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Athens News Agency: News in English, 10-11-05Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>CONTENTS
[01] Ancient Roman roads in building basementsANA-MPA/One usually finds parking and storage spaces in the basements of apartment buildings, but beneath three buildings in the northwestern Greek city of Veria, the basements contain the remains of ancient Roman roads that were uncovered during digging for the foundations, and have been expropriated by the culture ministry.The first of the three sites, the "basement" of the Veltsidis building on Mitropoleos street, were open to the public for a week, in the framework of events commemorating the city's liberation from Ottoman rule. Here lies one of the best preserved sections of the Roman road running to ancient Elimeia. The other two basements also contain sections of Veria's ancient road network, which more or less coincides with the present-day road system, and the municipal authorities have submitted a study to the culture and tourism ministry seeking funding to keep all three basement sites open to the public year-round.ANA-MPa More details on the subscriber's page of APE-MPE | Subscription request form [02] Car registrations downANA-MPa/Car sales dropped 31.7 pct in the 10-month period from January to October this year, offering more proof of the crisis hitting the domestic car market.The independent Hellenic Statistical Authority said on Friday that car registrations (including both new and used) totalled 168,981 vehicles in the January-October period, down 31.7 pct compared with the corresponding period last year. Car registrations were down 22.1 pct in the 10-month period in 2009. October sales fell 31.5 pct compared with the same month last year.ANA-MPA New motorcycles registrations totalled 56,409 units in the January-October period, down 14.1 pct from the same period last year. In October motorcycle sales fell 16 pct. 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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