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Athens News Agency: News in English, 06-11-22Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>CONTENTS
[01] PASOK party leader visits schoolMain opposition PASOK party leader George Papandreou visited the all-day elementary school at Neo Ikonio in Perama, outside Athens, on Wednesday and expressed concern over the future of the all-day elementary school.Accompanied by parety officials Milena Apostolaki and Nasos Alevras, Papandreou met with the school's teachers and the parents and guardians society and discussed problems faced by the school. He then visited the pupils in a classroom and held a discussion with them. Papandreou said the institution of the all-day school is important because it provides new possibilities and skills, while working parents can also benefit from it. In an another development, Papandreou, who is also Socialist International (SI) President, sent a letter to Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora in which he condemned the assassination of Lebanon's Industry Minister Pierre Gemayel on Tuesday. Papandreou also had phone talks with Siniora. "I am shocked by the news of the assassination of Pierre Gemayel, the Industry Minister of your government, who believed and worked for a new independent, democratic and united Lebanon," Papandreou said in his letter. "We condemn in the most intense way this assassination, as well as any attempt of destabilisation of Lebanon, through political assasinations or other terrorist acts," Papandreou added. Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |