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Rather small but rich in history, the Swiss community in Greece has a presence in Athens for over 100 years now. The Swiss Society of Athens is celebrating in anticipation of the Swiss national holiday and will hold a garden party at the residence of the Swiss Ambassador in Greece on 29th June. Our undeniable links to Switzerland are driving us with great pleasure to be active in support of and assistance for this event. Not only Swiss but also the friends of Switzerland are cordially invited to participate.

On September 16, 2007 at the legislative elections the conservative New Democracy party won parliamentary majority and formed a new government addressing among others privatization of several state owned enterprises (including Olympic Airlines) and the hot issue of social security reform which as elsewhere in Europe raises substantial objections from the Unions and other parts of the population. The social security system needs urgent reform as it is caught in the middle of aging workforce and increased life expectancy. The reform is expected to influence the status of many individuals and at our offices we now dispose of a hotline for assisting our customers to find an optimized pension scheme solution. You are welcome to address any questions related to pension schemes in Greece at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

At the forefront of the international development in legal practice we have in the past attended several major legal events in various places around the world. This Fall the Global Justice Forum will be held in the prestigious Columbia Law school in New York with many interesting topics such as international securities practice, US and international trends on forum non-convenience. It also highlights distinguished professors of Columbia law School addressing issues of future development on plaintiffs practices worldwide. We are most pleased to attend this conference and we are looking forward to meet and exchange interesting opinions with top international lawyers at the Rockefeller Center forefront event and during this exciting conference.

On September 26, 2007 we were pleased to accept an invitation from the Counselor for Commercial Affairs of the U.S. Embassy in Greece to a welcome reception in honor of the new commercial Attaché who arrived from Washington, D.C. Particularly familiar with the health sector but equally well informed on all aspects of bilateral commercial relations the new Attaché was informed on the activities of our law firm which is listed on the Embassy's Greek Business Service providers network and another meeting was agreed for enhancing our cooperation on corporate and commercial issues.

We at the European Legal Consultancy place a particular emphasis on our partnerships and business openings in the ever emerging Asian markets. Being one of the very few European law offices to successfully open a cooperation scheme in Tokyo some years ago, we are proud to see a very positive response every time we visit the country of the rising sun. We are thus pleased to undertake our fifth trip within a short period of time on October 17, 2007 to attend a special investment congress on business in SE Europe, addressed by the Greek Minister of Economy and Finance Mr. George Alogoskoufis and jointly organized by the Japanese Institute for Overseas investment and the Greek Japanese Chamber of Commerce of which we are honoured to be member. In addition it is with great interest that we are pursuing our current discussions on cooperation with the Director for Asia of the Greater Zurich Area aiming to promote commercial relationships between this part of Switzerland and Asia.