The news came a day after the investment fund of Qatar announced its interest in buying NBG’s subsidiary in Turkey, Finansbank, for five billion euro and in taking part in the recapitalization of the Greek bank with an additional one billion euro.
According to the Hellenic Federation of Bakers, the state has to put a special sign to distinguish the bakeries that offer freshly kneaded and baked bread from those which use frozen ready-to-bake dough imported from third countries.
All protests were associated with the public sector. Their main demands can be united under the slogan "no to any reform." Several hours earlier, Antonis Samaras' meeting with the supervisory Troika had ended ingloriously.
Their vote provoked the sharp reaction of Antonis Samaras. One of them is the secretary of New Democracy Manolis Kefaloyiannis, who will not be removed from office.
The special mission of the representatives of the supervisory Troika of the International Monetary Fund, the European Central Bank and the European Commission in Athens has been extended by one week in order to find a middle ground for the implementation of the measures under the programme for financial assistance to Greece.
Greece’s Prime Minister Antonis Samaras met face-to-face with the president of Gazprom’s management board Alexi Miller in Athens this week. Businessmen from Qatar and Lebanon are also looking for business opportunities in the Mediterranean country.
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