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Nobel Prize winner Alferov presented with Wisdom award in Greece
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DELPHI (Greece), July 19 (Itar-Tass) -- Nobel Prize winner and
Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Zhores Alferov was
presented with the Wisdom Award at a solemn awarding ceremony, which was
held in the central Greek city of Delphi on Saturday evening. The prize is
conferred on outstanding personalities, who have made important
contribution in the development of culture and education of the humankind.
In his speech of gratitude Alferov said he is quite touched with this
award.
"I was granted with about 100 various international awards, medals,
prizes, honorary titles in about 30 countries, but this award is
particularly important, as it was bestowed on me in Greece - the country
that have long-standing and very good relations with Russia. I believe
that this award points to the need for closer cooperation between Greek
and Russian scientists in the field of science and development of
technologies for the sake of peace and friendship of all peoples on our
planet," Alferov said. The Russian academician also expressed the wish to
expand friendly relations between Delphi and St. Petersburg.
In Delphi Alferov was participating in the international symposium
entitled "Nature and Morality: Dialogue for the Survival", where he gave a
lecture devoted to the revolution of semiconductors in the twentieth
century.
At the same awarding ceremony the delegation from St. Petersburg
was presented with the Polis (City) Award for one of the historical
cities, which has close ties with the Greek people and history. French
President Nicolas Sarkozy was awarded with the honorary title of Homo
Hellenicus (Greek Man), because the president has Greek roots (his
grandfather was born in Thessaloniki and immigrated in France in the first
quarter of the twentieth century). Sarkozy did not attend the awarding
ceremony, and the Greek deputy development minister received the honorary
diploma to hand it over to the French Embassy in Athens.
.Future owner of Opel carmaker unclear yet.
FRANKFURT-EN-MAINE, July 19 (Itar-Tass) -- It is still unclear who
will buy the Opel motor company, if the negotiations between the parties
concerned are abortive, the carmaker may go bankrupt, German Minister of
Economy and Technology Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg said in an interview
published in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung on Sunday.
For a final decision it is necessary to make clear with potential
investors some important issues, particularly high risks that they should
be running, as well as several measures for consolidation in order to
create a competitive motor concern.
"For instance, the contenders should think over launching a new Opel
company with an efficient capital structure. This means that a candidate
should be ready to run high risks," the German minister said.
"I put it clear. We will not allow to exert pressure on us and cannot
permit to make the pledges to preserve the production premises the only
main criterion for guarantees," he said.
In this respect, the minister objected again to considering
prematurely a winner in the struggle for Opel the Canadian-Austrian Magna
International Inc, which is bidding in partnership with the Russian
Savings Bank (Sberbank) and the GAZ group, with the major rival of which
is the Belgian industrial holding RHJ International.
"This is a normal process, the negotiations are underway with many
parties concerned," the German minister believes.
Meanwhile, the minister did not rule out that Opel might go bankrupt
if the investors fail to present to the German government completely
satisfactory concepts. "If everything fails, what we do not want to
happen, Opel's bankruptcy cannot be ruled out ultimately," he warned.
The German authorities earlier noted that they give some advantage to
Magna, because the local authorities of four German federal lands, where
the plants of one of the oldest German carmakers are situated, also do
favour to the foresaid company. Meanwhile, Opel, which is a daughter
company of the U.S. motor giant General Motors going bankrupt, will
probably learn about its fate already next week.
-0-baz
DELPHI (Greece), July 19 (Itar-Tass) -- Nobel Prize winner and
Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Zhores Alferov was
presented with the Wisdom Award at a solemn awarding ceremony, which was
held in the central Greek city of Delphi on Saturday evening. The prize is
conferred on outstanding personalities, who have made important
contribution in the development of culture and education of the humankind.
In his speech of gratitude Alferov said he is quite touched with this
award.
"I was granted with about 100 various international awards, medals,
prizes, honorary titles in about 30 countries, but this award is
particularly important, as it was bestowed on me in Greece - the country
that have long-standing and very good relations with Russia. I believe
that this award points to the need for closer cooperation between Greek
and Russian scientists in the field of science and development of
technologies for the sake of peace and friendship of all peoples on our
planet," Alferov said. The Russian academician also expressed the wish to
expand friendly relations between Delphi and St. Petersburg.
In Delphi Alferov was participating in the international symposium
entitled "Nature and Morality: Dialogue for the Survival", where he gave a
lecture devoted to the revolution of semiconductors in the twentieth
century.
At the same awarding ceremony the delegation from St. Petersburg
was presented with the Polis (City) Award for one of the historical
cities, which has close ties with the Greek people and history. French
President Nicolas Sarkozy was awarded with the honorary title of Homo
Hellenicus (Greek Man), because the president has Greek roots (his
grandfather was born in Thessaloniki and immigrated in France in the first
quarter of the twentieth century). Sarkozy did not attend the awarding
ceremony, and the Greek deputy development minister received the honorary
diploma to hand it over to the French Embassy in Athens.
.Future owner of Opel carmaker unclear yet.
FRANKFURT-EN-MAINE, July 19 (Itar-Tass) -- It is still unclear who
will buy the Opel motor company, if the negotiations between the parties
concerned are abortive, the carmaker may go bankrupt, German Minister of
Economy and Technology Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg said in an interview
published in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung on Sunday.
For a final decision it is necessary to make clear with potential
investors some important issues, particularly high risks that they should
be running, as well as several measures for consolidation in order to
create a competitive motor concern.
"For instance, the contenders should think over launching a new Opel
company with an efficient capital structure. This means that a candidate
should be ready to run high risks," the German minister said.
"I put it clear. We will not allow to exert pressure on us and cannot
permit to make the pledges to preserve the production premises the only
main criterion for guarantees," he said.
In this respect, the minister objected again to considering
prematurely a winner in the struggle for Opel the Canadian-Austrian Magna
International Inc, which is bidding in partnership with the Russian
Savings Bank (Sberbank) and the GAZ group, with the major rival of which
is the Belgian industrial holding RHJ International.
"This is a normal process, the negotiations are underway with many
parties concerned," the German minister believes.
Meanwhile, the minister did not rule out that Opel might go bankrupt
if the investors fail to present to the German government completely
satisfactory concepts. "If everything fails, what we do not want to
happen, Opel's bankruptcy cannot be ruled out ultimately," he warned.
The German authorities earlier noted that they give some advantage to
Magna, because the local authorities of four German federal lands, where
the plants of one of the oldest German carmakers are situated, also do
favour to the foresaid company. Meanwhile, Opel, which is a daughter
company of the U.S. motor giant General Motors going bankrupt, will
probably learn about its fate already next week.
-0-baz
