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Deputy Prime Minister Yiannis Dragasakis has responded to accusations leveled against the government about overtaxing the Greeks, claiming that Greece defaulted because of undertaxation in previous years, while also placing the biggest part of the blame for the crisis on the private sector.

Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt stressed once more the importance of Greek-American strategic partnership and U.S. interest in investing in Greece.

U.S. interest in investing in Greece is growing fast and major American companies are ready to move in strategic sectors of Greek economy.

Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia will deepen cooperation under projects which guarantee security of gas supplies to Southeastern Europe, according to the words of the Bulgaria's Minister of Energy Temenuzhka Petkova, her Greek counterpart Giorgos Stathkakis and Serbia's Energy Minister Aleksandar Antic said during the tripartite meeting with the 1st Oil and Gas Forum held in Alexandroupoli.

Bulgarian Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova is in Alexandroupoli, Greece, for the first edition of the Forum for Petrol and Gas, organized by the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce.

Officials from energy watchdogs, market players, energy experts, entrepreneurs and investors will be discussing together the latest developments in the region's energy projects.  

Greece risks missing out on progress in technology and innovation for political and educational reasons, Dimitri Nanopoulos, a distinguished professor of physics at Texas A&M University, has warned.

The American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce's new section, Trade USA, provides exporters with accurate and detailed information to help them ease their way successfully into the US market.

Arriving at a staff-level deal in order to complete the second review of Greece’s programme prior to the December 5 Eurogroup meeting was crucial, European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs Pierre Moscovici said in Athens on Monday. He stressed that if this was achieved talks on Greece’s debt could commence and efforts to resolve the crisis could bear fruits.

Pierre Moscovici, the European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, was expected to visit Athens on Monday and Tuesday. 
 
Moscovici's Athens two-day agenda included meetings with Greek PM Alexis Tsipras, Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos, Economy Minister Dimitris Papadimitriou and Labor Minister and Social Insurance Minister Effie Achtsioglou.

European Commissioner for Economic Affairs Pierre Moscovici is coming to Athens on Monday to participate in the 27th Annual "The Greek Economy" Conference of the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce, titled "Greece and the Global Disruptive Environment: A Look in to the Future," which takes place on November 28 and 29 at the InterContinental Athenaeum Hotel.

American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce head Simos Anastasopoulos has again called on the government to implement and take ownership of the bailout program, on the occasion of US President Barack Obama's upcoming visit to Athens.