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

CONTENTS

[01] GEWD Balkan Greens conf'

[02] Athens Newspaper Headlines

[01] GEWD Balkan Greens conf'

The purpose of the conference is an exchange ov views and experiences from the activities of the ecological movements in Southeastern Europe and the development of Balkan cooperation on the crucial issue of climate change, on nuclear energy, cross-border waters, forest protection and other themes, and also political cooperation among the Greek parties of the region, removed from tensions and nationalism.

Taking part in the conference will be the Greek parties from Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, FYROM, Moldova, Serbia, Slovenia, Turkey and the Ukraine, as well as specialised scientists and officials of the European Greens. The conference opens on Friday evening at the University of Macedonia, on the theme "Nuclear energy and oil and gas pipelines in the Balkans - What is the alternative energy policy?". The development of nuclear plants being advanced as a solution to the energy problem and global warming is, according to the Greens, a dangerous and dead-end paty, while the various energy pipelines in Greece and the Balkans entail incalculable hazards for the sensitive balance of the marine ecosystems, but also to tourism in the coastal countries and to public health. The goal of the Greens is to draft an alternative energy policy that is founded on the development of alternative energy sources, bio-climatic architecture, mass transports and an ecological way of life.

Caption:ANA-MPA file photo of a view of the White Tower in Thessaloniki,nothern Greece.

[02] Athens Newspaper Headlines

The spiralling prices and the increasing inflation, and Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis' letter to European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso requesting a discussion on high cost of living at the next EU Summit, dominated the headlines on Wednesday in Athens' newspapers.

ADESMEFTOS TYPOS: "Public opinion in shock over the homosexual civil weddings - Charges were brought against Mayor of the island of Tilos who performed the ceremonies".

APOGEVMATINI: "Huge sums of Chinese money for two Piraeus port piers - Super offer of 4.3 billion euros for 35-year lease".

AVGHI: "High prices for the majority, explosion of profit for the minority - High prices will remain for years, say EU ministers".

AVRIANI: "Siemens company had given a check to main opposition PASOK party - Siemens financed PASOK youth organisation event".

CHORA: "Piraeus a second Shanghai - Chinese offer us 7 times its current price".

ELEFTHERI ORA: "We will solve the demographic problem after the homosexual 'marriages' in Tilos"

ELEFTHEROS : "Outrage over the homosexual marriages - 'They are illegal and invalid', say Justice Minister and Supreme Court chief prosecutor".

ELEFTHEROS TYPOS: "Greece's seven wounds - The constant charges from European Court bring both financial and ecological cost".

ELEFTHEROTYPIA: "Whomsoever the mayor hath united let no Sanidas (supreme court prosector) separate".

ESTIA: "Left parties celebrate over the non-revision of article 16 (of the Constitution)".

ETHNOS: "Warning bell for 1.3 million motorcyclists - Exhaust emissions certificate will also be mandatory, following the obligation of KTEO (vehicle technical inspection) certificates".

KATHIMERINI: "Alarmings signs of exhaustion in economy - According to first quarter indicators".

LOGOS: "Karamanlis' initiative on the high cost of living - Letter to Barroso".

NIKI: "Karamanlis manoever - He called on EU to solve the 'overpriced goods' issue".

RIZOSPASTIS: "Salary-pension increases the only defence against spiralling prices - The measures against poverty are ridiculous".

TA NEA: "I'ts not my fault, it's Europe's fault! - Unprecedented Karamanlis letter on the high prices".

TO VIMA: "Piraeus, China's port - It is leased for 35 years".

VRADYNI: "Self-sufficient post-graduate courses in Technological Institutes - Inner Cabinet gave the 'green light' on Tuesday".

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