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• Homebuilders Lack Confidence, Investors Shouldn’t
• Droutsas Discusses Cyprus Issue with UN Chief
• Tsipras Addresses European Left Party
• KKE SG Papariga Gives Interview
• ND Leader Samaras Addresses Political Committee
• Papandreou Addresses Eastern Macedonia-Thrace Regional Council
• President Asks for Intensification of Leaders’ Meetings
• Cyprus Stock Exchange
• Athens Exchange Weekly Review
• AHI Welcomes Ambassador Emiliou

Homebuilders Lack Confidence, Investors Shouldn’t Posted: By Markos Kaminis www.WallStreetGreek.com The latest take of builder confidence indicates it remains in the doldrums, despite recent anecdotal evidence otherwise. We suspect the difference is due to the inclusion of many small builders in the NAHB survey, and so the data here should not reflect some of the traffic pickup larger builders have reported. [...]

Droutsas Discusses Cyprus Issue with UN Chief Posted: United Nations.- by Apostolis Zoupaniotis The Cyprus problem was among the issues discussed during a 40-minute meeting held Friday between the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-mon and Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs Demetris Droutsas in New York. The two men also had a private 10 minute discussion without the presence of their advisors, in which they [...]

Tsipras Addresses European Left Party Posted: Athens.- Coalition (Synaspismos) president and vice president of the European Left party Alexis Tsipras, addressing the meeting of the European Left party’s women’s network that is taking place in Athens, referred to the intricacy of the woman’s role and the great extent of difficulties she is facing in all aspects of her life. Tsipras spoke [...]

KKE SG Papariga Gives Interview Posted: Athens.- Communist Party of Greece (KKE) Secretary General Aleka Papariga, speaking in an interview with the newspaper “Typos tis Kyriakis”, termed the reaction of the ruling PASOK party and of the main opposition New Democracy party to the troika a “farcical comedy,” while accusing the two mainstream parties that they “shall sell out everything and [...]

ND Leader Samaras Addresses Political Committee Posted: Athens.- Main opposition New Democracy party leader Antonis Samaras, addressing the 3rd session of the party’s Political Committee on Saturday, sharply criticised the government over the issue of real estate utilisation. “The government has entered a state of semidissolution and semiparalysis,” Samaras said, adding “it is not merely certain arythmias in government work, it is [...]

Papandreou Addresses Eastern Macedonia-Thrace Regional Council Posted: Komotini.- ANA Prime Minister George Papandreou, addressing the session of the Regional Council of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace in the city of Komotini on Friday evening, criticised those embarking on disaster mongering and pointed out that the country is experiencing one of the most difficult moments in the post-junta period. “Some rightfully and others unfairly, [...]

President Asks for Intensification of Leaders’ Meetings Posted: Nicosia.- (CNA) — President of the Republic of Cyprus Demetris Christofias has asked for the intensification of the meetings between himself and Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu. In statements after the meeting he held Thursday with Eroglu in the framework of the UN – led Cyprus talks, President Christofias said he also asked the Turkish [...]

Cyprus Stock Exchange Posted: Nicosia.- (CNA) – The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) All Share Index closed at Friday’s stock exchange meeting as follows: TRADED VALUE  6.218.752,09 INDEX   VALUE %DIFF  VALUE (€) —–  ——–   —————— FTSE/CySE 20 445,927,97 6.005.237,40 MAIN MARKET INDEX  1.340,608,24 5.944.085,79 PARALLEL MARKET INDEX826,14   -1,7313.549,44 INVESTMENT COMPANIES MARKET INDEX707,345,6093.176,41 CSE GENERAL INDEX  1.319,098,04 5.957.685,23 BANKS INDEX1.481,268,27 5.938.996,51 [...]

Athens Exchange Weekly Review Posted: News of a possible mega-merger deal between National Bank and Alpha Bank brought euphoria in the Athens Stock Exchange on Friday and pushed the composite index of the market above the 1,700 level to new year highs. The index jumped 3.16 pct to end at 1,715.13 points, for a net gain of 5.75 pct in [...]

AHI Welcomes Ambassador Emiliou Posted: Washington, DC — The Republic of Cyprus's Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nicholas Emiliou, visited the American Hellenic Institute's (AHI) Hellenic House on Mon., Feb. 14, 2011. Pavlos Anastasiades, ambassador of the Republic of Cyprus to the U.S.; Dimitris Hatziargyrou, director, Permanent Secretary's Office and Panicos Papanicolaou, president, Cyprus Federation of America [...]

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