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Athens News Agency: News in English, 06-12-28
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[01] ISP significantly improves funds' absorption rate
[02] New Athens mayor visits central market
[01] ISP significantly improves funds' absorption rate
Greek Economy and Finance Minister George Alogoskoufis on Thursday said
there would be no loss of funds by an ?Information Society? business
programme this year.
Speaking to reporters, the Greek minister stressed that absorption rate
of the programme surpassed 55 percent of its budget so far this year
and noted that the programme was significantly restructured.
Alogoskoufis said it was extremely encouraging that both citizens and
businesses were increasingly acknowledging the benefits of all
information projects promoted in the country. The Greek minister said
the programmeâs absorption rate was 11.8 pct in March 2004.
[02] New Athens mayor visits central market
New Athens mayor Nikitas Kaklamanis, who officially takes over as mayor
at the start of 2007, and outgoing Mayor Theodoros Behrakis on Thursday
paid a joint visit to the central Varvakio meat market in Athens, to
exchange New Year wishes with those working there.
During the visit, Kaklamanis underlined the massive improvements that
have taken place in the market in recent years, both in terms of
infrastructure and in terms of service and quality. He pledged to iron
out remaining problems with infrastructure from his position as mayor
in the next two years.
Kaklamanis also answered questions concerning the problems with rubbish
disposal for the capital, stressing that the answer in the long-term
did not lie in creating new landfills but in adopting new technologies
for processing waste without causing atmospheric pollution.
"In 2007, we can no longer talk about landfills. It is the time of new
technologies," he told reporters.
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