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ALUMINIUM OF GREECE FACES BRUSSELS PROBE ON ALLEGED ENERGY SUBSIDIES



BY KEITH NUTHALL

ALUMINIUM of Greece could face paying an expensive Euro 17.4 million electricity bill, after the European Commission decided to open an in-depth investigation into whether low tariffs granted by the Greek state-owned Public Power Corporation were an illegal subsidy.…

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SYRIA-EU BIO-BASED OILS AND FATS TRADE TO BENEFIT FROM FREE TRADE DEAL



BY PAUL COCHRANE and KEITH NUTHALL

SYRIA is such a staple of Middle East political turmoil, it is easy to forget that it is a near neighbour of Europe: less than 200 miles of sea separate it from Cyprus and it borders Turkey, which could be a European Union (EU) member by 2020.…

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TOBACCO TRAVELLER - COLLECTION 2009 - GREECE



BY MAKKI MARSEILLES

TOBACCO manufacturing in Greece is alive and well and the industry is looking forward to a very fine future. A ban on smoking in public places introduced this April 1 has had very little effect so far and a reported 6% drop in sales alleged by some retailers has not been substantiated, stressed the Association of Greek Tobacco Industries.…

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GREEK LORRY DRIVERS COMPLAIN ABOUT MONEY, BUT LIFE BEHIND THE WHEEL CAN BE SWEET



BY MAKKI MARSEILLES

A BEER commercial on Greek television depicts Dimitris, a lorry driver stopping to give a foreign young couple a lift. He offers them cheese and spinach pies and later in the lorry park café he treats everyone to a free beer earning a well-deserved cheer: Dimitris is a ‘mythos’, that is a legend – the brand name of the beer.…

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EU ROUND UP - UKRAINE MAY GET US$3 BILLION HELP FROM EUROPE FOR GAS REFORMS



BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE SIZE of the planned international investment in Ukraine’s gas distribution system has been revealed in a European Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD) memorandum: up to US$3 billion maybe pumped in. Money would start flowing with a US$300 million working capital loan from the EBRD for purchasing gas, repayable after this winter heating season.…

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GLOBAL: New genes may lead to Alzheimer's disease treatment



By Leah Germain

A group of international scientists have pinpointed two genes associated with Alzheimer’s disease, a discovery that may lead to new treatments and possible cures for the progressive and degenerative disease of the brain.

Working with scientists from around the world, Professor Julie Williams, from Cardiff University’s School of Medicine in Wales, the UK, was the head scientist for the largest-ever joint Alzheimer’s disease genome-wide association study (GWAS).…

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MEDITERRANEAN EU MEMBER STATES BLOCK TUNA BAN



BY KEITH NUTHALL

MEDITERRANEAN countries yesterday blocked a European Commission initiative to temporarily ban the global trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna, despite warnings that this key sushi ingredient source is being overfished. France, Spain, Italy, Malta, Greece, and Cyprus opposed backing a proposal from non-member state Monaco to ask next March’s meeting of parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) to ban the trade.…

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GREECE FINED OVER OLYMPIC AIRWAYS ILLEGAL AID



BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE GREEK government has been fined Euro 2 million for failing to recoup Euro 24.84 million in state aid it had illegally granted to Olympic Airways (now Olympic Air). Athens will also have to pay another Euro 16,000 every day from August 7 until the subsidy is repaid.…

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ECJ BACKS KRAFT IN 'MILKA' TRADEMARK CASE



BY KEITH NUTHALL

CONFECTIONERY giant Kraft has won an important precedent-setting ruling at the European Court of Justice (ECJ) to protect its ‘Milka’ mark, for chocolate, cocoa, bakery, sugar, ices, milk and other products. Judges have ruled that Vivartia ABEE Proïonton Diatrofis kai Ypiresion Estiasis, of Greece, cannot register as a European Union (EU) trademark its ‘Milko’ sign, written in western Latin and Greek alphabets, for "milk with cocoa" products.…

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KRAFT WINS ECJ 'MILKO' TRADEMARK CASE



BY KEITH NUTHALL

ADDING different alphabet versions of a trademark may not prevent the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling a proposed mark is too similar to a registered brand. The court ruled Delta Protypos Viomichania Galaktos, of Greece, cannot register as a European Union (EU) trademark its ‘Milko’ sign, written in western Latin and Greek alphabets, for "milk with cocoa" products.…

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