Cypriot Nobel Prize winner Pissarides meets Greek Prime Minister

Cypriot Nobel Prize winner professor Christophoros Pissarides met on Friday in Athens with Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, who congratulated him on winning the economics prize in 2010, noting that it was an honour for Cyprus and Hellenism as a whole.
Pissarides and Papandreou discussed prospects for cooperation in the future, as well as the financial situation in Greece.
Furthermore, Pissarides said the measures Greece has taken for the recovery of the economy were in the right direction, and expressed optimism that there would be significant progress very soon.
(source: cna)