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Athens News Agency: News in English, 10-09-19Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>CONTENTS
[01] Papariga addresses KKE youth organisation rallyCommunist Party of Greece (KKE) leader Aleka Papariga said that a vote in November's local parliament elections is equal to a vote in the national elections, although a government is not elected, addressing the 36th Festival of the KKE youth organisation KNE on Saturday night.She said that the government's claim that the people back the Memorandum "is not true" and, on the contrary, the great majority of working people feel anger and indignation and have lost any confidence in had in the two mainstream parties -- ruling PASOK and main opposition New Democracy (ND) -- that alternate in the government. More details on the subscriber's page of APE-MPE | Subscription request form [02] Mid-Byzantine watermills in new archaeological parkA new archaeological park encompassing the mid Byzantine-era watermills (12th-13th century AD) in the Polichni municipality of greater Thessaloniki will finally open to the public this month after 14 years of excavations and restoration at the site.The outdoor archaeological park will open on Monday, with noted Paris-based Byzantologist Helene Glykatzi-Ahrweiler inaugurating the site. The 23-hectare area features exhibition space, footpaths, parking space and a 500-seat outdoor theatre. (Photo by ANA-MPA) More details on the subscriber's page of APE-MPE | Subscription request form [03] FinMin meets troikaFinance Minister George Papaconstantinou on Friday met with the heads of the all-important EU-ECB-IMF "troika" delegation here, for talks on the troikaâs interim report regarding the course of the Greek economy.The meeting focused on progress of a majors reforms programme, including the urgent restructuring loss-making and debt-ridden Hellenic Rail (OSE) and other state-run mass transit companies, deregulation of so-called "closed professions", privatisations and strategic moves, i.e. mergers and buy-outs, in the domestic banking system. The two sides also discussed ways to boost lagging tax revenues and particularly efforts to combat large-scale tax evasion, along with actions to contain spending vis-?-vis hospital procurements, pension funds and local government authorities. The heads of the EU/IMF delegation, which visited Athens on Thursday after completing a joint roadshow with the Greek government in London, Paris and Frankfurt, will return to the country in October to finalise a report on implementing a memorandum on restructuring the Greek economy. After the meeting with the troika, the Greek minister met with Germanyâs federal Finance and Technology Deputy Minister Bernd Pfaffenbach. More details on the subscriber's page of APE-MPE | Subscription request form [04] 3-month T-bill issue Tuesday(ANA-MPA) -- Greece will auction a three-month treasury bills issue on Tuesday, seeking to raise 300 million euros from the market, the Public Debt Management Organisation announced on Friday.The issue is part of the finance ministryâs programme (ANA-MPA) to cover the stateâs borrowing needs. The ministry successfully auctioned a six-month T-bills issue on Tuesday raising around 1.4 billion euros. (ANA-MPA) More details on the subscriber's page of APE-MPE | Subscription request form [05] Eretria exhibition in Basel(ANA-MPA) -- The archaeological exhibition "Eretria: A look at an ancient city" has been transferred from Athens to the Basel archaeological museum in Switzerland, where it will be inaugurated by Greece's deputy tourism and culture minister George Nikitiadis on Sept. 21.The exhibition was previously on show at the Athens Archaeological Museum and is organised by the Swiss School of Archaeology in collaboration with the Evia (Euboea) Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities Ephorate. The exhibition follows the history of the city of Eretria from early until late antiquity through the finds made in archaeological digs of the Greek Archaeological Service, the Swiss School of Archaeology, the British School of Archaeology and the Archaeological Society. The exhibition will run from Sept. 22 until Jan. 31, 2011. Caption: One of the objects from the exhibition "Eretria: A look at an Ancient City" to be displayed at the Basel archaeological museum in Switzerland as of Sept. 21. ANA-MPA / STR More details on the subscriber's page of APE-MPE | Subscription request form [06] Agro-Tech fair in KateriniAgricultural Development and Foods minister Costas Skandalidis inaugurated the 8th Exhibition of Farm Products and Agricultural Technology in the municipality of Dion, Katerini prefecture, on Saturday night.More than 80 enterprises, cooperatives, organisations and individual producers are exhibiting their products and services. More details on the subscriber's page of APE-MPE | Subscription request form [07] Truckers' protestProtesting owners of freight trucks and fuel trucks have stepped up their presence at locations along national motorways, in the framework of their decision to escalate their mobilisations.According to the professional truckers, over 750 trucks and fuel trucks are currently parked along roads in the Attica prefecture, while more than 300 are lined up along the Thessaloniki highway network. More details on the subscriber's page of APE-MPE | Subscription request form Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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