No need to sell Greek islands (Straits Times)
BERLIN - PRIME Minister George Papandreou said on Friday that Greece did not need to sell some its uninhabited islands to raise cash and plug its gaping budget deficit, as suggested by some German MPs. 'I think that more creative solutions exist to tackle the deficit than selling Greek islands,' Mr Papandreou told reporters in Berlin after talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel.
After a trip around the world, Allen pedals home (Telluride Daily Planet)
Errant flakes danced through the cold afternoon air on Friday and clouds crouched lower over town.
ANALYSIS: Greeks return to work as debt crisis looms (EARTHtimes.org)
Athens - The centre of Athens bustled with cars, shoppers and tourists on Friday, a day after striking workers clogged the streets to protest austerity measures and police clashed with demonstrators. On the surface things appear to be back to normal ...
Frontex: more Med patrols despite drop in crossings (Malta Today)
Matthew Vella Malta will be one of several priority locations in the 2010 work programme for Frontex, the EU’s external borders agency, which was recently presented to the European council of justice ministers.
Travel à La Carte Celebrates 25 Years On Paxos (OfficialWire)
Thirty years old as a company, Travel à la carte this year marks 25 years of bringing holidaymakers to the Ionian island of Paxos. Those 25 years have seen many changes in the holiday business but, happily, very few on Paxos itself.
Greece told to sell of Islands (BigPond News)
Debt-ridden Greece has been told it should sell off some of its islands to solve its debt crisis.
Greek Woes Show Swaps Must Be Curbed, Merkel Says (Update1) (Bloomberg)
March 6 (Bloomberg) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that Greece doesn’t need financial aid, as she turned her focus to restricting the use of derivatives to halt “speculators” from exploiting countries’ budget deficits.
The You Docs: Try these five top anti-aging foods from around the world (The Idaho Statesman)
From exotic juices to cans of cocktail peanuts, more and more edibles in the supermarket are being dubbed "anti-aging foods" by some marketer or media pundit. The real deal about munchies that keep you youthful? They come from the earth, not from a vacuum pack.
Hellenic Imperial Airways Appointment of Passenger General Sales Agencies (GSA) & Cargo General Sales & Service Agent ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Hellenic Imperial Airways was incorporated in May 2006, based in Athens, Greece and is now expanding its activities as well as its fleet and will be fully operating scheduled flights to many new destinations, both domestic and international, as of the end of May 2010.
The YOU Docs: Eating some foods may add years to your life (Pioneer Press)
What's the real deal about munchies that keep you youthful? They come from the earth, not from a vacuum pack.
