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Athens News Agency: News in English, 08-10-17
CONTENTS
[01] Papandreou meets Serbian deputy PM
[02] Altec Telecoms to file for bankruptcy
[01] Papandreou meets Serbian deputy PM
Main opposition PASOK party leader and Socialist International (SI)
President George Papandreou met with visiting Serbian First Deputy
Prime Minister Ivica Dacic on Friday.
Papandreou underlined from the Benaki Museum in Athens, where the
meeting took place, that the SI has contributed to the establishment
of a new government in Serbia, characterizing its direction as
"clear cut" and stressing that it is an "alliance government" with a
European, democratic and social-democratic orientation.
Papandreou stated that the Serbian government will have
"considerable success" in its EU accession effort and stressed that
PASOK will firmly support this endeavor, pointing out that this will
benefit Serbia and the wider Balkan region.
Papandreou and Dacic discussed Balkan issues, the international
financial crisis and the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) accession
course into the Socialist International.
[02] Altec Telecoms to file for bankruptcy
Altec Telecoms announced in a press release on Friday that it would
file for bankruptcy later in the day due to "risk of financial
inability", in accordance with Article 3, Paragraph 2 of the
Bankruptcy Code.
Altec also announced, however, that it intended to submit to the
bankruptcy court, within the legal deadlines, a draft plan for
reorganization of the company aimed at salvaging and streamlining
ALTEC and its better exploitation.
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