Blue Star Ferries has been voted "Passenger Line of the Year" at Lloyd''s List Greek Shipping Awards.
The Company''s responsibility, consistency, reliability and integrity as exhibited throughout its existence, were recognized at a special awards'' ceremony, which took place on Friday 8th December, in Athens, Greece. Blue Star Ferries'' Managing Director, Michael Sakellis, picked up the award.
The judging panel of the Lloyd''s List Greek Shipping Awards is comprised of professionals representing a broad section of the Greek shipping community and independent experts in the industry, which further serves to underline the importance of this prestigious recognition for Blue Star Ferries, as the best passenger line of the year.
For more information please contact:
Mr. Dionissis Theodoratos
BLUE STAR MARITIME S.A.
Τel.: +30 210 891 9820
Fax: +30 210 891 9829
e-mail: theodoratos@bluestarferries.com

INTRACOM TELECOM, a part of SITRONICS Telecommunication Solutions division, signed a contract of total worth Euro 1,000,000 with POLKOMTEL (PlusGSM, Mobile Telecommunications Company in Poland) for the extension of the existing SS7 Signaling Monitoring System.
Within the framework of the agreement, apart from hardware and software, INTRACOM TELECOM also provides associated professional services including installation, configuration, training, support and maintenance. The project will be fully implemented by the end of 2006.
INTRACOM TELECOM''s solution is based on acceSS7 System, developed by Agilent Technologies. This solution will enable Polkomtel to promptly and efficiently supervise the entire SS7 network protocol and manage their SS7 network (low and high speed signaling links).
INTRACOM TELECOM has a long-standing experience in the design and implementation of Operations Support Systems, based on Agilent''s solution, in Greece and abroad: OTE (Greece), BTC (Bulgaria), Telekom Srbija, STC (Saudi Arabia), Polkomtel (Poland), HT (Croatia), Vodafone (Greece), TIM (Greece) and Tellas (Greece). The company has an active presence in Central and Eastern Europe, N. Africa and Middle East markets and can meet present as well as future needs of any telecommunications provider.

About INTRACOM TELECOM
INTRACOM TELECOM is a leading developer and producer of telecommunication systems as well as supplier of integrated solutions and professional services to fixed, wireless and mobile operators in the EEMEA region. More than 100 customers in over 50 countries choose INTRACOM TELECOM for its state-of-the-art products and solutions. INTRACOM TELECOM has 2,600 employees, operates subsidiaries in 12 countries and is amongst the largest European companies leading in R&D investments. Since June 2006, INTRACOM TELECOM is controlled by JSC SITRONICS (Russia) with 51%. JSC SITRONICS is the technology subsidiary of JSFC SISTEMA, the largest consumer services company in Central and Eastern Europe. INTRACOM HOLDINGS Group (Greece) retains a 49% stake. For more information please visit: www.intracom-telecom.com.
About Polkomtel
Polkomtel S.A. [a joint stock company] is one of three mobile telephony operators in Poland, marketing its services under three brand names: Plus GSM, Simplus and Sami Swoi. Following a tender held by the Minister of Communication, on 1 February 1996, the Company was awarded concession No. 1 for the provision of telecommunications services and a permit for the construction in Poland of a mobile GSM 900 MHz digital radio communication network with the 601 paging number. The Company boasts a formidable network of showrooms and provides its services by direct selling. The Customer Service Division, employing highly-qualified consultants, is available to subscribers should they run up against any problems using their mobile phones.

The Hellenic Telecommunications Organisation SA (OTE SA), as parent company of Cosmote SA, states that Cosmote SA, beyond the 20.75% on the total of voting rights of Germanos SA that possesses directly and the 68.49% that possesses indirectly, acquired, on Monday, 11th December 2006, 53,965 shares of Germanos SA, through the purchasing by its affiliated company Cosmoholding Cyprus Ltd. Thus, Cosmote SA will possess indirectly the 68.56% of the shares, which corresponds to the same percentage on the total voting rights of GERMANOS SA.
- Percentage of shares before the amendment :
20.75%, with the corresponding voting rights, directly
89.24%, with the corresponding voting rights, directly and indirectly
- Percentage of shares after the amendment:
20.75%, with the corresponding voting rights, directly
89.31%, with the corresponding voting rights, directly and indirectly
- Number of shares before the amendment :
16,929,103, with the corresponding voting rights, directly
72,800,563, with the corresponding voting rights, directly and indirectly
- Number of shares after the amendment:
16,929,103, with the corresponding voting rights, directly
72,854,528, with the corresponding voting rights, directly and indirectly.

DOCUMENT FOR THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION Under Law 3401/2005 REGARDING THE OFFER OF M.J.MAILLIS S.A. SHARES TO ITS EXECUTIVES IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE ANNUAL IMPLEMENTATION OF ITS STOCK OPTION PLAN &THE ADMISSION TO TRADING OF THESE SHARES (article 4 par.2.f)
M.J.MAILLIS S.A., in the framework of the annual implementation of the approved by the General Meeting of M.J.MAILLIS S.A. shareholders Stock Option Plan (the Plan), and following the Document for the Provision of Information according to article 4 par.1.e of the L.3401/2005, which made available to the investors on 17.11.2006, informs the public as follows:
1. In the framework of the annual implementation of the Plan, as it is described in the above Document for the Provision of Information, the executives of the Company who are entitled to Stock Option Rights for the acquisition of the Company?s shares have exercised their Stock Option Rights until November 30th 2006.
2. For the year 2006 16 executives of the Company to whom Stock Option Rights were granted, have exercised their Rights for total 309.295 new ordinary registered shares of a nominal value of 0,76 Euro each.
3. According to the Plan the new shares issuance price is 1 Euro per share
4. Following the exercise of the Stock Options Rights by the entitled executives and cash payment of the issuance price in a special account of the Company, the Board of Directors of the Company convened on 04.12.2006 and decided the increase of the Company?s share capital of 235.064,20 Euros without amendment of its Article of Association and without a preemptive right of the existing, at the time of the issue of the new shares, shareholders according to article 13 par.9 of C.L. 2190/1920. The Board of Directors of the company at its session on 05.12.2006 certified the aforesaid increase.
5. The Ministry of Development on 11.12.2006 approved and registered the above mentioned increase of capital and the certification of such increase in the Official Register of Societes Anonymes by its decisions (No. K2-17081, K2-17081 bis).
6. Following the above increase the fully paid share capital of the Company amounts to 55.614.326,96 Euro, divided into 73.176.746 ordinary registered shares of a nominal value of 0,76 euro each.
7. In the framework of the implementation of the aforementioned Stock Option Plan for the years 2002, 2003 2004, 2005 and 2006 have been exercised in total and correspondingly have been issued 1.081.716 new shares. Remains to be exercised 1.690.705 Stock Options Rights.
8. The Company will proceed with all necessary actions so that the new shares, which correspond to the rights exercised within 2006, will start trading in the Athens Exchange, in line to current legislation.
INFORMATION ON THE DRAFTING OF THE PRESENT DOCUMENT
The drafting of the present Document, as well as the accuracy of the data contained herein are the responsibility of:
- Mrs. Alexandra Konida, Group Chief Financial Officer, at 5, Xenias & Charilaou Trikoupi St., 145 62 Kifissia, tel. (+30) 210 6285000.
- Mr. Nikolaos Maroulis, Financial Manager, at 5, Xenias & Charilaou Trikoupi St. 145 62 Kifissia, tel. (+30) 210 6285000.
Copies of the document are available at M.J.MAILLIS S.A. headquarters at Kifissia, 5, Xenias & Charilaou Trikoupi St., 145 62, and on the website of the Company www.maillis.gr and www.maillis.com. For further information you may contact shareholders? department (Mrs. Sotiria Smani, tel: (+30) 210 62 85 000).

Citigroup Global Markets Limited (Citigroup) and Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch (Deutsche Bank) as Joint Bookrunners and Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Ltd (KBW) as Joint Lead Manager, announce that they are placing up to 54,746,319 shares of Marfin Popular Bank Public Co Ltd (MPB) formerly known as Cyprus Popular Bank Ltd, representing approximately 15.32% of MPB through an accelerated bookbuild offering to Greek and international institutional investors on behalf of Marfin Financial Group SA Holdings (Marfin). As part of the placement, Dubai Financial LLC has agreed to buy 18,874,093 MPB shares at the same price as that determined by the bookbuild of the remaining up to 35,872,226 MPB shares. Citigroup, Deutsche Bank and KBW have also placed on behalf of Marfin at least 11.9 m shares of Egnatia Bank SA (Egnatia) to select pre-identified investors. The MPB and Egnatia shares'' tickers on Bloomberg and ISIN codes are respectively ticker: CPB CY on Bloomberg and ISIN: CY0000200119 and ticker: EGNAK GA on Bloomberg and ISIN GRS009013004. Any remaining shares of Egnatia held by Marfin will be tendered into the Marfin Popular Bank Public Co Ltd (ie the former Cyprus Popular Bank Public Company Ltd) offer for Egnatia shares and the MPB shares issued in exchange thereof will be subject to a 180 day lock up (with the exception of a possible sale of all or a portion of such remaining Egnatia shares or the Marfin Popular Bank equivalent issued in their stead to up to two strategic investors who would also be locked up for the remainder of the 180 day period). The private placement of Marfin''s stakes in Marfin Popular Bank Public Co Ltd and Egnatia Bank SA has been disclosed to the Board of Directors of Marfin Popular Bank Public Co Ltd.
Not for release or distribution, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States, Canada, Japan or Australia. The material set forth herein is for informational purposes only and is not an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, any securities, in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful. In particular, it is not an offer of securities for sale or a solicitation of an offer to purchase securities in the United States. The offer and sale of these shares have not been, and will not be, registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent such registration other than pursuant to an applicable exemption from registration. There will be no public offering of the securities in the United States. This communication is for distribution only to and is directed only at (1) persons in the United Kingdom falling within Article 19 and/or Article 49 of The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (such as persons who are authorised or exempt persons within the meaning of the financial services and markets act 2000, as amended, and certain other investment professionals, high net worth companies, unincorporated associations and other bodies) (2) persons in Greece falling within the definition of qualified investor contained in Greek Law 3401/2005 and (3) persons to whom it may otherwise lawfully be communicated (all such persons together being referred to as "relevant persons"). This document must not be acted on or relied on by persons who are not relevant persons. Any investment or investment activity to which this document relates is available only to relevant persons and will be engaged in only with relevant persons. Citigroup, Deutsche Bank and KBW which are regulated by the Financial Services Authority for the conduct of designated investment business in the UK, are acting for the sellers and no one else in connection with the offer described herein and will not be responsible to anyone other than the sellers for providing the protections afforded to their clients or for providing advice in relation to the offer.

Pursuant to paragraph 2 (a) and (b) of article 24 of L.3461/2006, COSMOHOLDING CYPRUS LIMITED (COSMOHOLDING or the Offeror) hereby notifies the Hellenic Capital Market Committee and the Athens Exchange that:
1) On 12 December 2006 COSMOHOLDING acquired at the price of Euro 19 per share, through stock exchange transactions, 57,644 common registered shares of GERMANOS INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL COMPANY OF ELECTRONIC TELECOMMUNICATION MATERIAL AND SUPPLY OF TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES S.A. (the Company), representing approximately 0.07% of the Company?s voting rights.
2) Prior to the aforementioned acquisition the Offeror held directly approximately 68.56% of the Company''s voting rights and its parent company COSMOTE - MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS S.A. (COSMOTE) held directly and indirectly (through the Offeror) approximately 89.31% of the Company?s voting rights.
3) Following the aforementioned acquisition the Offeror holds directly approximately 68.63% of the Company?s voting rights and COSMOTE holds directly and indirectly (through the Offeror) approximately 89.38% of the Company''s voting rights.

In compliance with the Presidential Decree 51/92 and the article 20 of the Hellenic Markets Commission amd the New Regulation of ASE, we inform you that ASPIS PRONIA AEGA shareholder of ASPIS BANK SA, according to Presidential Decree 51/1992 and the article 20 of the Hellenic Capital Markets commission has Informed the Bank for the change as of 11-12-2006 of its shareholding and its voting Rights of ASPIS BANK SA.
More specifically:
ASPIS PRONIA AEGA (shareholder)
Reason for the change: Selling
Before of change:
1. Number of voting rights: 15,3742%
2. Number of shares with voting rights: 7.507.246
3. Percentage of Share Capital: 15,3742%
After the change:
1. Number of voting rights:20,3392%
2. Number of shares with voting rights: 9.931.701
3. Percentage of share capital: 20,3392%
4. Recall that the total number of shares of the company is currently 48.830.310.

BANK OF CYPRUS ANNOUNCES ITS DECISION TO SUBMIT A PUBLIC TENDER OFFER TO THE SHAREHOLDERS OF CYTRUSTEES PUBLIC COMPANY LTD FOR THE ACQUISITION OF UP TO 50% OF THE SHARES OF CYTRUSTEES THE OFFER CONSIDERATION IS ? 2,20 IN CASH FOR EACH CYTRUSTEES SHARE
Founded in 1899, the Bank of Cyprus Group is the leading Cypriot banking and financial services group. In 1991, the Group established its first branch in Greece where it has been expanding rapidly since 1999. It has an established banking presence in the United Kingdom and in 2001 it expanded to Australia through a wholly owned subsidiary bank. In addition to retail and commercial banking, the Group''s activities include finance, factoring, investment banking, brokerage, fund management, life and general insurance. The Group currently operates through a total of 284 branches, of which 147 operate in Cyprus, 120 in Greece, six in the United Kingdom, ten in Australia and one in the Channel Islands. Bank of Cyprus also has representation in the United States of America, Canada, South Africa, Russia and Romania. The Bank of Cyprus Group employs 6.159 staff worldwide. At 30 September 2006, the Group''s Total Assets reached C£14,01bn (?24,29bn) and the Group''s Shareholders'' Funds were C£876mn (?1,52bn). The Bank of Cyprus shares are listed on the Cyprus and Athens Stock Exchanges. Additional information can be found at the Group''s website www.bankofcyprus.com. Bank of Cyprus Public Company Limited ("Bank of Cyprus", "Offeror") announces that it has decided to submit a Public Offer ("Public Offer") to the shareholders of Cytrustees Investment Public Company Limited ("Cytrustees") for the acquisition of up to 50% of the issued share capital of Cytrustees.
Cytrustees is an approved closed end investment company listed on the Cyprus Stock Exchange ("CSE"). Cytrustees was ιncorporated in 1990 in Cyprus and was converted into a public company in 1991. The Offer consideration is ?2,20 in cash for each Cytrustees share. The closing share price of Cytrustees on the CSE on 12 December 2006 was ?1,71. Based on Cytrustees'' last public announcement, its net asset value per share as at 30 November 2006 was ?2,60. It is noted that Bank of Cyprus holds 661.119 Cytrustees shares, i.e. 2,74% of Cytrustees'' total issued share capital, and Eurolife Ltd (a 100% subsidiary of Bank of Cyprus) holds 1.676.855 Cytrustees shares i.e. 6,95% of Cytrustees'' total issued share capital. The total issued share capital of Cytrustees amounts to 24.122.098 shares of a nominal value of C£0,67 each. The Public Offer is conditional to obtaining all necessary approvals from the relevant regulatory authorities pursuant to current legislation. To this end Bank of Cyprus will proceed with all necessary actions to obtain such approvals. Detailed terms of the Public Offer and other information will be included in the Public Offer Document which will be drafted pursuant to the existing legislation in Cyprus. This announcement is made in accordance with Article 9(1) of the Cyprus Securities and Stock Exchange (Public Offer for Acquisition of Securities and Merger of Companies Listed on the Stock Exchange) Regulations 1997-2006.