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Greece says to invest 2.1 bln euros to upgrade telecom network
ATHENS AFP — Greece wants to invest in a new fibre optic network that will drastically upgrade its broadband and cable television capabilities, the Greek economy and telecoms ministers said on Wednesday. "We have decided to invest as a country in a modern fibre optic network that will change...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Cable, Greece, INTERNET, network, NETWORKING, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TVs
Research articles 2008-09-03
Greeks tried to outsmart IOC with 'rare' drug: anti-doping expert
ATHENS AFP — Over a dozen Greek athletes who failed doping tests prior to and during last month's Beijing Olympics thought a rare anabolic steroid would help them elude tests, a leading anti-doping expert said Monday. But the International Olympic Committee IOC had been on the lookout for cheats...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, athlete, Government, Greece, International Olympic Committee, Regulations
Research articles 2008-09-01
Looking for a puppy? Notorious Greek fugitive can help
ATHENS AFP — Families in Greece seeking to adopt a puppy with a little more pizzazz got their chance this week after one of the nation's most notorious fugitives gave up his pets following his arrest. Convicted bank robber Vassilis Paleokostas already had a Robin Hood-style credo amid reports...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, arrest, bank, Greece, MARKETING
Research articles 2008-08-23
Yao Ming furious over benching
BEIJING AFP — China superstar Yao Ming was furious at being benched in the defeat against Greece where a win could have ensured his nation's highest-ever finish in Olympic basketball, the team's coach admitted. Yao had 16 points and five rebounds in Monday's 91-77 loss to the Greeks, but...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, China, Greece, team
Research articles 2008-08-18
US NBA stars take revenge in routing Greece
BEIJING AFP — Revenge-minded United States overwhelmed Greece 92-69 Thursday at the Olympics, routing the only team that had beaten the US National Basketball Association stars since the 2004 Athens Olympics. Kobe Bryant and Chris Bosh each scored 18 points to lead the US squad, which also got 17...
Tags: Games, Greece, NBA
Research articles 2008-08-14
USA looks to adjust against Greece
BEIJING -- When Greece knocked off the U.S. men's basketball team in the 2006 world championship semifinals, they ran the pick and roll 42 times. When the two teams meet today, expect more of the same. The challenge for the USA, however, is doing a better job defending it. ...
Tags: Games, Greece, NBA, Spain, team, U.S.
Research articles 2008-08-14
A globetrotter lends his knowledge to USA basketball
Tony Ronzone still can barely wrap his arms around the adventure he's about to begin. "I've been to Olympics before to watch," he said, "but I never imagined I would be wearing the USA sweatsuit. I still can't believe it's happening ... a kid from Bishop O'Dowd shooting...
Tags: Greece, knowledge, NBA, Spain, team
Research articles 2008-08-05
Mediterraneans abandoning region's healthy diet: FAO
ROME AFP — People in Mediterranean countries are abandoning the region's widely praised healthy diet in favour of food that has too much fat, salt and sugar, the Food and Agricultural Organization warned Tuesday. "Hailed by experts as keeping people slim, healthy and long-living, the Mediterranean diet has followers...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Benefits, food, Greece, HEALTHCARE, Italy, Manufacturing, Portugal, SOFTWARE, Spain
Research articles 2008-07-29
Macedonian lawmakers approve new pro-EU government
SKOPJE AFP — Macedonia's parliament approved Saturday a new government presented by Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, who has promised to speed up reforms needed for the Balkan country to join the European Union. All of the 78 lawmakers present late Saturday voted in favour of the new government, more...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Government, Greece, SOFTWARE
Research articles 2008-07-26
Nana Mouskouri bids farewell with Athens concert
ATHENS AFP — Nana Mouskouri has bid adieu to a remarkable half-century in music with a farewell concert in her native Greece at the foot of the Acropolis in Athens. Fans filled the ancient Odeon of Herodes Atticus on Wednesday evening to hear the 73-year-old songstress -- one of...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Greece, medal
Research articles 2008-07-24
Thirsty Cyprus left three metres short of water supplies
NICOSIA AFP — A 3.5-metre (10-foot) miscalculation with the final section of an undersea pipeline is depriving Cyprus of badly-needed water supplies shipped over from Greece. Greek Cypriots on Monday were still awaiting the precious cargo to reach shore, a week after it arrived off Cyprus. The specially-built...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Government, Greece, MARKETING, SOFTWARE
Research articles 2008-07-07
Craig Wireless Systems Ltd. Reports on Status of Party to Wholesale Agreement in Greece
Craig Wireless Systems Ltd. ("Craig Wireless") (TSX: CWG) reports that Lannet Communications S.A. ("Lannet") announced that it requested the temporary suspension of trading of its shares with the Athens Stock Exchange. Lannet indicated that it requested the halt due to liquidity problems primarily caused by the non-continuation of its financing...
Tags: agreement, Company, Craig, Greece, Wi-Fi, WiMAX, WIRELESS
Research articles 2008-07-02
WWU professor Zaferatos chairs international workshop
Western Washington University professor Nicholas Zaferatos chaired the fourth and final international workshop on sustainable community development in Kefalonia, Greece. The workshops, funded by the EuroMed Anna Lindh Foundation, focused on the development of a fair trade olive-oil economy linking rural communities of the Mediterranean region to the global...
Tags: FINANCE, Greece, professor, Western Washington University, workshop
Research articles 2008-07-01
Abbas, Israeli defence minister talk at Socialist Intl congress
LAGONISSI, Greece AFP — Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas and Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak met Tuesday on the sidelines of the Socialist International congress in Greece. "I would like to salute the pragmatism of Mr Abbas, who wants to adopt with us a common strategy to contain terrorism," said...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Government, Greece, Israel, Litigation
Research articles 2008-07-01
Abbas, Barak shake hands at rare meeting
LAGONISSI, Greece AFP — Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas and Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak shook hands Tuesday at a rare meeting on the sidelines of a congress in Greece. "I would like to salute the pragmatism of Mr Abbas, who wants to adopt with us a common strategy to...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, attack, Government, Greece, Israel, Litigation, SECURITY, sideline
Research articles 2008-07-01
Israeli defence minister to meet Palestinian leader
JERUSALEM AFP — Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak is due to meet Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on Tuesday in Greece, a statement from his office said. The meeting in the Greek capital, Athens, will be held on the sidelines of a meeting of Socialist International, the statement said. ...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, FINANCE, Greece, leader, negotiator
Research articles 2008-06-30
Kosta comes to Salt Lake
During his first-ever visit to Utah, which came a day after being drafted in the first round by the Jazz, Kosta Koufos was impressed by his future home's "beautiful" scenery, the cleanliness and the friendliness. (And, yes, he was referring to Salt Lake City, and not Orem, where...
Tags: Games, Greece, NBA, Utah
Research articles 2008-06-28
Revue or Olympics -- or both -- for Koufos?
Greece's opening game in the 2008 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament is July 14, and the tourney runs through July 20. Training camp for the Jazz's Rocky Mountain Revue opens July 14, and the NBA summer league itself runs July 18-25. Awkward? It sure seems...
Tags: Greece, NBA, roster, team
Research articles 2008-06-28
Top Greek industrialist freed by kidnappers: police
SALONIKA, Greece AFP — One of Greece's top industrialists George Mylonas was released Monday by his kidnappers after his family paid 12 million euros (19 million dollars) in ransom, police said. The 49-year-old Mylonas, head of aluminium conglomerate Alumil SA, returned home in a stolen BMW provided by his...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Construction, Greece
Research articles 2008-06-23
Lidl manager convicted in Greece over bottled mouse
SALONIKA, Greece AFP — A manager at German-owned discount chain Lidl was sentenced by a Greek court Thursday to 10 months in prison after a customer found a mouse in his beer bottle, a judicial official said. Purchases Manager Art Werner, who was not present in the northern city's...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Greece, HARDWARE, Mice, mouse
Research articles 2008-06-19
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