Azerbaijan
Business
SOCAR Acquires Slice of Greek DESFA
Socar (the state oil company of Azerbaijan) has acquired a 66% share in the Greek natural gas transmission network operator (DESFA). This agreement is significant in terms of gas supplies to Europe from Azerbaijan.
The President of Socar, Rovnag Abdullayev will arrive...
Greece
Greek PM's Plane Forced to Land
The Greek Prime Minister, Antonis Samaras along with his associates, were expected to fly to Baku, Azerbaijan, this evening. However his plane showed mechanical problems and was forced to land at the Elefsina airport.
After engineers performed a check on...
Economy
SOCAR Starts Negotiations on Privatization of DEPA with Greek Government
SOCAR and Greek government have started the negotiations on privatization of Greek gas company DEPA, said President of SOCAR Rovnag Abdullayev, APA-Economics reports.
To him, Azerbaijan is on the threshold of purchase of a large gas company: ‘All the issues...
Greek News
Azerbaijan, Greece Co-operate On Tourism
Seeing Azerbaijan conducting aggressive ad campaigns to lure tourists, Greece is planning to work together on tourism programs. That came as Greek Foreign Minister Avramopoulos went to Baku.
He said in an interview with the Azerbaijan Press Agency that one...
Europe
Azerbaijan Chooses Hellenic Studies Despite the Crisis
At the current time, Greece's image around the world is rather negative but young Azeris don't forget the country's perennial cultural offer and have decided to study Greek culture and history at the Baku Slavic University.
Azeris first discover references...
entertainment
Greek Eurovision Contestant Eleftheria Eleftheriou Begins Rehearsals in Baku
The preparations for the Greek Eurovision team are heating up as the 57th Song Contest approaches. Greek singer Eleftheria Eleftheriou traveled to Baku last Sunday, where she performed in her first rehearsal with the song “Aphrodisiac.”
The next rehearsal is...
Greek News
Potential Energy Cooperation Between Greece and Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan`s Minister of Industry and Energy Natig Aliyev met on Monday Greek Minister for Environment, Energy and Climate Change George Papaconstantinou.
The discussions focused on cooperation between the two countries in the energy sphere.
The Greek Minister said his country was...
Greek News
Greek Ambassador Congratulates Azerbaijan on 20th Independence Anniversary
The Greek Ambassador in Baku Ioannis Metaxas congratulated the people of Azerbaijan for the 20th anniversary of their country’s independence.
The Greek Embassy in Baku was the first embassy after the embassy in Moscow, to start its operation in the...