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Athens News Agency: News in English, 09-09-18Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>CONTENTS
[01] Int'l group lobbies for Hagia Sophia liturgyThe head of an international effort to restore the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul as a Christian place of worship on Thursday said affiliated groups want to hold a liturgy on Sept. 17, 2010 in the venerable Byzantine-era basilica, a pre-eminent museum today in the Bosporus metropolis.Chris Spyrou, a noted Greek-American political leader from New Hampshire who heads the International Congregation of Agia (Hagia) Sophia organisation, said his group has also sent a relevant letter to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan inviting him to attend the liturgy. Spyrou spoke at a news conference in Athens on Thursday. [02] Industrial turnover index down 27.8% in July(ANA-MPA) -- Greeceās composite turnover index in the industrial sector dropped by 27.8 pct in July, compared with the same month last year, the National Statistical Service said on Friday.The statistics agency attributed the sharp decline to a 34.8 pct fall in the mining turnover index and a 27.7 pct fall in the manufacturing turnover index. The new orders index dropped 33.7 pct in July, after an increase of 11.0 pct recorded in July 2008. Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |