03.10.2011 - Qatar swoops for Greek assets as Europe looks abroad for help
A Qatari sovereign wealth fund has taken a 10 per cent stake in a Greek gold-mining firm, in a move that confirms that European politicians are increasingly keen to accept assistance from emerging economies in order to ease the eurozone's debt crisis. The deal by Qatar Holdings to buy a 9.9 per cent equity stake in European Goldfields from the Greek construction firm, Ellaktor, was approved on Saturday by the Greek Prime Minister, George Papandreou, and the emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani..............................................Full Article: Source
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