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ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Costas Mitroglou scored both goals Sunday to give Olympiakos a 2-0 victory over rival Panathinaikos and the lead in the Greek league standings.
Greece's main opposition New Democracy party will vote to choose a new leader in an election that could see the rise of a prominent political family member.
ATHENS, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Greece's Geniki Bank, majority-owned by France's Societe Generale, on Friday reported a nine-month loss of 51 million euros ($76.13 million) ($52 million), hurt by loan-loss provisions of 77.6 million. The bank, which was taken over by SocGen in 2004 and is being restructured to compete with larger Greek banks, posted a loss of 29.8 million euros in the same period ...
ATHENS (Greece) - THE leaders of Greece, Albania and Macedonia will meet at the Balkan countries' common border later Friday for talks on the environment. Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou has called the informal meeting at Lake Prespa to discuss common approaches to environmental problems and climate change with Albania's Sali Berisha and Macedonia's Nikola Gruevski.
Somali pirates said yesterday they had released a Greek cargo vessel and its Ukrainian crew after a payment of $3.7mn more than six months after it was captured.
Greek father and son dancing double act Stavros Flatley will brave the cold to perform their trademark routine before switching on the Christmas lights in Telford tonight.
The call of the VMRO party is related to the occasion of the 90th year since the signing of the Neuilly Treaty, which established peace between Bulgaria and the Entente after World War I, and with which Bulgaria ceded territories to then Yugoslavia, Greece and Romania.
Source: Reuters * Greek owners deny release * Some pirates say ransom remains obstacle (Adds Ukrainian diplomat denying report) MOGADISHU, Nov 26 (Reuters) - The owners of a Greek ship hijacked more than six ...
Takis Arapoglou, a former banker at Citibank appointed by the previous government, had faced pressure to step down following the opposition socialists’ election win last month.
Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodrigez Zapatero made a short stop in Athens on Wednesday afternoon as part of a tour from Europe to Middle East ahead of Madrid's EU Presidency as of January 1st, 2010. During a meeting with his Greek counterpart George Papandreou at the New Acropolis Museum, the two leaders discussed bilateral and international issues such as the global financial crisis ...
ATHENS, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Greece needs to convince financial markets and its European Union partners that it has a credible plan to cure its fiscal woes, EFG Eurobank's CEO said on Sunday, viewing last week's selloff as overdone. Greek bank shares sold off and 10-year government bond yield spreads over bunds widened to a seven-month high last week on investor worries over Greece's deteriorating ...
ATHENS, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Greece is not facing any difficulties raising funds from capital markets and will borrow far less next year than in 2009, the country's finance minister said on Friday. Investor concerns about Greece's deteriorating finances are driving up borrowing costs, pushing up the yield premium on Greek government bonds to a seven-month high above 200 basis points over benchmark ...
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say they will partially restore the ruined marble theater under the Acropolis, where the works of Euripides and other classical playwrights were first performed about 2,500 years ago.
SKOPJE - Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt said Friday he did not expect a Greek veto on Macedonia's bid to join the European Union because of an 18-year-old name dispute between Athens and Skopje.
Relatives of a Winnipeg man who was ordered to return to a Greek prison say they will appeal his sentence on a human rights basis.
ATHENS: A Greek shipping company has rejected a claim by Somali pirates that one of its cargo vessels and its Ukrainian crew, captured six months ago, had been freed for a $US3.7 million ($3.97 million) ransom.
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