Athens News Agency: News in English, 11-01-17

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CONTENTS

[01] Gas station owners protest at N. Greece border post over duty-free petrol

[02] Search continues

[03] ASE opening: Rise

[04] Athens Newspaper Headlines 

[01] Gas station owners protest at N. Greece border post over duty-free petrol

Similar mobilisations are being considered by petrol station owners in Ioannina prefecture and Evros prefecture, which border with opposite Albanian and Turkish territories, respectively.

Duty-free gas at border stations costs significantly less than gasoline sold at regular stations.

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[02] Search continues

The incident occurred on Sunday morning some 30 nautical miles west of Corfu.

Port authorities had initially said that 22 people on the 30-metre vessel were still missing, while 232 survivors were picked up by the passing Dutch-flagged freighter "Momentum Scan" on Sunday and transported to the port of Corfu.

Thirty of the rescued Afghan migrants suffered minor injuries due to adverse weather conditions in the area and were taken to the island's hospital for first aid treatment.

The search and rescue operation for the missing migrants was continuing full swing on Monday afternoon, with the participation of vessels sailing in the vicinity, a Super Puma all-weather military helicopter and a deep-sea vessel.

A total of 230 migrants -- 214 men, five women and 11 children -- all from Afghanistan, were rescued by the "Momentum Scan", as well as two Turkish migrant- smugglers.

The migrants told authorities that a total of 263 people were on board the vessel that capsized, which means that the number of missing could rise to 31.

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[03] ASE opening: Rise

Individual sector indices were moving upward nearly across the board, with the only losses in Food & Beverage, down 0.45 percent.

The biggest gains were in Health, up 2.48 percent; and Oil & Gas, up 2.29 percent.

The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavily traded stocks was up 0.42 percent, the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index was up 0.40 percent, and the FTSE/ASE-80 small cap index was up 0.95 percent.

Of the stocks traded, 59 were up, 10 were down, and 29 were unchanged.

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[04] Athens Newspaper Headlines

Economic and labor issues were the main front-page items in Athens' dailies on Monday.

ADESMEFTOS TYPOS: "The 'Conspiracy of the Cells of Fire' intended to target eponymous and not judges".

ELEFTHEROS: "Karatzaferis-Samaras discussions".

ELEFTHEROS TYPOS: "Retroactive cuts to auxiliary pensions".

ELEFTHEROTYPIA: "Two in three workers losing the 'heavy and hazardous' work benefit".

ESTIA: "New bankruptcy speculations".

ETHNOS: "Who will retain the 'heavy and hazardous' work benefit".

IMERISSIA: "Critical Eurogroup meeting".

NAFTEMPORIKI: "New, painful measures brought by extension of the loan repayment period".

TA NEA: "MPs mutiny on environment ministry biodiversity bill for construction in Natura protected areas a headache for PASOK".

VRADYNI: "Extension of the Memorandum, too".

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