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UAE backs Greek Cyprus-Greece bid to boost aid to Gaza
United Arab Emirates' foreign minister says his country supports a Greek Cyprus-Greece proposal to use the east Mediterranean island as a staging post to transport humanitarian aid earmarked for...


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SolarEdge to supply systems to Greek energy co
SolarEdge Technologies Ltd. is partnering with Greek photovoltaic vendor and power projects developer Enolia Solar Systems SA. SolarEdge said that it expects Enolia will use the technology in...
Striking Greek truck drivers clash with police
Athens - Hundreds of striking truck drivers clashed with riot police in front of the Greek transport ministry on Thursday after the government issued an emergency order to force them back to work.The...
UPDATE 2-CCH Q2 lags fcast on Greek recession, tax hit
* Q2 comparable net down 11 pct y/y at 172 mln euros * Q2 EBIT down 2 pct to 264 mln euros ATHENS, July 29 (Reuters) - Greek bottler Coca-Cola Hellenic (CCH) (HLBr.AT The economic downturn in Greece...
Greece drivers' strike dispersed
Police in Greece have used tear gas to disperse striking fuel truck drivers after the government issued an emergency order to force them back to work. The scuffles occurred as some 500 drivers...
Enolia Solar Systems to Install 1.5MW of SolarEdge Power Harvesting Systems in Greece,
SolarEdge Technologies, a provider of end-to-end Distributed Solar Power Harvesting and monitoring solutions, is expanding its activity in Greece, announcing a partnership with Enolia Solar Systems...
Greece seeing fuel crisis as truckers step up strike
(ChinaPost.com.tw) - Greece's government on Wednesday called crisis talks to deal with a nationwide fuel crisis as a truckers' strike entered its third day at the height of the busy tourism...
Police use gas on striking Greek drivers
Police used tear gas to disperse striking Greek fuel-truck drivers today after a government emergency ordered them back to work. Police used tear gas to disperse striking Greek fuel-truck drivers...
Q2 2010 Greek Hospitality Industry Performance
This newsletter provides a snapshot of the evolution of the performance of Greek hotels, based on a sample of approximately 180 hotels & resorts in Greece. The hotel performance data is compared with...
Greece orders striking truckers to go back to work
The Greek government ordered striking truck drivers to go back to work, the third day of their nationwide stoppage, as fuel shortages started to hurt the country. The Greek government ordered...
INSTANT VIEW 1-Greek June producer prices up 6.5 pct y/y
ATHENS, July 29 (Reuters) - Greek producer prices rose 6.5 percent year-on-year in June, pushed up by increased energy costs compared to the same period...
Greek drivers told to end strike
"Leonidas with his 300 warriors said 'Come and get it'. We say the same: come and get it," said one of the organisers of the strike, Spyros...
Greek police clash with hauliers
Our correspondent says police are supposed to hand out papers to the drivers telling them that their lorries are being requisitioned. But many drivers have abandoned their lorries so the papers...
Greek Producer Price Inflation Eases For Second Month
(RTTNews) - Greek producer price inflation eased for the second consecutive month in June. The producer price index, or PPI, rose 6.5% year-on-year in June, but slower than 7.9% in the previous...
Greek Police Confront Protesting Truck Drivers
Protesting truck drivers outside the Ministry of Transport in Athens on Thursday. ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greek police used tear gas Thursday to disperse protesting fuel-truck drivers, whose strike...
Consulates closed in restructuring of foreign ministry services
ANA-MPA/Greece on Thursday announced the suspension of operation of its Consulates General in Hanover, Cologne, Leipzig and Naples and Consulates in Nice and Durban, in the framework of the foreign...
Greek drivers ordered to end strike
The Greek government has ordered fuel-truck drivers who have been on strike for three days to go back to work, with fuel shortages affecting the country. Police used tear gas on Thursday to disperse...
Greek police tear gas protesting fuel drivers
ATHENS, Greece -- Greek police used tear gas Thursday to disperse protesting fuel-truck drivers, whose strike is hurting tourism and industry, after the government issued an emergency order to force...
Greek police teargas protesting fuel drivers
ATHENS, Greece -- Police have used tear gas to disperse protesting fuel-truck drivers after the government issued an emergency order to force them back to work. The scuffles occurred as some 500...
Burns' Athens future unclear
AAP Nathan Burns' immediate future with Greek side AEK Athens remains unclear despite his impressive performance in their Sydney Festival of Football win over Premier League side Blackburn. The...
Turkish Cyprus president hosts Greek leader at dinner / PHOTO
Turkish Cyprus President Eroglu hosted a dinner in honor of the leader of Greek Cypriot administration Christofias and his wife Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) President Dervis Eroglu...
Greek Embassy donates books on art, culture, archeology
The Greek Embassy donated to AUB 19 books on Greek art, archeology, and civilization, during a visit by Greek Ambassador Panos Kalogeropoulos on July 27, 2010. 'Everyone knows the benefits AUB has...
Greek rebels make deadly threats
ATHENS: A Greek urban guerrilla group has threatened to step up attacks and disrupt the tourist season in a pamphlet claiming responsibility for shooting dead a journalist last week. Rebel Sect said...
Greek highway section halted
The authorities in Greece have opted to cancel a planned section of the Patra-Pyrgos-Tsakona highway. The proposed route would have taken the highway close to Lake Kaiafa, in the Peloponnes. However...
Greek Household Borrowing Weakens In June
(RTTNews) - Net flow of credit to Greek households eased further in June, the Bank of Greece said Wednesday. The annual rate of credit growth rose 1.5% in June, slower than 2% in May. Similarly,...
Greek Villas Marked Down 45% by Crisis
By Sharon Smyth July 28 (Bloomberg) -- Greek island homes, long coveted by millionaires and Hollywood stars such as Tom Hanks, are being marked down by as much as 45 percent as the countrys debt...
Forced end to truck strike
Gas stations around the country are due to be refueled today after the government took the rare decision to order the civil mobilization of striking truck drivers, whose protest has led to widespread...
‘Sect’ group claim is scrutinized by police
Counterterrorism officers yesterday were examining a seven-page statement, signed by the Sect of Revolutionaries, which claims responsibility for the fatal shooting last week of 37-year-old...
College decision prompts appeals
A decision by the Education Ministry on Tuesday to grant operating licenses to 30 private colleges while rejecting the applications of another 10 institutions has provoked angry reactions from...
Island staff walk off jobs
Municipal workers on the Ionian island of Zakynthos yesterday launched an open-ended walkout to demand three months in outstanding wages and benefits they claim to have been denied by cash-strapped...
Olympiakos takes on Maccabi Tel Aviv
PANAYIOTIS TZAMAROS/ICON PRESSOlympiakos manager Ewald Lienen speaks at a news conference yesterday. His team takes on Maccabi Tel Aviv of Israel in the third qualifying round of the Europa League in...
Our brave new world
By Costas IordanidisFor the first time since the establishment of the modern Greek state, the country is being led by a government with liberal views of the most advanced, or even extreme, kind. Not...
Closed profession bill seen in fall
EurokinissiReflection: Representatives from the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund are seen chatting at the Interior Ministry in Athens yesterday. The...
The domestic market for white goods declines
ANAThe domestic market for white goods (washing machines, refrigerators, ovens etc) posted a considerable decline last year, with the drop continuing this year as well. The causes of this are to be...
Luxury summer home demand nosedives
NIKOS ROUSSANOGLOUThe luxury summer home market has been suffering this season, when most such sales usually take place.Changes in property taxation, with the imposition of the single property tax...
Greece's Papandreou Orders Truckers Back to Work as Fuel Supplies Dwindle
Greece’s government ordered truck drivers back to work after talks deadlocked in a bid to end a strike that has led to nationwide fuel shortages. Prime...
Greek truckers vow to continue strike
Striking Greek truck drivers say they will defy government orders to return to work. The truckers started their action on Monday over planned reforms to increase competition in the transportation...
Fuel crisis as Greek truckers step up strike
Greece's government on Wednesday called crisis talks to deal with a nationwide fuel crisis as a truckers' strike entered its third day at the height of the busy tourism season. Fuel has run out in...
Foreign tourists discovered antiquities in the sea region of Corfu
A clay vessel and a large fragment of pottery were located at the bottom of the sea by two foreign nationals on board the French flag leisure boat "ISALIO" that had anchored at Garitsa Bay...