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• Greece to Allow Investors to Decide on Gas Company Sales Process

  Greece will offer investors the opportunity to decide whether they want to buy gas companies DEPA SA and Desfa together or as separate entities, Greek Energy Minister George Papaconstantinou said.

• Greece’s Depa Studies Mediterranean Gas Pipeline, Minister Says

  Greek natural-gas supplier Depa has conducted a preliminary study into building an underwater pipeline between Cyprus and Greece, Environment and Energy Minister George Papaconstantinou said.

• Greece, Cyprus Consider Linking Power Grids, Greek Minister Says

  Greece and Cyprus may agree to link the power grids of Crete, Greece’s largest island, and Cyprus to raise security and increase supplies, the Greek energy minister said.

• Euro Timeline From Bretton Woods Agreement in 1944 to EU ‘Fiscal Compact’

  Following is a timeline of the key steps on the road to the euro currency, from the Bretton Woods conference in 1944 to last week’s agreement to set up a “fiscal compact” among countries using the single currency.

• Greece Won’t Raise Power Prices Again in 2012, Naftemporiki Says

  Greece won’t impose any further electricity tariff increases in 2012, Naftemporiki newspaper reported, citing George Papaconstantinou, the energy, climate change and environment minister .

• Papaconstantinou Says High Interest in Greek Natural Gas Assets

  Qatar and Azerbaijan have both shown interest in acquiring Greece’s state-controlled natural gas provider Depa SA, a stake in natural gas grid operator Desfa and the country’s 35 percent stake in Hellenic Petroleum SA, Energy Minister George Papaconstantinou said.

• Greece’s Papaconstantinou Says Structural Reforms to Reduce Debt

  Greece’s debt problems will be solved by a return to economic growth that will be underpinned by structural reforms, Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou said.

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  Leaders Failing to Rescue Euro Meet Over Missed Operatic Haircut

  On the evening of Oct. 19, as Claudio Abbado conducted the overture to Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville” at Frankfurt’s Old Opera House, members of Europe’s policy elite were in a backroom discussing haircuts.

• Greece Considers Returning to Credit Markets Next Year as Economy Improves

  Greece may beat a target to reduce the European Union’s second-widest budget deficit, allowing the country to return to markets to raise debt, Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou said.

• Greece's Papaconstantinou Says There's Still Chance for Bond Sales in 2011

  Greek Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou said his country may still return to bond markets this year if conditions improve.

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• "As provided in the memorandum and in accordance with the agreement we made with our European partners, we will allow the market itself to say how interested it is in a consolidated company or in two separate companies."

  - George Papaconstantinou on Feb 15, 2012

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