International Business News - Olympic http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Olympic Airlines says it will cancel 100 flights Wednesday because a union representing most of its employees will join a public sector worker strike. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081006/greeces-olympic-to-cancel-100-flights-wednesday.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:43:55 EDT Several hundred Olympic Airlines employees and supporters marched to parliament Thursday to protest the Greek government's plans to privatize the debt-ridden airline. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081002/hundreds-protest-plans-to-sell-olympic-airlines.htm Thu, 02 Oct 2008 06:29:25 EDT IOC president Jacques Rogge says the global financial crisis should not hurt preparations for upcoming Olympics. "No one has certainties today, but I am not pessimistic for the Olympic Games," Rogge said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080930/rogge-says-global-crisis-wont-hurt-olympic-cities.htm Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:32:06 EDT Hundreds of workers at Greece's debt-ridden Olympic Airlines have held a protest in Athens against government plans to privatize the carrier. An estimated 500 people took part in the protest at the transport ministry. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/142592-correction-greece-olympic-lines.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080930/greece-olympic-airlines-workers-protest-sale-plan.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080930/greece-olympic-airlines-workers-protest-sale-plan.htm Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:10:04 EDT Greece launched the bidding process Friday to sell Olympic Airlines, the debt-ridden state carrier, officials said. A government committee "decided to start the tender process to select private investors" for Olympic, according to a Finance Ministry statement without elaborating. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080926/greece-starts-process-to-sell-olympic-airlines.htm Fri, 26 Sep 2008 06:43:38 EDT Olympic organizers issued detailed design rules for the 2012 London games Wednesday, including a mandate that at least some toilets in the Olympic park do not face the holy Islamic city of Mecca. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080924/2012-olympics-rule-toilets-that-dont-face-mecca.htm Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:02:35 EDT Hundreds of protesting Olympic Airlines workers walked onto the main runway of Athens International Airport Tuesday to protest plans to sell the troubled state-owned airline. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080923/protesting-greek-airline-workers-walk-onto-runway.htm Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:49:07 EDT Olympic Airlines workers scuffled with riot police and blocked traffic in central Athens for more than two hours Friday to protest plans to sell the troubled state-owned airline. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080919/olympic-airlines-workers-stage-protest.htm Fri, 19 Sep 2008 08:29:27 EDT The Olympic flame is out, the smog is back, and traffic again clogs the roads. Welcome to what commentators are calling China's "post-Olympic era," in which euphoria over the Beijing Games is slowly giving way to economic worries, new safety crises and a future both brimming with confidence and tinged with uncertainty. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/133246-aptopix-beijing-paralympics.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080918/post-olympic-era-off-to-a-rocky-start-in-china.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080918/post-olympic-era-off-to-a-rocky-start-in-china.htm Thu, 18 Sep 2008 06:43:34 EDT The president of Argentina's Olympic Committee has resigned amid questioning about his role in the country's military dictatorship. Buenos Aires city legislator Juan Cabandie and city human rights commission director Carlos Pisoni are asking police to investigate whether Julio Cassanello participated in the disappearance of two leftist militants in the Buenos Aires suburb where he was mayor. Cassanello insisted Wednesday that he played no role in the disappearances. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080917/argentine-olympic-committee-chief-resigns.htm Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:23:03 EDT The Olympic flame is out, the smog is back, and traffic again clogs the roads. Welcome to what commentators are calling China's "post-Olympic era," in which euphoria over the Beijing Games is slowly giving way to economic worries, new safety crises and a future both brimming with confidence and tinged with uncertainty. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080917/post-olympic-era-off-to-a-rocky-start-in-china.htm Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:23:52 EDT The Olympic flame is out, the smog is back, and traffic again clogs the roads. Welcome to what commentators are calling China's "post-Olympic era," in which euphoria over the Beijing Games is slowly giving way to economic worries, new safety crises and a future both brimming with confidence and tinged with uncertainty. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/132607-aptopix-beijing-paralympics.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080917/post-olympic-era-off-to-a-rocky-start-in-china.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080917/post-olympic-era-off-to-a-rocky-start-in-china.htm Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:13:57 EDT The European Union on Wednesday approved Greece's plan to privatize the Greek carrier Olympic Airlines SA next year, but said the airline must pay back millions in aid that it should not have received. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080917/eu-oks-greek-plan-to-privatize-olympic-airlines.htm Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:50:57 EDT The European Union on Wednesday approved Greece's plan to privatize the Greek carrier Olympic Airlines SA next year but said the airline must pay back millions in aid that it should not have received. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080917/eu-oks-greek-plan-to-privatize-olympic-airlines.htm Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:09:08 EDT An Israeli Cabinet minister called the Chinese ambassador Wednesday to apologize after Israel's only Beijing Olympics medalist used a curse to describe the Chinese in a newspaper interview. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080910/israeli-minister-apologizes-over-athletes-slur.htm Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:27:35 EDT Utah will soon say goodbye to welcome signs that for a decade have promoted the state as the home of the 2002 Winter Olympics. Workers will begin replacing the signs found at entrances to the state Wednesday with new ones that feature a variety of more colorful, geographically specific images. The new look is intended to market Utah as a year-round tourist destination and remind passers-by that some of the most stunning scenery in the West belongs to Utah and not its neighbors, as image surveys have shown many people believe. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080826/utah-bids-farewell-to-olympic-welcome-signs.htm Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:28:10 EDT The head of the Iraqi Olympics Committee had just finished his speech when gunmen stormed into the hall. They seized the stunned chairman Ahmed al-Sammarai and dozens of others, and hustled them outside into waiting cars. It was July 15, 2006. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080822/wife-of-kidnapped-iraqi-olympic-head-seeks-justice.htm Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:59:14 EDT China has banned the use of its Olympic gold medalists' names as Internet addresses by anyone but the athletes themselves. However, the Chinese government controls only Web sites with the ".cn" suffix and has no power over those assigned in other countries. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/112836-beijing-olympics-gymnastics-mens-all-around.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080820/china-limits-use-of-olympians-names-online.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080820/china-limits-use-of-olympians-names-online.htm Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:51:27 EDT China has banned the use of its Olympic gold medalists' names as Internet addresses by anyone but the athletes themselves. The move announced Tuesday came after companies registered the names of winning Chinese athletes at the 2004 Athens Olympics as Web addresses, prompting an outcry by sports fans. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/112436-aptopix-beijing-olympics-gymnastics-mens-all-around.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080820/china-limits-use-of-olympians-names-online.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080820/china-limits-use-of-olympians-names-online.htm Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:33:58 EDT As police with riot clubs patrolled nearby, a merchant whispered that he feared a sweeping crackdown in China's northwestern Muslim region once the Olympic spotlight fades. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/112429-china-attack.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080820/post-olympic-clamp-on-muslim-xinjiang-possible.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080820/post-olympic-clamp-on-muslim-xinjiang-possible.htm Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:04:29 EDT