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Greek Siemens suspect reportedly confessed to corruption charges

Munich - The former director of industrial giant Siemens AG in Greece, Michalis Christoforakos, has apparently confessed to charges of bribery, German media reported Saturday. The Greek manager, on remand in a Munich prison,...

Dreadmills DO have their uses

Great little cardio session tonight! Although perhaps slightly naughty….. Having watched the rugby, and been relieved I didn’t watch the Williams sisters lower their game as usual for a final, I decided it was time to head to...

Rotting Christ - Theogonia (2007) [HQ]

Rotting Christ - Theogonia (2007) Исполнитель: Rotting Christ Альбом: Theogonia Жанр: Progressive Black Metal Страна: Greece (Athens) Качество: 320 kbps CDRip (Lame 3.93) | Flac 1093 kbps +.Cue +Log Размер: 97,9 Mb | 320 Mb...

Telecom's Last Great Growth Markets - BusinessWeek

Telefónica, Nokia, Ericsson, and other European companies in BW's IT 100 know the future is in emerging markets When Deutsche Telekom agreed on May 14 to pay $5 billion for a 25% stake in Greece's OTE Hellenic...

Ex-Siemens executive seeks to avoid extradition to Greece: report

Siemens' former Greek country director, arrested in Germany for alleged corruption in Greece, has begun making a "confession" in order to avoid extradition to Athens, reports said Saturday. According to weekly news magazine Der...

Small losses do not alter picture

Stocks posted a small decline on the Athens bourse yesterday, but it was not enough to wipe out the gains registered in the week's previous sessions. The Athens Exchange (ATHEX) general index fell to 2,211.04 points, shedding...

Tehran to free Greek reporter

Iason Athanasiadis, the 30-year-old Greek correspondent for the Washington Times who had been covering Iran's disputed presidential election until he was arrested in Teheran two weeks ago, is to be freed by Sunday morning,...

Universities may lose their access to Internet

OTE telecom may cut the high-speed Internet access of some 100 tertiary education institutions after claiming that computers at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) are being used to update the Athens branch of...

Thirst growing for bottled water

The increasing reliance of Greeks on bottled water has boosted sales of the resource, reportedly retailed at 1,600 times the price of water sold by the Athens Water and Sewerage Company (EYDAP), and is becoming a real burden on...

Royal court dress and fashions in Greece

Crinolines and ethnic Greek costumes in the 19thC Athens Parisian dresses and traditional Greek costumes were seen side by side in royal balls and fashionable promenades of 19thC Athens. Athens, the new capital of the...

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