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The American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce has selected Nikos Bakatselos to succeed its outgoing president Simos Anastasopoulos, Amcham announced on Friday.
Bakatselos is also the chief executive officer at Pyramis Metallourgia SA.
Alexander Costopoulos has been elected the secretary-general.

The European Union-subsidized Hydrousa project, an international cooperation between 27 partners focusing on innovative and nature-based water management and water treatment solutions, was launched on Friday at an event in Athens which saw the participation of a panel of representatives from the private, academic and public sectors.

Leros is quiet and tranquil. The little seaside cafes are not crowded; there is a fresh breeze. It is nice to be away from Bodrum's maddening crowd and traffic, all so unbearable with late July's suffocating heat wave.

Government spokesman Simos Kedikoglou said on Thursday that an account on Twitter bearing his name was fake and that he would be filing legal action against whoever was responsible for creating and running it.

Kedikoglou said he has never had an account on the social networking site.