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Athens News Agency: News in English, 11-02-02Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>CONTENTS
[01] Non-Greeks cannot vote in local polls, Cos findsANA-MPA - The Council of State, Greece's supreme administrative court, on Wednesday judged that a law allowing non-Greeks to vote but also run for office in local government elections is unconstitutional. It also rejected sections of the 2010 law that 'naturalised' non-Greeks that are permanently resident in the country.The court found that based on the Constitution only Greek citizens had the right to run for office or vote in prefecture and municipal elections, barring all foreigners, and that the law could not apply unless the relevant article of the Constitution was amended. The case has now been referred to the CoS plenum for a final decision. More details on the subscriber's page of ANA-MPA | Subscription request form [02] ASE opening: RiseEquity prices were rising at the opening of trade on Wednesday on the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE), with the basic share price index up 0.86 percent, standing at 1,677.87 points at 11:15 am, and turnover at 69.864 million euros.Individual sector indices were moving upward, with the biggest gains in Public Utilities, up 3.25 percent; and Telecoms, up 2.85 percent. The biggest losses were in Insurance, down 1.48 ppercent; and Food & Beverage, down 0.40 percent. The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavily traded stocks was up 1.07 percent, the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index was up 0.55 percent, and the FTSE/ASE-80 small cap index was up 1.52 percent. Of the stocks traded, 78 were up, 25 were down, and 21 were unchanged. More details on the subscriber's page of ANA-MPA | Subscription request form Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |