against privatisations Courier Mail, Australia - 22 minutes ago THOUSANDS of Greek workers walked off the job today and marched through central Athens in protest at the conservative government's privatisation plans. ......

Greeks march against privatisations - The Mercury
Greeks march against privatisations The Mercury, Australia - 23 minutes ago THOUSANDS of Greek workers walked off the job today and marched through central Athens in protest at the conservative government's privatisation plans. ......

Greeks march against privatisations - PerthNow
Greeks march against privatisations PerthNow, Australia - 23 minutes ago THOUSANDS of Greek workers walked off the job today and marched through central Athens in protest at the conservative government's privatisation plans. ......

Greeks march against privatisations - The Australian
Greeks march against privatisations The Australian, Australia - 24 minutes ago THOUSANDS of Greek workers walked off the job today and marched through central Athens in protest at the conservative government's privatisation plans. ......

Mokbel to fly to Australia today - PerthNow
Mokbel to fly to Australia today PerthNow, Australia - 24 minutes ago DRUGS baron Tony Mokbel is expected to begin his much-anticipated return to Australia from Greece today. Mokbel has spent more than 24 hours waiting alone ......

Greeks march against privatisations - Advertiser Adelaide
Greeks march against privatisations Advertiser Adelaide, Australia - 24 minutes ago THOUSANDS of Greek workers walked off the job today and marched through central Athens in protest at the conservative government's privatisation plans. ......

Greek girl found to be carrying twin - Ninemsn
Greek girl found to be carrying twin Ninemsn, Australia - 11 minutes ago A nine-year-old girl who went to hospital in central Greece suffering from stomach pains was found to be carrying her embryonic twin, doctors say. ......

Greek girl found to be carrying twin - The West Australian
Greek girl found to be carrying twin The West Australian, Australia - 13 minutes ago A nine-year-old girl who went to hospital in central Greece suffering from stomach pains was found to be carrying her embryonic twin, doctors say. ......

Greek girl found to be carrying twin - The Age
Greek girl found to be carrying twin The Age, Australia - 16 minutes ago A nine-year-old girl who went to hospital in central Greece suffering from stomach pains was found to be carrying her embryonic twin, doctors say. ......

Greek girl found to be carrying twin - Sydney Morning Herald
Greek girl found to be carrying twin Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - 17 minutes ago A nine-year-old girl who went to hospital in central Greece suffering from stomach pains was found to be carrying her embryonic twin, doctors say. ......

Girl, nine, had the embryo of her twin INSIDE her stomach - Mail on Sunday
Girl, nine, had the embryo of her twin INSIDE her stomach Mail on Sunday, UK - 1 hour ago The discovery of the 2in embryo came after doctors at Larissa hospital in central Greece examined the girl and surgically removed a growth. ......

Vegetable dish Greek in origin - Auburn Citizen
Vegetable dish Greek in origin Auburn Citizen, NY - 1 hour ago I had a nice surprise phone call from my cousin in Greece . We had such a good conversation. He always wants to know first thing what our weather is so he ......

9-year old Greek girl found to have been carrying a twin inside ... - Arizona Daily Star
9-year old Greek girl found to have been carrying a twin inside ... Arizona Daily Star, AZ - 20 minutes ago AP ATHENS, Greece — A 9-year-old girl taken to a hospital with stomach pains was found to be carrying her embryonic twin, doctors in central Greece said ......

Greece's Delphi retains the power to inspire - MiamiHerald.com
Greece's Delphi retains the power to inspire MiamiHerald.com, FL - 23 minutes ago Once the hub of the religious life of the Greek classical world, Delphi, on a late afternoon in April, played host to one wet tourist and several bored ......

Greeks deport Australian fugitive Tony Mokbel - Earthtimes (press release)
Greeks deport Australian fugitive Tony Mokbel Earthtimes (press release), UK - 35 minutes ago He had been fighting a legal battle to serve out his sentence in Greece before Greek Justice Minister Sotiris Hadjidakis approved Australia's extradition ......

Greeks deport Australian fugitive Tony Mokbel - TopNews
Greeks deport Australian fugitive Tony Mokbel TopNews, India - 38 minutes ago He had been fighting a legal battle to serve out his sentence in Greece before Greek Justice Minister Sotiris Hadjidakis approved Australia's extradition ......

Chairmen of Black Sea Parliament to Meet - Trend News Agency
Chairmen of Black Sea Parliament to Meet Trend News Agency, Azerbaijan - 41 minutes ago “On 9 June, the BSEC country Parliaments will meet in Athens, Greece ,” Asaf Hajiyev, Head of the Azerbaijani delegation to BSEC Parliamentary Council and ......