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Athens News Agency: News in English, 06-02-08Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>CONTENTS
[01] CoE's Van der Linden begins Athens visit by meeting FM MolyviatisThe president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Ren? van der Linden met Greek Foreign Minister Petros Molyviatis on Wednesday, following his arrival in Athens on a four-day official visit. According to a press release, issues that Van der Linden will address during the visit include Greece's contribution to stability in its region, prospects for a Cyprus settlement and the promotion of inter-cultural and inter-faith dialogue. He is scheduled to meeting Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis at 12:30 on Thursday.ANA-MPA Copyright © 2004-2005 All rights reserved. [02] FinMin unveils three export policy targets"We all aknowledge weakness in the domestic banking system but we will not encourage moves to reduce competition," Economy and Finance Minister George Alogoskoufis said on Wednesday. Addressing a meeting of the National Export Council, the Greek minister stressed that Greece must stop its inward looking adding "we must look outwards". Alogoskoufis noted it was not enough to become competitive in cost terms but to achieve a greater percentage of know-how and quality and to adopt more effective methods to boost exports.The Greek minister said the government's main export policy targets were: -Focusing on large foreign markets, -Coordinating agency actions and -Promoting an advertising campaign of Greek products abroad. Alogoskoufis underlined that much work still needed to be done to boost Greek exports and praised the role of the Export Promotion Organisation in efforts to promote Greek products abroad. He urged the National Export Council to agree on a "National Business Delegations Programme" and said that a total of 31 business delegations have been scheduled for the current year. ANA-MPA Copyright © 2004-2005 All rights reserved. [03] SEECP justice & interior ministers' meetingJustice and interior ministers of South East European countries ended a meeting in Loutraki on Wednesday with a joint communique that pledged united action against cross-border organised crime. Greece currently holds the rotating presidency of the South East European Cooperation Process (SEECP). The meeting of SEECP ministers had focused on ways to jointly tackle human-trafficking, organised crime, corruption and terrorism.The joint communique referred to boosting action against terrorism and human-trafficking, reinforcing existing agreements and measures, greater cross-border cooperation against organised crime and terrorism and greater cooperation with EUROJUST and EUROPOL in southeast Europe, among others. Taking part were ministers of Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Moldova, Serbia and Montenegro, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Turkey. The meeting was chaired by Greek Justice Minister Anastasios Papaligouras and Public Order Minister George Voulgarakis. ANA-MPA Copyright © 2004-2005 All rights reserved. Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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