Athens, Greece, 03-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — A new, highly efficient, Aframax tanker design offering practical and viable solutions that meet current and forthcoming emissions legislation is today launched by Wärtsilä at the Posidonia 2014 exhibition in Athens, Greece. Wärtsilä will also be … Read the full press release
Maroussi, Greece, 21-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — 2014-Q1 Highlights: Operational profitability (EBITDA) up 28%. Net profit up 36.5%. Generation of strong cash flows and improvement of the Group’s credit profile. Net borrowing further reduced to €436.9 million, down from €509.7 million in 2013 and … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Greece, Management, Metals and Minerals
Tagged Elli Gardiki, Metallurgy & Mining Sector, MYTILINEOS Group
Zurich, 19-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The Swiss National Bank (SNB), the European Central Bank (ECB), the central banks of the euro area (Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain) … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Banks, Belgium, Business, Cyprus, Estonia, European Union, Financial, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain
Tagged ECB, fourth gold agreement between central banks, SNB, Swedish Riksbank, the central banks of the euro area, The European Central Bank, The Swiss National Bank
France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy and Spain to be covered via this new approach to asset servicing/Citi and Erste Group Bank to also join T2S asset serving model to include Greece and Austria/Clearstream progresses towards T2S readiness Luxembourg, 12-3-2014 — /EuropaWire/ … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Banks, Belgium, Business, Financial, France, Greece, Investment, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Technology
Tagged Alain Pochet, BBVA, Berthold Kracke, BNP Paribas Securities Services, Clearstream, Enrique Jiménez-Herrera, Intesa Sanpaolo, Mario Domenico Recchia, new model for T2S, TARGET2-Securities (T2S)
Athens, Greece, 27-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Alpha Bank and Vodafone, in partnership with Visa Europe and First Data, introduce Tap ΄n Pay, the first mobile phone application for contactless payments in the Greek market. Tap ΄n Pay, an innovative “mobile wallet” application, ensures a … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Greece, Internet & Online, Technology, Telecom
Tagged "mobile wallet" application, Alpha Bank, contactless payments, First Data, Greek market, mobile phone application, Mr. Dionysis Grigoratos, Mr. Espen Tranoy, Mr. Leonidas Kasoumis, Mr. Nikos Kampanopoulos, Tap ΄n Pay, Visa Europe, vodafone
WIND Hellas invests in core network infrastructure from Ericsson to improve performance and enable innovative mobile broadband offerings to subscribers Turn-key end-to-end system integration project for Ericsson’s Evolved Packet Core solution with latest Evolved Packet Gateway and Policy Control platform … Read the full press release
Brussels, Belgium, 16-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — ETNO welcomes the priorities for the telecommunications sector set by the Greek Government for its presidency. ETNO will actively cooperate with the Greek presidency so that it can deliver by 30 June on these measures, which … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, European Union, Government, Greece, Internet & Online, Law, Management, Technology, Telecom
Tagged Cloud, Digital Agenda for Europe, e-government, e-health, ETNO, EU telecom operators, Europe’s telecommunications network operators, Greek Presidency, Smarter Europe, The Zettabyte Era
Athens, Greece, 12-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Alpha Bank (hereinafter the “Bank”) announces that, based on the Warrant exercise orders submitted until 10.12.2013, 28.8 million Warrants on shares issued by the Bank and owned by the Hellenic Financial Stability Fund (“Warrants”) have been blocked … Read the full press release
Profit before provisions: 2 million euros for Q3 2013 Equity: 447 million euros High NPL coverage ratio Athens, Greece, 10-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Statement by the Chairman of the BoD and Executive Director of the Bank, Mr. Ioannis Gamvrilis: “Attica Bank, after the … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Greece, Management
Tagged Attica Bank, equity, Ioannis Gamvrilis, net interest income, NPL ratio, pre-tax result, profit, Q3 2013 results
Αθήνα, Ελλάδος, 27-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Στην κορυφή της κατάταξης βρέθηκε ο ΟΤΕ σε έρευνα της Διεθνούς Διαφάνειας – Ελλάδος για το επίπεδο δημοσιοποίησης του προγράμματος καταπολέμησης της διαφθοράς από τις μεγαλύτερες επιχειρήσεις στην Ελλάδα (εταιρείες με κύκλο εργασιών άνω του 1 … Read the full press release
Posted in Greece, Society, Telecom
Tagged Άρης Δημητριάδης, διαφάνειας, διαφθοράς, Διεθνούς Διαφάνειας, ΟΤΕ
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Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Greece, Investment, Portugal
Tagged Banco Comercial Portugues, Barclays Bank PLC, BCP Investment B.V, BCP Transaction, divestment, PIRAEUS BANK, Piraeus Securities SA, S.A., shares, warrants
Successful integration of the former Cyprus Bank’s branch network to the Piraeus Bank IT systems’ environment. Athens, Greece, 1-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Over the weekend of October 26 and 27, 2013, Piraeus Bank successfully completed the project of integrating the former Bank … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Greece, Management, Technology
Tagged Bank of Cyprus, branch network, branches, Easypay machines, IT systems, PIRAEUS BANK, ΑΤΜs
Brussels, Belgium, 16-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission has found that aid to four projects aimed at improving and expanding the Greek gas network complies with EU state aid rules. These projects aim at increasing the gas transmission capacity and security … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, European Union, Government, Greece, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Law
Tagged aid, Commission, DESFA, distorting competition, EU energy goals, EU internal market, EU state aid rules, European Commission, gas infrastructure, Greek gas infrastructure projects, Greek gas network, Greek state, Joaquin Almunia, reducing CO2 emissions, state aid
The Eurogroup reviewed the reforms and fiscal adjustments in some member states receiving financial assistance. The road ahead for banking union completion was discussed. Eurogroup reviews progress in Ireland, Spain, Portugal and Greece Brussels, Belgium, 16-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Ireland and … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Belgium, Economy, European Union, Financial, Government, Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain
Tagged banking union, ESM, Eurogroup, European Financial Stability Facility, financial sector reform, fiscal adjustments
Appearing in front of the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee today, the Eurogroup President took the opportunity to clarify the situation with regard to the Greek programme and Greece’s financing needs. 06-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — He welcomed the real progress … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, Economy, European Union, Financial, Government, Greece, Investment, Politics
Tagged Eurogroup, Eurogroup President, European Parliament's Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee, Greece's financing needs, Greek fiscal sustainability, Greek programme, Greek public sector, Greek structural reforms, Jeroen Dijsselbloem
13-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — More than 40 award-winning productions and popular films of independent cinema from around the world are added to the program of OTE TV cinema channels, OTE Cinema 1HD and OTE Cinema 2, through the new collaboration of … Read the full press release
Posted in Entertainment, Greece, Media, Telecom
Tagged Adele Exarchopoulos, Blue is the Warmest Colour, Greek movie theaters, Gwyneth Paltrow, In Another Country, independent cinema, Les Gamins, Mark Ruffalo, OTE, OTE Cinema 1HD, OTE Cinema 2, OTE TV, OTE TV cinema channels, popular films, StraDa Films, Thanks for Sharing, Tim Robbins, with Isabelle Huppert
29-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Eurobank Ergasias S.A. (“Eurobank”) signed today two binding agreements with the Hellenic Financial Stability Fund (“HFSF”) to acquire 100% of the shares and voting rights of New TT Hellenic Postbank S.A. (“HPB”) and New Proton Bank S.A. (“Proton”). … Read the full press release
29-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The annual growth rate of total credit extended to the domestic private sector stood at -4.1% in June 2013, from -3.7% in the previous month. The net flow of total credit to the domestic private sector was … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, Government, Greece
Tagged bank credit, domestic private sector lending, lending, National Bank of Greece
29-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Probank, a small bank with a market share in the range of 1 per cent in terms of assets, has informed the Bank of Greece that it has not managed to raise the funds required for its … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Greece, Law
Tagged assets, deposits, Law 3601/2007, liabilities, National Bank of Greece, Probank, Probank license, recapitalization
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