The statement came after Athens News Agency reported recently that Aspis Bank had announced that it was weighing the possibilities of a tie-up with Attica Bank.
On September 24, Greece made its first downpayment on a $242-million contract with Raytheon (Goleta, CA), signed in April, for the provision of the company's Airborne Self-Protection Integrated System (ASPIS) II for the Hellenic Air Force's fleet of 60 F-16 Block 52+ Peace Xenia III aircraft and for up-grading the service's earlier model F-16s (Block 30s and Block 50s), which were equipped with the original ASPIS, to the ASPIS II configuration (see "Hellenic Air Force Inks F-16 EW Contract," JED, June 2003, p.
Existing Greek F-16 Block 30/50 aircraft are equipped with a variant of the Litt on/Raytheon/BAE Systems North America -- Integrated Defense Solutions mix and match Advanced Self-Protection Integrated Suite (ASPIS).
Disabled activist Simone Aspis, of the group People First, said the case centred on killing one twin instead of examining how they could live together or what medical treatment could sustain their lives.
Since that time large portions of other of Menander's plays have been recovered and published, including much of Samia ("The Woman of Samos"), Aspis ("The Shield"), and Misoumenos ("The Man She Hated").