The SHELTER project took place in the Armenian city Tsaghkadzor, from March 12 to 19. It is about a trilateral youth exchange among Armenia, Greece and Turkey, with 11 young participants from each country. The intercultural youth exchange focused on cross-cultural communication and cultural sharing among the three countries, which are burdened by a long [...]
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Chinese Companies Eye Greek Assets Sell-Off
High-profile Chinese companies have expressed an interest in Greece’s plan to sell off state assets as Athens rolled out its 50-billion-euro privatization plan in China on Friday in an attempt to attract fresh and long-term investment to revive its recession-ravaged economy. Greek Vice-Foreign Minister Dimitrios Kourkoulas told China Daily that the country is making bold [...]
Egypt’s Morsi Says Greek Investments to Increase to 5 bln USD
Greek investments in Egypt will increase to 5 billion U.S. dollars, official news agency MENA quoted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi as saying at a press conference he held with his Greek counterpart Karolos Papoulias on Thursday. At the joint conference, president Morsi said “official discussions between us were topped by boosting bilateral political and diplomatic [...]
Cacoyannis Films Kick Off in Beijing
A week-long retrospective of Greek Cypriot filmmaker Michael Cacoyannis’ films began Oct.11 in the Central Academy of Drama in Beijing as part of the celebrative activities for the 40th Anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Greece and China. Ambassador of Greece to China Theodore Georgakelos addressed the retrospective’s opening ceremony, saying that he [...]
Greek Innovation Presented to Japanese Market
The Hellenic Semiconductor Industry Association, under the initiative, Σynergies, Connecting Changemakers, organized a business delegation of hi-tech companies to visit Tokyo from Oct. 1-5. The business delegation hosted exhibits at the CEATEC 2012 event. Prominent Greek companies from the Semiconductor, EDA, Internet and Telecom Industries, had the chance to show off their technologies/products & services [...]
Hyundai Heavy Wins $1.2 Billion Greek Shipbuilding Order
Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world’s largest shipbuilder, said on Tuesday it had won a $1.2 billion order to build 10 huge container ships for a Greece-based company. “These orders are noteworthy considering the current sluggish shipbuilding market,” the South Korean company said in a statement. “We expect some orders to be realised in the second [...]
Greek-Owned Freighter Auctioned Off to Pay Debts
Authorities in Hong Kong have auctioned off the Russian-flagged “Sakhalin” freighter, four weeks after impounding it on its way from eastern China to southern Russia with a cargo of sheet steel on board. The proceeds will go to pay debts incurred by the ship’s Greek owner. The crew consisted of five Russians and 16 Ukrainians. [...]
Constantine Galanis: A Greek Who Thrives in Mexico But Cares for Greece
Constantine Galanis is the CEO of Apollo S.A., one of the largest chemical manufacturers of Mexico. We met him in Mexico City and he talked to us about his career, his life in Mexico, and how Greece can learn from the Mexican financial crisis of 1994. Constantine Galanis migrated from Patras, Greece, to the USA [...]
Potential Energy Cooperation Between Greece and Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan`s Minister of Industry and Energy Natig Aliyev met on Monday Greek Minister for Environment, Energy and Climate Change George Papaconstantinou. The discussions focused on cooperation between the two countries in the energy sphere. The Greek Minister said his country was interested in import of Azerbaijan`s gas. He also expressed hope that gas transit between [...]
