Τετάρτη 6 Απριλίου 2011

Greek-Azeri Cooperation

Greek-Azeri Cooperation

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Greek-Azeri Cooperation

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 02:36 AM PDT



On the first day of the visit, the President and the ministerial delegation accompanying him held talks with Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev and the country's government.

The Greek ministerial delegation included Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas, Maritime Affairs Minister Yiannis Diamantidis, Deputy Finance Minister Filippos Sahinidis and Deputy Environment, Energy and Climate Change Minister Yiannis Maniatis.

Today, the two presidents will inaugurate the 4th Greek-Azeri Business Forum. Three agreements and a Memorandum of Understanding were signed between the two sides.

The Memorandum was signed between Greek state-owned natural gas company DEPA and the Azeri state oil company SOCAR.

The memorandum concerns negotiations for an agreement that will enable DEPA to purchase Azeri natural gas directly from supplier SOCAR, thus making Greece the first EU member state to get natural gas directly from the Caspian.

Furthermore, a maritime cooperation agreement was signed by Diamantidis and his Azeri counterpart, regarding oil transport from Azerbaijan, as well as the Azeri merchant fleet presence in the Mediterranean.

In his turn, Maniatis signed an environmental cooperation agreement for Greece to provide knowhow in feasibility studies and structural material, waste and water management, as well as renewable energy sources (RES) exploitation. Finally, a cultural cooperation agreement covering the period 2011-2013 was signed by Droutsas and his Azeri counterpart.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Bilateral Relations between Greece and Azerbaijan; Greek News Agenda: Deputy FM in Azerbaijan

Railways Reforms On Track

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 02:36 AM PDT


Infrastructure, Transport and Networks Ministry announced yesterday that reforms in Hellenic Railways (OSE) are proceeding according to schedule and have already led to significant cost reductions.

According to a relevant press release, OSE operating costs for 2010 have decreased by 25%, compared with 2009, while the train operating subsidiary TRAINOSE cut running costs by 32.84%. Furthermore, the company performance for OSE in terms of in January 2011 improved by 61.12% compared to January 2010.

Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks: Press Release on OSE reforms (in Greek)

Democritus Celebrates Fifty Years

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 02:36 AM PDT


The National Center of Scientific Research (NCSR) Demokritos celebrates 50 years of operation by holding a series of events and by launching new collaborations.

Celebration events kicked-off, on April 1, with a lecture by Professor G. Pavlakis on the 30 years of the AIDS epidemic and the prospects for cure in the future.

A second lecture will follow on April 15, by Prof. W. J. Koros of Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, on Carbon Molecular Sieve Membranes: Their Special Nature and Applicability for Large Scale Challenging Gas Separations.

The Centre will further initiate a series of international scientific and educational activities aiming at promoting collaboration and networking between Greek Diaspora scientists and the scientific and academic community in Greece.

Demokritos is the largest national research centre, covering a broad range of scientific, technological and educational activities in the areas of physics, chemistry, electronics, biology, informatics, telecommunications, and nuclear technology.

Ai Stratis: The Green Isle

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 02:36 AM PDT


Agios Efstratios, or Ai Stratis, an island located in the northeast Aegean Sea, 18 miles southwest of Lemnos, is the first 'green' island in Greece.

Following the example of the island of Samso in Denmark, Ai Stratis will not only be the first island powered 100% by Renewable Energy, but also the first non-interconnected one that is, not connected to the mainland grid by cable. The project has already been launched and will be fully implemented within the next 2-3 years.

Two wind turbines together with a photovoltaic park will be used for energy production while electric and hydrogen-powered vehicles will be used for eco-friendly transportation.

"Ai Stratis is ideal for such an undertaking […] and since the daily consumption of electricity is low on the island, […] we can try out various environmentally friendly solutions, such as ecological waste management or limiting the use of plastic," Nikitas Nikitakos, professor at the University of the Aegean Informatics and Naval Electronic Technology Department said in an interview with Kathinerini daily in 2008.

Additional Information: National Renewable Energy Action Plan; Centre for Renewable Energy Sources; Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change: Ai Stratis, The First Green Island Press Release (in Greek)

Comics Festival in Athens

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 02:36 AM PDT


A three-day festival dedicated to comics Comicdom Con Athens 2011 is being held from April 8 to 10 at the Hellenic American Union.

In its sixth edition, the well-established comic festival features international guests such as Chris Ware, the French comic creator of the awarded album Rebetiko-La mauvaise herbe, David Prudhomme and Bruno Brindisi, film screenings, a bazaar with comic publications and Comicdom Awards -the only Greek comic book awards.

The festival also hosts the exhibition Batman: Yesterday and Tomorrow, which runs until April 15 and presents four different aspects of the historical and aesthetic evolution of one of the most popular comic heroes, Batman.

As part of the festival's special screenings, the documentary Grant Morrison: Talking with Gods will be premiered in Greece.

Greek News Agenda: Rebetiko – The Comic Book
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