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MIG said it has signed a memorandum of understanding on the joint venture to be named Veolia-MIG Greece. Veolia will control 51 percent of the joint venture with the remaining stake held by MIG. �The new company will pursue activities...

Maria Damanaki was yesterday nominated European commissioner for maritime affairs and fisheries, a key portfolio in Brussels with particular interest for Greece, where commercial shipping makes a significant contribution to the economy. Synaspismos in the early 1990s, was named as...

In fact, Andreas Andreadakis, general secretary for water at the ministry, has even said that it has not been ascertained that there is any water shortage in Thessaly. On the other hand, Infrastructure Minister Dimitris Reppas insists the project will...

State Environmental Protection Division officials are expected to consider next week whether to impose penalties on the University of Georgia for polluting Tanyard Creek, which runs through the campus. Paint used to decorate the playing field at Sanford Stadium dyed...

Environment, Energy and Climate Change Minister Tina Birbili told the press yesterday that the government has directed state-controlled Public Power Corporation (PPC) to revise its 13-billion-euro investment plan to raise its renewable energy output. �We expect the new management to...

Published: November 22, 2009 Joe Witte hopes that people watching his television forecasts in the United States will think about more than just the weather when they leave home in the morning. Two years ago, Mr. Witte, a meteorologist for...

Children place plastic bottles in a recycling bin in Syntagma Square, where Skai TV and Eurobank have helped set up the �Recycling Village,� which comprises a series of pavilions where people of all ages can learn more about how to...

The decision allows renewable energy producers with wind park projects on the islands of Evia, central Greece, and the Cyclades to co-finance a submarine cable to link them to the mainland. The undersea cable will be laid by state-controlled Public...

The key changes to the bill, heralded by Environment, Energy and Climate Change Minister Tina Birbili last month, are the inclusion of any areas of burned forestland in the national land register within a month of the blaze and the...