Cretan Chronicles

Greece in the news...

• Iraq President meets Greek leaders in Athens
  Alsumaria - Iraq
  Iraqi President Jalal Talabani met with Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis and Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis in the Prime Minister’s office in ...

  Greek EFG Eurobank CEO sees stronger Q2 growth than in Q1 on ...
  Forbes - NY,USA
  Turning to the recent sell off of Greek banks by investors, Nanopoulos considers that the sector has suffered unjustified pressure which is not consistent ...

  Greek EFG Eurobank sees Q2 results higher than Q1
  Reuters - USA
  Greek banking stocks, have been under "unjustified pressure" recently and share prices do not reflect fundamentals and future prospects in Greece and the ...

  Greek prosecutor files charges in Siemens case
  Reuters - USA
  DE: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) bribed Greek officials to win contracts has filed preliminary criminal charges, a court official said on Wednesday ...

  Serbian coach Dusan Bajevic resigns from Greek club Aris
  International Herald Tribune - France
  Bajevic has won Greek league titles with Olympiakos and AEK Athens. Aris finished fourth in the Greek league and will compete in the UEFA Cup.

  Greek diet has ingredients to cut cancer risk
  Glasgow Evening Times - Glasgow,Scotland,UK
  A total of 25623 Greek people took part in the research over a period of eight years. They were asked about their diet through questionnaires on 150 ...

• In Greece, GA Struggles To Be Born
  AVweb - Greenwich,CT,USA
  By Mary Grady, Contributing editor While Australia's GA community has problems, in Greece, no GA community even exists. "Which is precisely why the ...

  GREECE - Factors to Watch on July 3
  Reuters - USA
  Greece's largest sugar producer, Hellenic Sugar Industries (EBZ) (HSI.AT: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), cancelled a tender to convert its ...

  Greece, Turkey sign electric pact
  Xinhua - China
  "We aim to offer Greece energy sufficiency and at the same time, being an energy hub, we wish to have a positive contribution to meeting the needs of energy ...

  Sarkozy urges Macedonia to redouble efforts to solve name dispute ...
  International Herald Tribune - France
  But Sarkozy is urging Branko Crvenkovski to end a long-running dispute with Greece over his country's name. The dispute prompted Greece — with French ...

  Turkey agrees to sell electricity to Greece
  Xinhua - China
  ANKARA, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Turkey agreed on Wednesday to sell electricity to its western neighbor of Greece for three months, Turkey's energy minister said. ...

  Cyprus water tanker delayed due to rough seas
  Famagusta Gazette - Ayia Napa,Famagusta,Cyprus
  JUN.08 There is a slight delay in the timetable of the first water tanker bringing the much needed commodity from Greece. The tanker, which was expected to ...

  EU demands Greece recover over 230 mln euros of state aid to ...
  Forbes - NY,USA
  ATHENS (Thomson Financial) - The European Commission said it has asked Greece to recover more than 230 million euros of state aid that was granted to ...

  Craig Wireless Systems Ltd. Reports on Status of Party to ...
  FOXBusiness - USA
  The Company's operating subsidiary in Greece has a wholesale contract with Lannet for the use of the WiMAX-enabled network that the Company's subsidiary is ...

  Siemens Hit by Corruption Charges in Greece, Norway
  Deutsche Welle - Germany
  The charges follow a two-year investigation into contracts won by Siemens to equip Greece's main telecoms operator OTE over a decade ago and later to help ...