Athens News Agency: News in English, 02-10-14

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CONTENTS

[01] Local gov't elections-Latest results

[02] Weather Forecast: Cloud, rain on Monday

[03] Athens-Piraeus supra-Prefecture, Athens municipality, head to

[01] Local gov't elections-Latest results

Run-off local government elections will be held in approximately half of the municipalities throughout Greece and just over half of the prefectures, as clear victories emerged in 16 prefectures (including 2 supra-prefectures) with 90 percent of the vote counted Monday morning.

Results so far of Sunday's municipal/prefectural elections showed 11 main opposition New Democracy-supported candidates carrying their prefectures in the first round of voting, including Thessaloniki and the Drama-Kavala-Xanthi supra-prefecture. Ruling PASOK-backed candidates carried one prefecture, while four prefectures were carried by joint PASOK/SYN-backed candidates.

A total of 72 municipalities throughout the country elected mayors in the first round of the vote, with 90 percent of the vote counted Monday morning.

[02] Weather Forecast: Cloud, rain on Monday

Cloud often turning to rain and storms are forecast in all parts of the country, with the east and south expected to see the worst of the weather. Conditions will improve by the end of the day. Winds variable, moderate to strong. In the north, temperatures will range from 12C to 20C; in the west from 14C to 23C; and in the rest of the country from 15C to 24C. Temperatures in Athens between 17C and 22C; and in Thessaloniki from 14C to 19C.

[03] Athens-Piraeus supra-Prefecture, Athens municipality, head to run-offs

Run-off elections were slated for the Athens-Piraeus Supra-Prefecture next weekend between ruling PASOK-backed candidate Fofi Gennimata, who led the vote with 38.7 percent at midnight Sunday, and main opposition New Democracy-backed Yannis Tzannetakos, who was running at 27.9 percent, with 10.96 percent of the vote counted.

Independent candidate George Karatzaferis, a former ND member, pulled a hat trick in this election and came in third with a sizeable 13.7 percent of the vote, ahead of Coalition of the Left and Progress (SYN)-backed candidate Manolis Glezos (11.3%) and Thanassis Pafilis (8.5%), who was jointly backed by the Communist Part of Greece (KKE) and the Democratic Social Movement (DHKKI).

In the Prefecture of Thessaloniki, with 9.83 percent of the vote counted, ND-backed Panayotis Psomiadis seemed poised to carry the prefecture with 51.6% of the vote, followed by PASOK-backed Grigoris Hatzisavvas with 32.8%, KKE/DHKKI-backed George Rokkos with 7.6 percent, and SYN-bcked Michalis Tremopoulos with 5 percent.

In the Municipality of Thessaloniki, with 7.12 percent of the vote counted, ND-backed incumbent mayor Vassilis Papageorgopoulos clearly carried the vote with 54.3 percent, followed by PASOK-backed Spyros Vougias with 28.2 percent, KKE-backed Agapios Sahinis with 8.8 percent, and SYN-backed Anastasios Kourakis with 6.8 percent.

In the Municipality of Athens, with 12.74 percent of the votes counted, ND-backed Dora Bakoyanni was leading with 48 percent, followed by PASOK-backed Christos Papoutsis with 25.6 percent, DHKKI-backed Yannis Dimaras with 10.9 percent, SYN-backed Fotis Kouvelis with 6.2 percent, and KKE-backed Spyros Halvatzis with 5.9 percent.

In the Municipality of Piraeus, with 13 percent of the vote counted, ND-backed incumbent mayor Christos Agrapidis was leading with 47.2 percent, followed by PASOK-backed Manolis Benteniotis with 32.2 percent, SYN-backed Dritsas with 8.1 percent, and KKE-backed Costas Tzatzanis with 6.3 percent.

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