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Greece Newswire Press Releases | Submit Press Release | Yahoo! News Search Results for Greece Yahoo! News Search Results for Greece Golisano PAC to back Democrat Dollinger against Robach, R-Greece (Rochester D... 21 Aug 2008 at 12:16am A political action committee started by Rochester-area billionaire Tom Golisano is poised to throw support behind New York Democratic Senate candidates Richard Dollinger, who is challenging Sen. Joseph Robach, R-Greece, and "Baby" Joe Mesi. Argentina Edges Greece; Sets Up Semifinals Match vs. USA (NBA.com) 20 Aug 2008 at 11:40am Argentina edged Greece 80-78 to advance to the semi-finals of the Olympics where they will take on gold-medal favourites Team USA. The South Americans, who beat Greece in the quarter-finals four years ago in Athens and then defeated the USA in the last four, had to survive a nervous finish. Argentina slips by Greece, into semis (NBC Olympics) 20 Aug 2008 at 9:57am San Antonio Spurs' guard Manu Ginobili scored 24 points and Carlos Delfino added 23 to lead defending Olympic champion Argentina into the men's semifinals with an 80-78 victory against Greece Wednesday night. Argentina ends Greece?s dreams of a medal (Kathimerini) 21 Aug 2008 at 1:36am Basketball player Panayiotis Vassilopoulos holds his head after Greece lost 80-78 to Argentina in the men?s quarterfinals of the Beijing Olympics. Its defeat in the tense game means Greece?s hopes of winning a medal came to an end. Sukaj edges Greece towards exit (UEFA News) 20 Aug 2008 at 11:00am Albania 1-1 Greece Xhevahir Sukaj's equaliser left Greece needing a minor miracle if they are to qualify from Group 1. Argentina over Greece 80-78 in basketball (AP via Yahoo! Philippines News) 20 Aug 2008 at 9:09am San Antonio Spurs guard Manu Ginobli scored 24 points and former Toronto Raptor Carlos Delfino added 23 to propel defending Olympic champion Argentina into the Olympic basketball semifinals with an 80-78 win over Greece on Wednesday. Alexander Wolff: Can Argentina counter Team USA's depth? (Sports Illustrated) 21 Aug 2008 at 9:39am BEIJING -- What Argentina did to Greece on Wednesday should have the Boys from the Pampas sailing with confidence into Friday's semifinal with the United States, which tips off at 10:15 a.m. ET. Explore Greece by Kayak, $1,995 (MSNBC) 21 Aug 2008 at 9:13am Stay in small coastal inns and kayak around the island of Mílos, the westernmost of the Cyclades islands, known for beautiful coastlines with unusual caves and cliffs and azure waters. China hopes to attract more US college students (AP via Yahoo! News) 21 Aug 2008 at 1:43am China is hoping that American college students watching the Summer Olympics will want to travel there, providing a bump similar to what Australia and Greece enjoyed in 2000 and 2004. Greece Schools Begin Repair Work (13WHAM Rochester) 19 Aug 2008 at 6:47pm Greece, N.Y. - Work has begun to repair walls at eight Greece Central School buildings. Europe Resources

Europe Newswire Advertisement Europe Newswire Sponsors European Union (EU) News Yahoo! News Search Results for eu Yahoo! News Search Results for eu EU FOOD SAFETY AGENCY DISPUTES PRODUCTS' HEALTH BENEFIT CLAIMS (The Tocquevil... 21 Aug 2008 at 10:05am ROME, Aug 21, 2008 (AFP) - The EU food safety agency on Thursday disputed claims of health benefits by food manufacturers, notably that dairy products promote good teeth and healthy body weight in children. EU: Euro economy shrinks in second quarter (El Paso Times) 21 Aug 2008 at 7:54am BRUSSELS, Belgium?The euro-zone economy shrank 0.2 percent in the second quarter, EU statistics showed Thursday, raising recession fears as Germany, France and Italy braked sharply with high fuel and food prices holding back consumer spending. EU QUIZZES EUTELSAT ON FAILURE TO TRANSMIT PRIVATE CHINESE TV (The Tocquevill... 21 Aug 2008 at 7:19am BRUSSELS, Aug 18, 2008 (AFP) - The European Commission has sought an explanation from a European satellite operator as to why a private Chinese channel's signal has not been broadcast for two months, an EU spokesman said Thursday. POLAND'S WATCHDOG FILES EU COMPLAINT AGAINST MICROSOFT (The Tocqueville Conne... 21 Aug 2008 at 7:35am WARSAW, Aug 21, 2008 (AFP) - Poland's competition authority announced on Thursday that it had filed a complaint against Microsoft with the EU because it suspects the US software giant of collusion with laptop computer producers. Maltese minimum wage ranks 12th in EU (Times of Malta) 21 Aug 2008 at 5:11am The national minimum wage in Malta has ranked 12th in a comparative table of 20 EU countries drawn up by the European Industrial Relations Observatory. S Korea-EU starts tackling sensitive issues of FTA (People's Daily) 21 Aug 2008 at 3:31am Top negotiators of South Korea and the European Union (EU) will meet in Seoul next week to seek progress in their free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations by tackling sensitive issues, the Korea herald reported Thursday. "The chief negotiators will meet next week to discuss sticky issues, because we feel that the talks need to focus more now on the key sensitive areas," said Lee Hye-min, chief ... EU set to lift travel ban on Karadzic family: official (Eu Business) 21 Aug 2008 at 6:46am (BRUSSELS ) - The European Union is set to lift its travel ban on the family of Bosnian Serb war crimes indictee Radovan Karadzic who have had their passports returned as an interim "humanitarian" measure, an EU official said Thursday. EurActiv.com - Scholar: Secular-Islamist tensions in Turkey 'need to be watch... 21 Aug 2008 at 12:28am While the Turkish court's close decision last month not to shut down the ruling AKP party kept the country's EU membership bid alive, tensions between secularists and modern, moderate Islam remain strong and need to be closely monitored by the EU, Professor Kevin Featherstone of the London School of Economics told EurActiv Turkey in an interview. (AFX UK Focus) 2008-08-21 10:57 UPDATE 1-EU executive wants to review German ... 21 Aug 2008 at 3:30am BRUSSELS, Aug 21 (Reuters) - The European Commission wants to review Germany's draft proposals on vetoing purchases of stakes in German firms for possible breach of EU capital rules, a Commission source said. EU funds cover 10% of Hungary?s needed road development costs until 2013 (Bud... 21 Aug 2008 at 3:09am László said 26,000 kilometers of Hungary?s roads do not meet EU standards, noting that a large proportion of the country?s public roads, which have a lifespan of just 16 years, was built in the 1970s.