Athens News Agency: News in English, 03-08-14

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From: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>

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[01] Weather Forecast: Sunny on Friday

[02] ASE pushes towards 2,200 level on Thursday

[03] Police charge suspect in British teen's murder at Faliraki

[01] Weather Forecast: Sunny on Friday

Sunny weather is forecast in all parts of the country on Friday with local clouds forming in the afternoon hours in the north. Winds will be light, turning moderate in the Aegean. Temperatures on the mainland will range from 18C to 38C; in the Ionian Sea from 22C to 36C; and in the Aegean islands from 23C to 34C. Temperatures in Athens between 23C and 37C; and in Thessaloniki from 21C to 36C.

[02] ASE pushes towards 2,200 level on Thursday

Strong buying interest for all categories of stocks, particularly Hellenic Telecommunication Organisation's shares, lifted Greek stocks higher in the Athens Stock Exchange on Thursday.

The general index ended 1.32 percent higher at 2,190.81 points, after rising to 2,197.14 points early in the session. Turnover was an improved 137.6 million euros.

All sector indices ended higher, with the Insurance, IT and Construction sectors scoring the biggest percentage gains of the day (5.0 percent, 3.05 percent and 2.24 percent, respectively).

The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavy traded stocks rose 1.43 percent, the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index ended 1.05 percent higher and the FTSE/ASE SmallCap 80 index jumped 2.38 percent.

Broadly, advancers led decliners by 267 to 60 with another 37 issues unchanged.

[03] Police charge suspect in British teen's murder at Faliraki

A 21-year-old British tourist has reportedly confessed to the murder of a 17-year-old compatriot earlier this week during a nightclub brawl at a raucous youth-dominated resort on the island of Rhodes.

Police identified the man as Peter-Mark Navarro, one of 10 British holiday-makers arrested in the aftermath of the incident at Faliraki. Paddy Doran, from Peterborough, England, bled to death in the early morning hours of Tuesday after his jugular vein was slashed with a broken beer bottle.

According to reports, Navarro was identified by three of the men in custody as the assailant.

On his part, the suspect claimed the brawl began over a minor altercation.

Navarro was charged with intentional homicide, while another five British nationals mostly in the early 20s were charged with complicity in the murder. Another four were slapped with charges related to the fracas and drug possession offences.

All 11 men remain in custody and will be formally arraigned before a local magistrate on the popular holiday island.

In a related development, the police directorate of the Dodecanese islands, which covers Rhodes, has recommended to the municipality where Faliraki is located that the nightclub ?Q?, where the incident occurred, be shutdown. Additionally, a local prosecutor has invited representatives of travel agencies specialising in the tour packages for young, mainly British holiday-makers, to his office on Thursday for a meeting over the situation at Faliraki.

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