Komotini, Greece News

During its last session Thursday, Bulgaria's outgoing three-way coalition government voted to boost the status of several projected gas pipeline links.

The fallout in Russian-Ukrainian relations earlier this year discontinued natural gas supplies in several European Union member states.

Greece is scheduled to sign a new bilateral agreement with Bulgaria today in the context of the energy summit on the security of EuropeA's natural gas supply.

WHEELIE bin firm Helesi has won a contract to supply the Municipality of Athens with a range of waste management vehicles and equipment along with a maintenance services contract.

The pedestrianization of Dionysiou Areopagitou Street is considered to have been one of the most successful interventions in Athens.

The title of professor emeritus of the History and Ethnology, Black Sea Countries' Language, Literature and Culture Faculty was conferred upon Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana, Durres and All Albania at a special ceremony at the Democritus University of Thrace campus auditorium in Komotini, northeast ern Greece.

The transport ministers of Bulgaria and Greece, Petar Mutafchiev and Evripidis Styalianis, signed a trans-border agreement in Komotini, Greece on March 12, whereby there two new train stations will be built on ...

Greece and Bulgaria yesterday signed an agreement to upgrade the rail link joining the two countries in a move they believe will help boost trade ties between the two European Union nations.

Carnival season is already in full swing across Greece and will culminate this weekend as major parades and celebrations will take place in Rethymno, Komotini, Athens, Iraklio and of course, Patras.

SEEMO, is deeply concerned about the physical attack on journalist Abdulhalim Dede on 19 February while he was on-air during the morning programme, Kalimera Ellada, broadcast by the Athens-based Antenna TV.

Ziraat Bank of Turkey opens its first branch in Athens. Also in business news: Macedonian and Slovenian businesspeople participate in a Skopje forum, and a Greek company wins a two-year contact with the NATO ...

Turkey's state-owned Ziraat BankasA opened its first branch in Athens on Tuesday, becoming the first Turkish commercial bank to have an office in Greece.

ATHENS, Greece : Turkey's Ziraat Bank opened its first branch in Greece on Tuesday, in a move praised by Turkey's deputy prime minister as a sign of improving ties between the traditional rivals.

WHEELIE bin firm Helesi expects strong output from its Bradford manufacturing plant to continue as environmental concerns continue to drive the business.

WHEELIE bin group Helesi said its Yorkshire plant was operating close to capacity as it issued a bullish annual trading update.

The price of natural gas is expected to decrease in the second trimester of 2009, down to 543.61 leva per cu hectometre, excluding VAT, according to a Bulgargas spokesman, quoted by Investor.bg The reduction of ...

The European Commission announced Wednesday its approval of the energy project, that will give Bulgaria and Greece EUR 20 M for a gas connection between Haskovo in Bulgaria and Komotini in Greece.

Farmers continued their blockades on Thursday at various intersections along the National Highways network and two border crossings, in demand of increased farm subsidies and pensions, guaranteed minimum prices ...

The Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev has has a phone conversation with his Greek counterpart Kostas Karamanlis, Bulgarian information agencies report Saturday.

A- Bulgaria said it will ask fellow EU members for financial aid to reduce its dependence on Russian gas yesterday.