XRTC Business Consultants Shipping Finance, Consultant of the China Development Bank Corporation, announced the signing of the Export Buyer Credit Syndicated facility between China Development Bank and Dryships that took place on February 13th, 2012 in Ningxia Province capital, Yinchuan. The facility is part of the $5 billion Sino-Greek Shipping Finance Special Scheme that was [...]
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Greek Municipality of Volos Promoted At International Mediterranean Tourism Market of Tel Aviv
The Greek Municipality of Volos participated in the International Mediterranean Tourism Market of Tel Aviv with its own stall under the auspices of the Municipality of Zagoras-Mouresiou and businessmen of the region. The International Mediterranean Tourism Market (IMTM 2012) has established itself as a premier business to business exhibition for the travel industry. Travel and [...]
Greek Community in Alexandria of Egypt Celebrates Fat Thursday
The Greek community of Alexandria in Egypt enjoyed a Greek Glendi on Fat Thursday night. The Reception Hall of the Greek community was packed with Greeks who attended the event. Dances, songs and the grilling of meats dominated the Greek Glendi in Alexandria. Special guests of the event were Greek musicians from the city of [...]
Greek TV Promotes Vietnamese Tourism
Greek channel 902 TV has said it will continue to work with the Vietnamese embassy in Athens to promote Vietnam as a destination, and strengthen co-operation in introducing the people, landscapes, cultures, historical traditions, economics, politics, and societies in both Vietnam and Greece through their network. The broadcaster made the commitment at a recent meeting [...]
Greek-Owned Ship Seized on Tuesday by Somali Pirates in the Gulf of Aden
A Greek-owned ship with an all-Filipino crew was seized Tuesday by Somali pirates near Socotra Island in the Gulf of Aden, a report reaching the Philippines said. The Liberia-flagged bulk carrer “MV Free Goddess” was sailing to Egypt from Singapore with its cargo of steel cables amounting to 19,475 metric tonnes, when a group of [...]
Tokyo Investors Show Interest in Holding Talks with Greece
Investors in the Tokyo stock market will be paying close attention to progress in talks to save Greece from bankruptcy next week, dealers said on Friday. “If a decision comes next week, that would lift the weight on market sentiment,” said Toshihiko Matsuno, head of research at SMBC Friend Securities. “The environment for global markets [...]
Philhellene Persian Poet Fereydoon Faryad Passes Away
The Persian and philhellene poet Fereydoon Faryad died of cancer on Sunday night at the age of 63. From his childhood, he had always busied himself with literature and published his poems in different magazines and reviews. In 1985, Faryad came to Greece after visiting Paris and undertaking a course in the Greek language at [...]
His Grace Petros Bishop of Nikopolis Passes Away
On January 31st, 2012, His Grace Petros Bishop of Nikopolis, retired Hierarch of the Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa, passed away. The Late Bishop Petros of Nikopolis (Karatroupkos) was born in Naousa, Macedonia. He held a degree from the Theological Faculty of the University of Thessaloniki, was ordained Deacon in 1953 and Priest in [...]
PASOK Leader George Papandreou Meets Peres and Netanyahu in Israel
A meeting was held in Israel on Tuesday among PASOK party leader George Papandreou, Israeli President Shimon Peres and the country’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Papandreou said that during the meeting they discussed the crisis in the Eurozone as well as the proposals suggested by Greece and PASOK for a “developmental prospect of the European [...]
AtaTravel Partners With Greek Tourism Company in Azerbaijan
The ceremony for the presentation of AtaTravel Ltd as an official partner of Greek tourism company Le Grand in Azerbaijan was held in Baku’s Excelsior Hotel. The ceremony, with participation from heads of travel agencies and media representatives, was conducted by AtaTravel Ltd director Vusal Aliyev and sales & VIP-services manager of travel company Le [...]
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02 / 21 First Loan Facility Signed Between China Development Bank And Dryships Greek Company
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02 / 21 Greek Municipality of Volos Promoted At International Mediterranean Tourism Market of Tel Aviv
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02 / 21 Greek Community in Alexandria of Egypt Celebrates Fat Thursday
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02 / 20 Israel and Thessaloniki Develop Stronger Ties with Tourism
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02 / 20 Ultranationalist Jewish Vandals Attack Baptist Church in West Jerusalem
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